European regions

Old World zones

European regions are geographic, administrative, or cultural subdivisions of Europe.

The term covers formal political units like Catalonia or Bavaria, broader cultural-geographic areas like Scandinavia or the Balkans, and EU administrative classifications used for funding and statistics.

Context determines whether the emphasis is political, economic, or cultural: The report analyzed unemployment across European regions.

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Normandy · Transylvania · Bohemia · Alsace · Basque Country · Prussia · Thrace · Pomerania · Rhineland · Dalmatia · Tuscany · Pyrenees · Northern Ireland · Moravia · Lombardy · Po Valley · Aquitaine · Lapland

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geographic scope

European regionsEuropean countries

Sovereign states of Europe

European nations · European cities · European towns · European capitals

continental location

European regionsAsian regions

Geographic areas of Asia

geographic vs non-geographic organization

European regionsdemographic groups

Categorized subsets of people

economic sectors · cultural movements

Family

region, regional, Europe, European

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