Regions of France
France top-level territorial subdivision (1956-) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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France is divided into 18 administrative regions (regions). These regions are a kind of local government.
Thirteen regions are in Metropolitan France (the part of the country that is in Europe). Each region contains a few of the Departments of France. Corsica has a different status than the other 12 metropolitan regions. It is called collectivist territorial. Five regions are overseas.
The Law of Decentralization in 1982 created 27 regions. In 2016, some regions were combined and there are now 18.
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