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 subdivision of Rome Administrative subdivision of Rome The administrative subdivisions of Rome consist of the 15 sub-municipalities ("municipi") of Rome's municipality ("comune"). Originally, the city was divided into 20 sub-municipalities, but the XIV, what is now the Comune di Fiumicino, voted in 1992 to become a full municipality itself and eventually detached from Rome. Then on 11 March 2013 the municipalities were reduced from 19 to 15. Since 1972 the city has been divided into administrative areas, called "municipi" (singular: "municipio"), until 2001 named "circoscrizioni". They were created for administrative reasons to increase decentralisation in the city. Each "municipio" is governed by a