 The district was renamed from ""district de la région de Paris"" to ""district de la région parisienne"" on 17 December 1966.The District of the Paris Region was reconstituted into the Île-de-France region on 6 May 1976, thus aligning the status of the region with that of the other French regions, created in 1972.The Prefecture of the Paris Region was renamed Prefecture of Île-de-France ("Préfecture de L'Île-de-France").