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Web Part Zone

I am migrating from SP 2007 on prem to SP 2016 on prem.

I've recreated my page layouts in 2016, but have not yet created the web part zones in the new 2016 layouts and won't if not needed. Is this required for web part content to copy over or will the data be written into the content area like SP 2010 handles it (without the need for WP zones).

Example of old page layout:

<asp:Content ContentPlaceholderID="PlaceHolderMain" runat="server">
<WebPartPages:SPProxyWebPartManager runat="server" id="ProxyWebPartManager"/>

<PublishingWebControls:RichHtmlField FieldName="PublishingPageContent" runat="server" AllowFonts="True"/><br />

<WebPartPages:WebPartZone id="zone1" runat="server" title="Top Zone"><ZoneTemplate></ZoneTemplate></WebPartPages:WebPartZone>
<WebPartPages:WebPartZone id="zone2" runat="server" title="Left Zone"><ZoneTemplate></ZoneTemplate></WebPartPages:WebPartZone>
</asp:Content>

New Layout:

<asp:Content runat="server" ContentPlaceHolderID="PlaceHolderMain">

<PublishingWebControls:RichHtmlField FieldName="f55c4d88-1f2e-4ad9-aaa8-819af4ee7ee8" runat="server"/>