Regions of France Regions of France France is divided into 18 administrative regions (, ), including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions. The 13 metropolitan regions (including 12 mainland regions and Corsica) are each further subdivided into 2 to 13 departments, while the overseas regions consist of only one department each and hence are also referred to as "overseas departments". The current legal concept of "region" was adopted in 1982, and in 2016 what had been 27 regions was reduced to 18. The term "région" was officially created by the Law of Decentralisation (2 March 1982), which also gave regions their legal
Administrative divisions of Latvia Administrative divisions of Latvia Administrative divisions of Latvia (valid since 1 July 2009). According to the "Administrative territorial reform of Latvia", Latvia changed its administrative divisions from two-level municipalities (the districts were the first-level municipalities, while towns (cities), town's countryside territories and parishes were the second-level municipalities) to one-level municipalities - districts were liquidated, while towns/cities (, "plural"), town's countryside territories (, "plural") and parishes (, "plural") were merged into 110 municipalities (, "plural"), with 9 metropolitan areas got the status of republican cities (, "plural"). () with their own city council and administration. Municipalities are subdivided into territorial units