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The administrative divisions of France are concerned with the institutional and territorial organization of French territory. There are many administrative divisions, which may have political (local government), electoral (districts), or administrative (decentralized services of the state) objectives.
The French republic is divided into 18 regions : 13 in metropolitan France and 5 in overseas France.
As of 1 January 2016[update], metropolitan France is divided into the following:
Furthermore, as of January 2009[update], there exist 2,585 intercommunal structures grouping 34,077 communes (93.2% of all the communes of metropolitan France), with 87.4% of the population of metropolitan France living in them. These intercommunal structures are: