France currently inherits the default (ZZ) state_name_type of "province".
But the correct state_name_type should be "region", as explained by @comxd in commerceguys/addressing#161
Also, Google Maps API's provide a "region" for the "administrative_area_level_1" field. (@see https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/geocoding?hl=fr#GeocodingAddressTypes)
Sources:
https://www.lefrancaisdesaffaires.fr/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/province_et_region.pdf
https://mediateur.radiofrance.com/infos/en-province-en-region/#:~:text=La%20locution%20la%20plus%20commune,parfait%20de%20%C2%AB%20en%20province%20%C2%BB.&text=En%20province%2C%20on%20a%20la,ne%20pas%20%C2%AB%20faire%20Paris%20%C2%BB.
This isn't noticeable because there are no regions defined for France by default, but there's no reason to show a wrong label when people do provide their own region list (in libraries that allow that).
France currently inherits the default (ZZ) state_name_type of "province".
But the correct state_name_type should be "region", as explained by @comxd in commerceguys/addressing#161
This isn't noticeable because there are no regions defined for France by default, but there's no reason to show a wrong label when people do provide their own region list (in libraries that allow that).