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
Subdivisions of Winnipeg West ward. For the purpose of health and community services, the city is subdivided into 12 community areas (sometimes called community characterization areas, CCAs), broken down into 23 neighbourhood clusters (formerly "Neighbourhood Resource Networks"), in turn subdivided into the same 230 neighbourhoods which make up the city wards. Statistics Canada also reports census information subdivided this way for the purposes of city planning. The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority also includes two relatively densely populated rural municipalities, outside of Winnipeg, for health planning. They include the R.M. of East St. Paul in River East, and West St. Paul in Seven Oaks.