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A small part of Haut-Rhin, however, remained French and became known as the Territoire de Belfort; the remaining parts of Meurthe and Moselle were merged into a new Meurthe-et-Moselle department. When France regained the ceded departments after World War I, the Territoire de Belfort was not reintegrated into Haut-Rhin. In 1922 it became France ...
The departments are subdivided into 320 arrondissements (not a public or legal entity). The departments are subdivided into 1,995 cantons (not a public or legal entity). The departments are subdivided into 34,826 communes (local authority). Three urban communes (Paris, Marseille, and Lyon) are further divided into municipal arrondissements.
[1] All of the thirteen metropolitan administrative regions (including Corsica as of 2019) are further subdivided into two to thirteen administrative departments, with the prefect of each region's administrative centre's department also acting as the regional prefect. The overseas regions administratively consist of only one department each and ...
France is currently divided into 26 "régions"; 22 of these form metropolitan France, which includes the continental nation and the island of Corsica, and 4 are overseas. Régions are further subdivided into 100 "départements", including the 4 départements d'outre-mer ("Overseas Departments") or "DOMs".
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Pages in category "Departments of France" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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