Would partition preserve France's regional cultures?

Could partitioning France in 1814 preserve regional identities that later centralization weakened?

Yes, the proposed partition could interrupt homogenization and leave stronger regional cultures resisting a future central government.

An early nineteenth-century partition is placed near the beginning of France's cultural homogenization. Weakening the central government at that point could allow southern French cultures and other regional identities to survive more strongly. Devolved regions might then become persistent political obstacles to a later French government seeking to reunite or centralize the country. Scotland and Bavaria provide comparisons for a distinctive region within a larger state. Brittany and Corsica are raised as French examples, with particular attention to Brittany's resistance to central direction.