93. aube (10)
prefecture : troyes
idk? it exists. and they have some lakes.

92. oise (60)
prefecture : beauvais
quite boring, beauvais included

91. indre (36)
prefecture : châteauroux
kinda boring... argenton sur creuse is kind of the only interesting place

a recap of the bottom 11!

i'm back for 10 more, starting with a controversial one!

90. paris (75)
prefecture : paris (duh)
yeah it's worth the touristic visit but i've been there too many times and the magic is now dead to me, this city makes me uncomfortable, it seems too small for how crowded it is, ofc at least it's active but i just not enjoy being there

also france is a country which is way too centered around its capital city and it's very annoying for us provincials

89. allier (03)
prefecture : moulins
apart from vichy and its national implications it's pretty uneventful! boring but not the worst

88. creuse (23)
prefecture : guéret
their name literally translates to "hollow" and ngl it kinda is... pretty chill but pretty dead. not the worst but not good either. nonetheless i don't get how much they're bullied when the nièvre exists

87. ardennes (08)
prefecture : charleville-mézières
givet looks good! the rest not really!

86. marne (51)
prefecture : châlons-en-champagne
ardennes' neighbour is just a tiny bit better! mostly due to reims and its historical impact! when you have to count on reims to save your reputation you know it's not really good to begin with

85. meuse (55)
prefecture : bar-le-duc
the international implications that that had! with emphasis on the past tense cause now it's kinda dead ngl

84. loiret (45)
prefecture : orléans
quite uninteresting ngl plus orléans doesn't look sexy

83. mayenne (53)
prefecture : laval
in the middle of everything, not bad just there

82. côte-d'or (21)
prefecture : dijon
meh. dijon seems cool, beaune as well, they also have wine but i'm not a drinker

81. lozère (48)
prefecture : mende
it has some cool stuff but it's so dead lmao... i wish i could rank them higher cause it's honestly a lovely place with really cool landscapes but it's literally the least populated department of the country

anyways good night

back for some more!

80. seine-saint-denis (93)
prefecture : bobigny
funny how they're named after a city that's not even their capital! infamous for being quite poor but they don't look too bad

79. charente (16)
prefecture : angoulême
angoulême is known for their comics festival and that's good they have this cause otherwise it's just an ok department

78. manche (50)
prefecture : saint-lô
our first coastal department and i wish i could rank it higher. they have cool stuff on the coast with everything around cherbourg and ofc the mont-saint-michel but inland... it's very uneventful and boring

77. loir-et-cher (41)
prefecture : blois
the usual loire valley stuff : castles, trees, etc. they may have the coolest castle of all but that's pretty much it. i didn't even know it was there

76. eure (27)
prefecture : évreux
they've been bullied too much by parisians cause it's the empty department on their way to the beach. it's not THAT bad

75. hauts-de-seine (92)
prefecture : nanterre
the posh side of paris, home of the infamous balkany couple, it looks kinda nice, they also have la défense but i'm pretty unopiniated about it

74. loire (42)
prefecture : saint-étienne
seems okay plus, close to a big city, i don't have much of an opinion on it tbh it's cool i guess

73. orne (61)
prefecture : alençon
i'd say boring but this time idk i don't want to be mean? it seems boring maybe but chill? and lovely?

72. sarthe (72, it had to happen at one point)
prefecture : le mans
famous for the motor race otherwise pretty random, seems nice to live there tho

71. maine-et-loire (49)
prefecture : angers
kinda same as the sarthe, it's quite average : a medium-sized city, towns, villages, fields, a big river, smaller rivers, idk it lacks of a proper identity

recap!

70. corrèze (19)
prefecture : tulle
okay tier but it's quite funny how two former french presidents are linked to this very small place

69. doubs (25)
prefecture : besançon
besançon is honestly beautiful, they have a few cool natural spots but otherwise it's not that interesting

68. haute-loire (43)
prefecture : le-puy-en-velay
boring mountain overall but aiguilhe looks amazing

67. essonne (91)
prefecture : évry
idk what think about them they seem good enough... évry has an interesting architecture tho

66. vienne (86)
prefecture : poitiers
they're quite proud of having the futuroscope! and they should cause that's the only sort of interesting stuff they have. the rest is just okay

65. val-de-marne (94)
prefecture : créteil
i don't have much to say? it's the good enough side of paris

64. yvelines (78)
prefecture : versailles
obviously the castle of versailles is there, but not only that! they have some nature and overall it seems to be a nice place

