Departments of France France: Notes for Table 7: Departments of France In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as regions. Departments are further subdivided into 334 arrondissements, themselves divided into cantons; the last two have no autonomy, and are used for the organisation of police, fire departments, and sometimes, elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ("conseil départemental"
Dong (administrative division) major thoroughfares in Seoul, Suwon, and other cities are also subdivided into "ga". Basically "ga" stands for a historical reason: in Korea under Japanese rule, some districts living Japanese are subdivided as "machi" (, ) and "chome" (, ) and after Independence of Korea, these "machi" (partially) and "chome" are renamed as "ga". Dong (administrative division) A dong or neighborhood is a submunicipal level administrative unit of a city and of those cities which are not divided into wards throughout Korea. The unit is often translated as neighborhood and has been used in both administrative divisions of North Korea and