diff --git a/pygal_maps_fr/maps.py b/pygal_maps_fr/maps.py
index 1a89e15..bfcefe9 100644
--- a/pygal_maps_fr/maps.py
+++ b/pygal_maps_fr/maps.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+r# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # This file is part of pygal
 #
 # A python svg graph plotting library
@@ -24,148 +24,147 @@
 from __future__ import division
 from collections import defaultdict
 from pygal.graph.map import BaseMap
-from pygal._compat import u
 from numbers import Number
 import os
 
 
 DEPARTMENTS = {
-    '01': u("Ain"),
-    '02': u("Aisne"),
-    '03': u("Allier"),
-    '04': u("Alpes-de-Haute-Provence"),
-    '05': u("Hautes-Alpes"),
-    '06': u("Alpes-Maritimes"),
-    '07': u("Ardèche"),
-    '08': u("Ardennes"),
-    '09': u("Ariège"),
-    '10': u("Aube"),
-    '11': u("Aude"),
-    '12': u("Aveyron"),
-    '13': u("Bouches-du-Rhône"),
-    '14': u("Calvados"),
-    '15': u("Cantal"),
-    '16': u("Charente"),
-    '17': u("Charente-Maritime"),
-    '18': u("Cher"),
-    '19': u("Corrèze"),
-    '2A': u("Corse-du-Sud"),
-    '2B': u("Haute-Corse"),
-    '21': u("Côte-d'Or"),
-    '22': u("Côtes-d'Armor"),
-    '23': u("Creuse"),
-    '24': u("Dordogne"),
-    '25': u("Doubs"),
-    '26': u("Drôme"),
-    '27': u("Eure"),
-    '28': u("Eure-et-Loir"),
-    '29': u("Finistère"),
-    '30': u("Gard"),
-    '31': u("Haute-Garonne"),
-    '32': u("Gers"),
-    '33': u("Gironde"),
-    '34': u("Hérault"),
-    '35': u("Ille-et-Vilaine"),
-    '36': u("Indre"),
-    '37': u("Indre-et-Loire"),
-    '38': u("Isère"),
-    '39': u("Jura"),
-    '40': u("Landes"),
-    '41': u("Loir-et-Cher"),
-    '42': u("Loire"),
-    '43': u("Haute-Loire"),
-    '44': u("Loire-Atlantique"),
-    '45': u("Loiret"),
-    '46': u("Lot"),
-    '47': u("Lot-et-Garonne"),
-    '48': u("Lozère"),
-    '49': u("Maine-et-Loire"),
-    '50': u("Manche"),
-    '51': u("Marne"),
-    '52': u("Haute-Marne"),
-    '53': u("Mayenne"),
-    '54': u("Meurthe-et-Moselle"),
-    '55': u("Meuse"),
-    '56': u("Morbihan"),
-    '57': u("Moselle"),
-    '58': u("Nièvre"),
-    '59': u("Nord"),
-    '60': u("Oise"),
-    '61': u("Orne"),
-    '62': u("Pas-de-Calais"),
-    '63': u("Puy-de-Dôme"),
-    '64': u("Pyrénées-Atlantiques"),
-    '65': u("Hautes-Pyrénées"),
-    '66': u("Pyrénées-Orientales"),
-    '67': u("Bas-Rhin"),
-    '68': u("Haut-Rhin"),
-    '69': u("Rhône"),
-    '70': u("Haute-Saône"),
-    '71': u("Saône-et-Loire"),
-    '72': u("Sarthe"),
-    '73': u("Savoie"),
-    '74': u("Haute-Savoie"),
-    '75': u("Paris"),
-    '76': u("Seine-Maritime"),
-    '77': u("Seine-et-Marne"),
-    '78': u("Yvelines"),
-    '79': u("Deux-Sèvres"),
-    '80': u("Somme"),
-    '81': u("Tarn"),
-    '82': u("Tarn-et-Garonne"),
-    '83': u("Var"),
-    '84': u("Vaucluse"),
-    '85': u("Vendée"),
-    '86': u("Vienne"),
-    '87': u("Haute-Vienne"),
-    '88': u("Vosges"),
-    '89': u("Yonne"),
-    '90': u("Territoire de Belfort"),
-    '91': u("Essonne"),
-    '92': u("Hauts-de-Seine"),
-    '93': u("Seine-Saint-Denis"),
-    '94': u("Val-de-Marne"),
-    '95': u("Val-d'Oise"),
-    '971': u("Guadeloupe"),
-    '972': u("Martinique"),
-    '973': u("Guyane"),
-    '974': u("Réunion"),
+    '01': Ain",
+    '02': Aisne",
+    '03': Allier",
+    '04': Alpes-de-Haute-Provence",
+    '05': Hautes-Alpes",
+    '06': Alpes-Maritimes",
+    '07': Ardèche",
+    '08': Ardennes",
+    '09': Ariège",
+    '10': Aube",
+    '11': Aude",
+    '12': Aveyron",
+    '13': Bouches-du-Rhône",
+    '14': Calvados",
+    '15': Cantal",
+    '16': Charente",
+    '17': Charente-Maritime",
+    '18': Cher",
+    '19': Corrèze",
+    '2A': Corse-du-Sud",