63. gers (32)
prefecture : auch
a few cool bits here and there but overall it's just okay. there is cool stuff but it's too spread out

62. indre-et-loire (37)
prefecture : tours
nice castles, tours seems cool... apart from that not much to say

61. loire-atlantique (44)
prefecture : nantes
nantes has the machines of the isle but also roundabouts and dupont de ligonnès... the rest idk the coast looks cool

im taking a break

back. i'm probably gonna do just 10 or 20 more today cause I have other stuff to do but before we go, french twitter found my thread so un petit message à mes amis français.

ce classement est pas du tout objectif et fait à la va-vite donc il peut y avoir des incohérences dans les commentaires, aussi je connais pas tout par cœur donc y a beaucoup de ces appréciations qui se sont faites au feeling

j'en vois qui follow et j'imagine que c'est pour voir l'avancée du thread mais attention ici normalement je parle que d'eurovision et en anglais et vous risquez d'être vite saoulé (stream HANO by NINO PRSES). sinon j'ai un main @slippingadru. anyway letsgo

60. haute-vienne (87)
prefecture : limoges
i always found limoges quite cool? idk why cause that place is kinda empty but at the same time it's kinda nice

59. saône-et-loire (71)
prefecture : mâcon
it has some cool spots but it feels like a north extension of lyon at times

58. landes (40)
prefecture : mont-de-marsan
the coast is cool, the rest is just a big forest. forests are cool! but could you come up with something else

57. ain (01)
prefecture : bourg-en-bresse
it's always cool when it's mountainous, so the ain is cool without being particularly superior to the other mountainous departments

56. seine-et-marne (77)
prefecture : melun
it's between the stressful part of france and the boring one but surprisingly it ends up being good! especially the fontainebleau forest

55. moselle (57)
prefecture : metz
(sorry for the watermark on the flag but that was the only picture of it of decent quality)
metz looks cool, the rest idk much but it doesn't look bad

54. lot-et-garonne (47)
prefecture : agen
overall a cool department but it lacks of a landmark or a monument idk something to make it more appealing and distinct. nope the agen prune doesn't count

53. aveyron (12)
prefecture : rodez
overall okay but they have the millau viaduct

52. puy-de-dôme (63)
prefecture : clermont-ferrand
(once again apologies for the flag)
clermont ferrand with their cool looking d4rk cathedral and the puy de dôme itself seem to be the highlights of the place, the rest idk it looks okay

51. isère (38)
prefecture : grenoble
seems like a cool place to live but idk much about it

and we're halfway through!
- brittany, paca, corsica and the overseas departments are still 100% alive!
- centre val de loire is the only dead region
- former regions of nord pas de calais and alsace are still 100% there
- former limousin, champagne ardenne and burgundy are dead

50. aude (11)
prefecture : carcassonne
the cité de carcassonne and the canal du midi are the highlights of this place, the rest is cool but not of their level

49. alpes-de-haute-provence (04)
prefecture : digne-les-bains
mountains! cool! not the coolest but i take it

48. somme (80)
prefecture : amiens
the baie de somme is THE highlight of this place, also why is amiens not existing a recurring joke? at least they have those cool looking hortillonnages. bully beauvais instead

47. tarn-et-garonne (82)
prefecture : montauban
the east looks good, the west is just a pretty ordinary valley, overall it seems like a nice place to live

46. calvados (14)
prefecture : caen
a place full of war history, interesting! it also has honfleur BUT it also has the worst interchange in existence (porte de paris i hate you)

45. guyane (973)
prefecture : cayenne
our first overseas department! to still have an overseas territory on a continent is pretty unique but idk if it's really a plus. cool spatial stuff but the living conditions there don't look good at all

44. meurthe-et-moselle (54)
prefecture : nancy
it has a funny shape, but not only that, nancy looks cool, that department looks quite rich on the architecture side idk i'm trying to justify that placing

43. côtes-d'armor (22)
prefecture : saint-brieuc
my least favourite of the four breton departments, but still. it's brittany. it's sexy. and as always with brittany the cool stuff is on the seaside

42. haut-rhin (68)
prefecture : colmar
less good version of the bas-rhin, it remains good. alsace is pretty.

41. vosges (88)
prefecture : épinal
it's kinda sad they're mostly known for a child murder cause it seems like a cool and chill place? i'd like to visit some day idk it seems underrated

this is all i have to say... for today. see you tomorrow... maybe. idk.