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All First-Level Subdivisions of Europe in 1939 on a Map

With the help of a map, can you guess all first-level subdivisions within each country in 1939, before the start of World War II?
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Excluding Vatican City, as it had no official subdivisions.
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Andorra
Parishes
Andorra la Vella
Canillo
Encamp
La Massana
Ordino
Sant Julià de Lòria
 
Belgium
Provinces
Antwerp
Brabant
East Flanders
Hainaut
Liège
Limburg
Luxembourg
Namur
West Flanders
 
Bulgaria
Provinces
Burgas
Pleven
Plovdiv
Shumen
Sofia
Stara Zagora
Vratsa
 
Danzig
Districts
Danzig
Danziger Höhe
Danziger Niederung
Großes Werder
Zoppot
 
Denmark
Counties
Aalborg
Aarhus
Åbenrå
Bornholm
Copenhagen
Faroe Islands
Frederiksborg
Haderslev
Hjørring
Holbæk
Maribo
Odense
Præstø
Randers
Ribe
Ringkøbing
Sønderborg
Sorø
Svendborg
Thisted
Tønder
Vejle
Viborg
 
Estonia
Counties
Harju
Järva
Lääne
Pärnu
Petseri
Saare
Tartu
Valga
Viljandi
Viru
Võru
 
Finland
Provinces
Åland
Häme
Kuopio
Lapland
Mikkeli
Oulu
Turku and Pori
Uusimaa
Vaasa
Viipuri
 
France
Departments
Ain
Aisne
Allier
Basses-Alpes
Alpes-Maritimes
Ardèche
Ardennes
Ariège
Aube
Aude
Aveyron
Bas-Rhin
Bouches-du-Rhône
Calvados
Cantal
Charente
Charente-Inférieure
Cher
Corsica
Corrèze
Côte-d'Or
Côtes-du-Nord
Creuse
Deux-Sèvres
Dordogne
Doubs
Drôme
Eure
Eure-et-Loir
Finistère
Gard
Gers
Gironde
Haut-Rhin
Haute-Garonne
Haute-Loire
Haute-Marne
Haute-Saône
Haute-Savoie
Haute-Vienne
Hautes-Alpes
Hautes-Pyrénées
Hérault
Ille-et-Vilaine
Indre
Indre-et-Loire
Isère
Jura
Landes
Loir-et-Cher
Loire
Loire-Inférieure
Loiret
Lot
Lot-et-Garonne
Lozère
Maine-et-Loire
Manche
Marne
Mayenne
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meuse
Morbihan
Moselle
Nièvre
Nord
Oise
Orne
Pas-de-Calais
Puy-de-Dôme
Basses-Pyrénées
Pyrénées-Orientales
Rhône
Saône-et-Loire
Sarthe
Savoie
Seine
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Oise
Seine-Inférieure
Somme
Tarn
Tarn-et-Garonne
Territoire de Belfort
Var
Vaucluse
Vendée
Vienne
Vosges
Yonne
 
Germany
Gaue
Baden
Bavarian Ostmark
Berlin
Cologne-Aachen
Düsseldorf
East Prussia
Eastern Hanover
Electoral Hesse
Essen
Franconia
Halle-Merseburg
Hamburg
Hesse-Nassau
Koblenz-Trier
Kurmark
Magdeburg-Anhalt
Main Franconia
Mecklenburg
Munich-Upper Bavaria
Pomerania
Saar-Palatinate
Saxony
Schleswig-Holstein
Silesia
Southern Hanover-Brunswick
Swabia
Thuringia
Weser-Ems
Westphalia-North
Westphalia-South
Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Reichsgaue
Carinthia
Lower Danube
Salzburg
Styria
Sudetenland
Tyrol-Vorarlberg
Upper Danube
Vienna
Protectorate
Bohemia and Moravia
 
Greece
Prefectures
Aetolia-Acarnania
Achaea
Arcadia
Argolis and Corinthia
Arta
Attica and Boeotia
Chalkidiki
Chania
Chios
Corfu
Cyclades
Drama
Elis
Euboea
Evros
Florina
Heraklion
Ioannina
Kavala
Kefalonia
Kilkis
Kozani
Laconia
Larissa
Lasithi
Lesbos
Messenia
Pella
Phthiotis and Phocis
Preveza
Rethymno
Rhodope
Samos
Serres
Thesprotia
Thessaloniki
Trikala
Zakynthos
Region
Mount Athos
 
