France arrondissements, which are, in turn, subdivided into 2,054 cantons. These cantons are then divided into 36,658 communes, which are municipalities with an elected municipal council. Three communes—Paris, Lyon and Marseille—are subdivided into 45 municipal arrondissements. The regions, departments and communes are all known as territorial collectivities, meaning they possess local assemblies as well as an executive. Arrondissements and cantons are merely administrative divisions. However, this was not always the case. Until 1940, the arrondissements were territorial collectivities with an elected assembly, but these were suspended by the Vichy regime and definitely abolished by the Fourth Republic in 1946. In addition
Geographical regions of Turkey Geographical regions of Turkey The geographical regions of Turkey comprise seven regions () which were originally defined at the country's First Geography Congress in 1941. These seven regions are subdivided into twenty one sections (), which are further split into numerous areas () as defined by microclimate and bounded by local geographic formations. "Regions" as defined in this context are merely for geographic, demographic, and economic purposes, and do not refer to an administrative division. The Aegean Region has: The Black Sea Region has: The Central Anatolia Region has: The Eastern Anatolia Region has: The Marmara Region has: The Mediterranean