<P> Associated communes Municipal arrondissements </P> <Tr> <Td> Others in Overseas France <P> Overseas collectivities Sui generis collectivity Overseas country Overseas territory Clipperton Island </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> Overseas collectivities Sui generis collectivity Overseas country Overseas territory Clipperton Island </P> <P> France is divided into 18 administrative regions (French: région, (ʁeʒjɔ̃)), 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 . </P>

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