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The administrative divisions of France are concerned with the institutional and territorial organization of French territory. There are many administrative divisions, which may have political (local government), electoral (districts), or administrative (decentralized services of the state) objectives. == Metropolitan France == , metropolitan France is divided into the following: * 22 regions, including Corsica; although Corsica is formally a territorial collectivity, it is considered equivalent to a region. (local authority) * The regions are subdivided into 96 departments. (local authority) * The departments are subdivided into 323 arrondissements. (not a public or legal entity) * The arrondissements are subdivided into 1,995 cantons. (not a public or legal entity) * The cantons are subdivided into 36,529 communes. (local authority) * * Three urban communes (Paris, Marseille, and Lyon) are further divided into municipal arrondissements. There are 20 arrondissements of Paris, 16 arrondissements of Marseille, and nine arrondissements of Lyon. * *there are also 730 associated communes (), formerly independent communes which were merged with larger communes but have retained some limited degree of autonomy (e.g. the commune of Lomme which was absorbed by Lille in 2000 and transformed into an "associated commune" inside the commune of Lille) Furthermore, , there exist 2,585 intercommunal structures grouping 34,077 communes (93.2% of all the communes of metropolitan France), with 87.4% of the population of metropolitan France living in them. These intercommunal structures are: *16 Urban communities (''communautés urbaines'', or CU) *167 Agglomeration communities (''communautés d'agglomération'', or CA) *2,397 Commune communities (''communautés de communes'', or CC) *5 Syndicates of New Agglomeration (''syndicats d'agglomération nouvelle'', or SAN), a category being phased out 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Administrative divisions of France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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