This guide explains how they’re organized, so you can better understand maps, addresses, and local references when you travel. A map of the administrative departments of france, with list of french departments showing names and numbers All you need to know about the departments of france, complet listing in alphabetical order, and detailed information. In france, a department is a geographical area dividing the territory France is divided into 101 departments from an insee point of view (administrative districts) but officially only 95 departments as territorial collectivities How are selected french departments numbers
Departments are mostly numbered in alphabetical order. Continental france is divided into 94 administrative departments, numbered 1 to 95, excepting 20 There is no department 20 The former department 20 is now departments 2a and 2b, which are the island of corsica. The french administrative hierarchy consists mainly of three levels Each level has distinct representatives and autonomous budgets.
France is officially divided into 22 administrative regions (plus four overseas), then further divided into 96 departments Since 1 january 2016 there are only 13 regions in mainland france (including corsica).
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