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 regions of the Federal District (Brazil) Administrative regions of the Federal District (Brazil) The Federal District of Brazil is divided into 31 administrative regions () The division of the Federal District into administrative regions was made official through the 1964 federal law no. 4.545. Prior to this law, the regions were not officially defined, but their seats already existed and were often called satellite cities, with the exception of Brasília. The administrative regions are territorial subdivisions of the Federal District, for which physical limits, established by public power, define the jurisdiction of government action for purposes of administrative decentralization and coordination of public services of a