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 subdivision of Rome Administrative subdivision of Rome The administrative subdivisions of Rome consist of the 15 sub-municipalities ("municipi") of Rome's municipality ("comune"). Originally, the city was divided into 20 sub-municipalities, but the XIV, what is now the Comune di Fiumicino, voted in 1992 to become a full municipality itself and eventually detached from Rome. Then on 11 March 2013 the municipalities were reduced from 19 to 15. Since 1972 the city has been divided into administrative areas, called "municipi" (singular: "municipio"), until 2001 named "circoscrizioni". They were created for administrative reasons to increase decentralisation in the city. Each "municipio" is governed by a