Appellation d'Origine Protégée (Protected Appellation of Origin) - was AOC/AC

Region: Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes

Bed & Breakfast / Chambres d'Hotes

Region: Bourgogne - FrancheComté

Region Bretagne (Brittany)

Centre - Val-de-Loire Region for the central Loire Valley - not to be confused with Pays de Loire region which covers the western Loire Valley down to the Atlantic)

Bed and Breakast (B&B)

- self-catering house/cottage/apartment usually in a rural location

Grand Est New 2016 Region, merging  Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine

Hauts de France = new region (2016)

Indication Géographique Protégée - EU wine classification replacing Vin de Pays

Greater Paris Region    

Region: Normandie (Normandy)

Nouvelle Aquitaine = New Region (2016) merging  Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes

Region Occitanie comprises the former Midi-Pyrenees and Languedoc-Roussillon regions.

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region

New Region (2016) Pays de la Loire (western Loire Valley)

Protected Designation of Origin - en EU wine classification

Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français - French national railways

Transport Express Regional - SNCF's local train network  

Train à Grande Vitesse - high speed train