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  2. Provinces of France - Wikipedia

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    The list below shows the major provinces of France at the time of their dissolution during the French Revolution. Capital cities are shown in parentheses. Bold indicates a city that was also the seat of a judicial and quasi-legislative body called either a parlement (not to be confused with a parliament) or a conseil souverain (sovereign ...

  3. Category:Counts of France - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Counts of France" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 218 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

  4. Category:Lists of counts of France - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Lists of counts of France" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  5. Regions of France - Wikipedia

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    This has meant that the heads of wealthy regions such as Île-de-France or Rhône-Alpes can be high-profile positions. Proposals to give regions limited legislative autonomy have met with considerable resistance; others propose transferring certain powers from the departments to their respective regions, leaving the former with limited authority.

  6. Category:Counties of France - Wikipedia

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    Media in category "Counties of France" This category contains only the following file. Poictesme1926.jpg 364 × 274; 42 KB

  7. List of administrative divisions by country - Wikipedia

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    3,049 counties (including 41 independent cities) [bd] Local government in the United States varies widely by state; some entities cross county and other boundaries. The US Census in 2012 counted 19,522 municipalities, 16,364 townships , 37,203 special districts, and 12,884 independent school districts which have active governments. [ 63 ]

  8. Departments of France - Wikipedia

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    In continental France (metropolitan France, excluding Corsica), the median land area of a department is 5,965 km 2 (2,303 sq mi), which is two-and-a-half times the median land area of the ceremonial counties of England and the preserved counties of Wales and slightly more than three-and-half times the median land area of a county of the United ...

  9. List of French possessions and colonies - Wikipedia

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    In the 19th century, starting with the Occupation of Algeria in 1830, France began to establish a new empire in Africa and Southeast Asia. The following is a list of all countries that were part of the French colonial empires from 1534; 490 years ago () to the present, either entirely or in part, either under French sovereignty or as mandate.