France is mainly divided into 18 administrative regions: 13 regions in metropolitan France (including the territorial collectivity of Corsica), and five located overseas. The regions are further subdivided into 101 departments, which are numbered mainly alphabetically. This number is used in postal codes and was formerly used on vehicle number plates. Among the 101 departments of France, five (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, and Réunion) are in overseas regions (ROMs) that are also simultaneously overseas departments (DOMs), enjoy exactly the same status as metropolitan departments and are an integral part of the European Union. The 101 departments are subdivided into 335
Administrative divisions of Morocco Administrative divisions of Morocco In Morocco, the 75 second-level administrative subdivisions are 13 prefectures and 62 provinces. They are subdivisions of the 12 regions of Morocco. Each prefecture or province is subdivided into arrondissements (only in prefectures of some metropolitan areas), municipalities ("communes", sing. "commune") or urban municipalities ("communes urbaines", sing. "commune urbaine") in other urban areas, and districts ("cercles", sing. "cercle") in rural areas. The districts are subdivided into rural municipalities ("communes rurales", sing. "commune rural"). One prefecture (Casablanca) is also subdivided into "préfectures d'arrondissements" (sing. "préfecture d'arrondissements"), similar to districts ("cercles") except they are grouping a few arrondissements