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
Nong Khae District and Phachi of Ayutthaya Province. The district is subdivided into 18 subdistricts ("tambon"), which are further subdivided into 181 villages ("muban"). There are three municipal ("thesaban") areas, and further 16 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO). Nong Khae District Nong Khae (, ) is a district ("amphoe") in the southern part of Saraburi Province, central Thailand. There were records that the district already existed in 1899. Amphoe Nong Khae has the Na Roeng "Khlong" (canal) that connects to the Pa Sak River. The Ayutthaya kingdom army moved their troops by this canal for military purposes. Recently there has been immigration of people