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 Cambodia and Rattanakiri, where the province and the capital district does not match. A district (ស្រុក, srok) of a province is divided into "Communes" (, "Khum"). A commune (, "Khum") is further divided into "Villages" (, "Phum"). In Phnom Penh the districts are called "Khan" (), and their subdivisions "Sangkat" () which are smaller in the other provinces. "Sangkat" are further subdivided into "Krom" (), which are usually translated as villages, though they do not necessarily cover one single settlement. Officially, Cambodia is divided into 5 administrative tiers, with different types of administrative unit on each tier: In addition to these