Hungary
Counties
Abaúj-Torna
Bács-Bodrog
Baranya
Bars-Hont
Békés
Bereg
Bihar
Borsod
Csanád-Arad-Torontál
Csongrád
Esztergom
Fejér
Gömör-Kishont
Győr-Moson-Pozsony
Hajdú
Heves
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Komárom
Nógrád
Nyitra-Pozsony
Pest-Pilis-Soft-Kiskun
Somogy
Sopron
Szabolcs
Szatmár
Tolna
Ugocsa
Ung
Vas
Veszprém
Zala
Zemplén
Governorate
Subcarpathia
 
Iceland
Counties
Árnessýsla
Austur-Barðastrandarsýsla
Austur-Húnavatnssýsla
Austur-Skaftafellssýsla
Borgarfjarðarsýsla
Dalasýsla
Eyjafjarðarsýsla
Gullbringusýsla
Kjósarsýsla
Mýrasýsla
Norður-Ísafjarðarsýsla
Norður-Múlasýsla
Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla
Rangárvallasýsla
Skagafjarðarsýsla
Snæfellsnessýsla
Strandasýsla
Suður-Múlasýsla
Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla
Vestur-Barðastrandarsýsla
Vestur-Húnavatnssýsla
Vestur-Ísafjarðarsýsla
Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla
Independent Towns
Akranes
Akureyri
Bolungarvík
Dalvík
Eskifjörður
Garðabær
Grindavík
Hafnarfjörður
Húsavík
Ísafjörður
Keflavík
Kópavogur
Neskaupstaður
Njarðvík
Ólafsfjörður
Ólafsvik
Reykjavik
Sauðárkrókur
Selfoss
Seltjarnarnes
Seyðisfjörður
Siglufjörður
Vestmannaeyjar
Ireland
Counties
Carlow
Cavan
Clare
Cork
Donegal
Dublin
Galway
Kerry
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Leitrim
Limerick
Longford
Louth
Mayo
Meath
Monaghan
North Tipperary
Offaly
Roscommon
Sligo
South Tipperary
Waterford
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
 
Italy
Regions
Abruzzo
Apulia
Calabria
Campania
Emilia
Lazio
Liguria
Lombardy
Lucania
Marche
Piedmont
Sardinia
Sicily
Tuscany
Umbria
Venezia Euganea
Venezia Giulia
Venezia Tridentina
Protectorate
Albania
Possession
Islands of the Aegean
 
Latvia
Provinces
Kurzeme
Latgale
Riga
Vidzeme
Zemgale
 
Liechtenstein
Municipalities
Balzers
Eschen
Gamprin
Mauren
Planken
Ruggell
Schaan
Schellenburg
Triesen
Triesenberg
Vaduz
 
Lithuania
Counties
Alytus
Biržai-Pasvalys
Kaunas
Kėdainiai
Kretinga
Marijampolė
Mažeikiai
Panevėžys
Raseiniai
Rokiškis
Šakiai
Seinai
Šiauliai
Tauragė
Telšiai
Trakai
Ukmergė
Utena
Vilkaviškis
Zarasai
 
Luxembourg
Districts
Diekirch
Grevenmacher
Luxembourg
 
Monaco
Wards
La Condamine
Monaco-Ville
Monte-Carlo
 
Netherlands
Provinces
Drenthe
Friesland
Gelderland
Groningen
Limburg
North Brabant
North Holland
Overijssel
South Holland
Utrecht
Zeeland
 
Norway
Counties
Akershus
Aust-Agder
Bergen
Buskerud
Finnmark
Hedmark
Hordaland
Møre og Romsdal
Nord-Trøndelag
Nordland
Oppland
Oslo
Østfold
Rogaland
Sogn og Fjordane
Sør-Trøndelag
Telemark
Troms
Vest-Agder
Vestfold
Special Status
Svalbard
 
Poland
Voivodeships
Białystok
Kielce
Kraków
Łódź
Lublin
Lwów
Nowogródek
Polesia
Pomerania
Poznań
Silesia
Stanisławów
Tarnopol
Volhynia
Warsaw
(City)
Warsaw
(Voivodeship)
Wilno
 
Portugal
Provinces
Algarve
Alto Alentejo
Baixo Alentejo
Beira Alta
Beira Baixa
Beira Litoral
Douro Litoral
Estremadura
Minho
Ribatejo
Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
Districts
Angra do Heroísmo
Ponta Delgada
 
Romania
Lands
Argeș
Crișuri
Dunării
Jiu
Mării
Mureș
Nistru
Prut
Suceava
Timiș
 
San Marino
Municipalities
Acquaviva
Borgo Maggiore
Chiesanuova
City of San Marino
Domagnano
Faetano
Fiorentino
Montegiardino
Serravalle
 
