Kammala wannan jumla: Yankin da ke ƙarƙashin ikon gwamnatin Vichy shi ne yankin kudancin da ba a mamaye shi ba na Metropolitan Faransa kudu da layin demarcation, kamar yadda aka kafa ta
Armistice na 22 ga Yuni, 1940, da kuma ƙasashen Faransa na ƙasashen waje, irin su Faransa ta Arewacin Afirka, wanda ya kasance "wani ɓangare na Vichy" kuma inda aka aiwatar da duk dokokin Vichy na antisemitic. Wannan ya kira (Zone Unoccupied) da Jamusawa, kuma an san shi da "Zone libre" (Yankin Kyauta) a Faransa, ko kuma a hukumance a matsayin "Yankin Kudancin" () musamman bayan Operation Anton, mamayewar sojojin Jamus a cikin Nuwamba 1942. Sauran kalmomin yau da kullun na yau da kullun sun dogara ne akan gajartawa da wasa da kalmomi, kamar "zone nono", don Yankin da ba a mamaye shi ba.