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
Administrative divisions of Mongolia Administrative divisions of Mongolia The country of Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces (, "aimag") and the capital (нийслэл, "niislel") Ulaanbaatar. Secondary subdivisions outside Ulaanbaatar are called "sum" (сум, often transcribed as "soum"). In 2006, Mongolia had 331 sums. Sums are further subdivided into bags (баг). While sums always have a permanent settlement as administrative center, many bags don't. Ulaanbaatar is divided into nine düüregs (дүүрэг, usually translated as "district"), which are further subdivided into khoroos (хороо, most often translated as "subdistrict", "microdistrict" or simply "district"). Officially, Mongolia is divided into 3 administrative tiers, with different types of administrative unit