Slovakia
Counties
Bratislava
Hron
Nitra
Šariš-Zemplín
Tatra
Trenčín
 
Soviet Union
Republics
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Byelorussia
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Russia
Ukraine
 
Spain
Provinces
Álava
Albacete
Alicante
Almería
Ávila
Badajoz
Barcelona
Biscay
Burgos
Cáceres
Cádiz
Castellón
Ciudad Real
Córdoba
Cuenca
Gerona
Granada
Guadalajara
Guipúzcoa
Huelva
Huesca
Jaén
La Coruña
León
Lérida
Logroño
Lugo
Madrid
Málaga
Murcia
Navarra
Orense
Oviedo
Palencia
Palma de Mallorca
Pontevedra
Salamanca
Santander
Segovia
Seville
Soria
Tarragona
Teruel
Toledo
Valencia
Valladolid
Zamora
Zaragoza
 
Sweden
Counties
Älvsborg
Blekinge
City of Stockholm
Gävleborg
Gothenburg and Bohus
Gotland
Halland
Jämtland
Jönköping
Kalmar
Kopparberg
Kristianstad
Kronoberg
Malmöhus
Norrbotten
Örebro
Östergötland
Skaraborg
Södermanland
Stockholm County
Uppsala
Värmland
Västerbotten
Västernorrland
Västmanland
 
Switzerland
Cantons
Aargau
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Innerrhoden
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Stadt
Bern
Fribourg
Geneva
Glarus
Graubünden
Lucerne
Neuchâtel
Nidwalden
Obwalden
St. Gallen
Schaffhausen
Schwyz
Solothurn
Thurgau
Ticino
Uri
Valais
Vaud
Zurich
Zug
 
United Kingdom
Countries
England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Crown Dependencies
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey
Crown Colonies
Cyprus
Gibraltar
Malta
 
Yugoslavia
Banates
Croatia
Danube
Drava
Drina
Morava
Vardar
Vrbas
Zeta
+7
Level 59
Nov 15, 2021
Great Quiz!!!

Nominated

+4
Level 55
Nov 15, 2021
Thanks!
+5
Level 60
Nov 15, 2021
Amazing quiz! 5 takes and 6 nominations is very impressive but well deserved!
+4
Level 55
Nov 16, 2021
Thanks! A lot of work went into this so I'm glad it's getting a lot of support.
+5
Level 68
Nov 16, 2021
Absolutely stunning!
+3
Level 55
Nov 16, 2021
Thank you!
+4
Level 74
Nov 16, 2021
Bold. The 4 parishes of Andorra on 1939... man I live near there and I will not even try to name one of them.
+3
Level 70
Feb 8, 2022
Great quiz, but I'm lazy and scored only 50 then quit
+1
Level 55
Feb 8, 2022
Thanks!
+3
Level 58
Feb 8, 2022
Great! In 1939 they started with draining the Noordoostpolder. (the Netherlands).
+1
Level 76
Feb 8, 2022
Nice quiz! Could you accept Acarnania, Chalcidice and Volyn?
+1
Level 55
Feb 8, 2022
Thanks! Done.
+4
Level 64
Mar 17, 2022
Sooner or later I'm gonna get a groundbreaking score.

At least I doubled my knowledge of French regions (2 to 4) and know about all of Poland. A lot of hours playing HOI4 also count a lot...

+3
Level 64
May 25, 2022
Typing Franconia should also get you Main Franconia.
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Level 72
Aug 15, 2022
great quiz but a little bit more time would be good
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Level 56
Sep 24, 2022
This is a tour de force but dare I say it the UK had no devolved governments before 1997, so the first-level subdivisions in 1939 were the counties, just like in Ireland. The Scottish counties are a bit of a nightmare though, I wouldn't blame you for glossing over them, but the English, Welsh and Nornirish ones are straightforward enough if you've got the stomach for them!
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Level 67
Oct 9, 2023
Great quiz, nominated it, I have suggestions for Poland:

-Kieleckie should be accepted as Kielce

-Lubelskie should be accepted as Lublin

-Warszawskie should be accepted as Warsaw (Voivoidship)

-Nowogrodzkie should be accepted as Nowogródek

-Poleskie should be accepted as Polesia

-Wilenskie should be accepted as Wilno

-Pomorskie should be accepted as Pomerania

-Slaskie should be accepted as Silesia

+3
Level 55
Oct 9, 2023
Thanks! This has been added.