+    '2B': Haute-Corse",
+    '21': Côte-d'Or",
+    '22': Côtes-d'Armor",
+    '23': Creuse",
+    '24': Dordogne",
+    '25': Doubs",
+    '26': Drôme",
+    '27': Eure",
+    '28': Eure-et-Loir",
+    '29': Finistère",
+    '30': Gard",
+    '31': Haute-Garonne",
+    '32': Gers",
+    '33': Gironde",
+    '34': Hérault",
+    '35': Ille-et-Vilaine",
+    '36': Indre",
+    '37': Indre-et-Loire",
+    '38': Isère",
+    '39': Jura",
+    '40': Landes",
+    '41': Loir-et-Cher",
+    '42': Loire",
+    '43': Haute-Loire",
+    '44': Loire-Atlantique",
+    '45': Loiret",
+    '46': Lot",
+    '47': Lot-et-Garonne",
+    '48': Lozère",
+    '49': Maine-et-Loire",
+    '50': Manche",
+    '51': Marne",
+    '52': Haute-Marne",
+    '53': Mayenne",
+    '54': Meurthe-et-Moselle",
+    '55': Meuse",
+    '56': Morbihan",
+    '57': Moselle",
+    '58': Nièvre",
+    '59': Nord",
+    '60': Oise",
+    '61': Orne",
+    '62': Pas-de-Calais",
+    '63': Puy-de-Dôme",
+    '64': Pyrénées-Atlantiques",
+    '65': Hautes-Pyrénées",
+    '66': Pyrénées-Orientales",
+    '67': Bas-Rhin",
+    '68': Haut-Rhin",
+    '69': Rhône",
+    '70': Haute-Saône",
+    '71': Saône-et-Loire",
+    '72': Sarthe",
+    '73': Savoie",
+    '74': Haute-Savoie",
+    '75': Paris",
+    '76': Seine-Maritime",
+    '77': Seine-et-Marne",
+    '78': Yvelines",
+    '79': Deux-Sèvres",
+    '80': Somme",
+    '81': Tarn",
+    '82': Tarn-et-Garonne",
+    '83': Var",
+    '84': Vaucluse",
+    '85': Vendée",
+    '86': Vienne",
+    '87': Haute-Vienne",
+    '88': Vosges",
+    '89': Yonne",
+    '90': Territoire de Belfort",
+    '91': Essonne",
+    '92': Hauts-de-Seine",
+    '93': Seine-Saint-Denis",
+    '94': Val-de-Marne",
+    '95': Val-d'Oise",
+    '971': Guadeloupe",
+    '972': Martinique",
+    '973': Guyane",
+    '974': Réunion",
     # Not a area anymore but in case of...
-    '975': u("Saint Pierre et Miquelon"),
-    '976': u("Mayotte")
+    '975': Saint Pierre et Miquelon",
+    '976': Mayotte",
 }
 
 
 REGIONS = {
-    '11': u("Île-de-France"),
-    '21': u("Champagne-Ardenne"),
-    '22': u("Picardie"),
-    '23': u("Haute-Normandie"),
-    '24': u("Centre"),
-    '25': u("Basse-Normandie"),
-    '26': u("Bourgogne"),
-    '31': u("Nord-Pas-de-Calais"),
-    '41': u("Lorraine"),
-    '42': u("Alsace"),
-    '43': u("Franche-Comté"),
-    '52': u("Pays-de-la-Loire"),
-    '53': u("Bretagne"),
-    '54': u("Poitou-Charentes"),
-    '72': u("Aquitaine"),
-    '73': u("Midi-Pyrénées"),
-    '74': u("Limousin"),
-    '82': u("Rhône-Alpes"),
-    '83': u("Auvergne"),
-    '91': u("Languedoc-Roussillon"),
-    '93': u("Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur"),
-    '94': u("Corse"),
-    '01': u("Guadeloupe"),
-    '02': u("Martinique"),
-    '03': u("Guyane"),
-    '04': u("Réunion"),
+    '11': Île-de-France",
+    '21': Champagne-Ardenne",
+    '22': Picardie",
+    '23': Haute-Normandie",
+    '24': Centre",
+    '25': Basse-Normandie",
+    '26': Bourgogne",
+    '31': Nord-Pas-de-Calais",
+    '41': Lorraine",
+    '42': Alsace",
+    '43': Franche-Comté",
+    '52': Pays-de-la-Loire",
+    '53': Bretagne",
+    '54': Poitou-Charentes",
+    '72': Aquitaine",
+    '73': Midi-Pyrénées",
+    '74': Limousin",
+    '82': Rhône-Alpes",
+    '83': Auvergne",
+    '91': Languedoc-Roussillon",
+    '93': Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur",
+    '94': Corse",
+    '01': Guadeloupe",
+    '02': Martinique",
+    '03': Guyane",
+    '04': Réunion",
     # Not a region anymore but in case of...
-    '05': u("Saint Pierre et Miquelon"),
-    '06': u("Mayotte")
+    '05': Saint Pierre et Miquelon",
+    '06': Mayotte",
 }