Regions o Fraunce
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Fraunce is dividit intae 18 admeenistrative regions (French: régions, pronounced [ʁeʒjɔ̃]), 22 o whilk is in Metropolitan Fraunce, an five o which are owerseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity (French: collectivité territoriale), but is considered a region in mainstream uisage, an is even shawn in a siclike wey on the INSEE wabsteid.[1] Ilka mainland region an Corsica is forder subdividit intae depairtments, rangin in nummer frae 2 tae 8 per region for the metropolitan anes whaur the owerseas regions technically conseest o anerlie ane depairtment. The term region wis offeecially creatit bi the Law o Decentralization (2 Mairch 1982), whilk gied regions thair legal status an aw. The first direct elections for regional representatives teuk place on 16 Mairch 1986.
Region Région (French) | |
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Category | Unitary State |
Location | French Republic |
Nummer | 18 |
Possible status | Owerseas region (5) Région d'outre-mer |
Addeetional status | Territorial collectivity Collectivité Territoriale |
Populations | 212,645 (Mayotte) – 12,005,077 (Île-de-France) |
Auries | 376 km2 (145 sq mi) (Mayotte) – 84,061 km2 (32,456 sq mi) (Aquitaine-Limousin-Poitou-Charentes) |
Govrenment | Region Govrenment, Naitional Govrenment |
Subdiveesions | Depairtment |