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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 ...
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The term région was officially created by the Law of Decentralisation (2 March 1982), which also gave regions their legal status. The first direct elections for regional representatives took place on 16 March 1986. [2] Between 1982 and 2015, there were 22 regions in Metropolitan France.
Français : Carte administrative vierge de la France destinée à la géolocalisation, avec régions et départements distingués. Échelle approximative : 1:3 000 000 English: Blank administrative map of France for geo-location purpose, with regions and departements distinguished.
Map showing France and its neighbours. Metropolitan France is bordered by: Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany; Switzerland; Italy; Monaco; Andorra; Spain; France is also linked to: United Kingdom (by the Channel Tunnel, which passes underneath the English Channel) France's overseas departments share borders with: Brazil (borders French Guiana ...
This is a list of islands of France, including both metropolitan France and French overseas islands. [1] Ranking of French islands. By area. All ...
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".
Each overseas region or department may transform into a single territorial collectivity, with the merger of the regional and departmental assemblies, which voters in Martinique and French Guiana approved in two referendums in 2010. In Réunion, the creation of a second department for the southern part of the island has been debated for some ...