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France is administratively divided into 25 regions (French: régions), of which 21 are on mainland France, and four are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity (French: collectivité territoriale), but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website.[1] Each mainland region and Corsica are further subdivided into two to eight departments.
[edit] General characteristicsIn mainland France (excluding Corsica), the median land area of a region is 25,809 km² (9,965 sq mi), which is just a bit larger than the state of Vermont, and only 4% as large as the median land area of a Canadian province, but 15% larger than the median land area of a German region/land, and 67% larger than the area of a region of England. In 2004, the median population of a region in continental France was 2,329,000 inhabitants, which is a little less than one half of the median population of a region of England, and three quarters of the median population of a German Land (state), but more than twice the median population of a Canadian province. [edit] RoleRegions do not have separate legislative authority and cannot therefore write their own statutory law. They levy their own taxes and, in return, receive a decreasing part of their budget from the central government which gives them a portion of the taxes it levies. They also have considerable budgets managed by a regional council (conseil régional) made up of representatives voted into office in regional elections. A region's primary responsibility is to build and furnish high schools. In March 2004, the French central government unveiled a controversial plan to transfer regulation of certain categories of non-teaching school staff to the regional authorities. Critics of this plan contend that tax revenue is insufficient to be allocated to pay for the resulting costs and such measures would increase regional inequalities. Apart from these legal attributions, regions have considerable discretionary powers for infrastructural spending, e.g., education, public transit, funding universities and research, and assistance for business owners. Because of this, being the regional head of a wealthy region such as Île-de-France or Rhône-Alpes can be quite a high-profile position. Occasional discussions about giving limited legislative autonomy to the regions remain controversial. There are also proposals to transfer certain local government powers of the departments to their respective regions, leaving the departments with very limited authority. [edit] Regional ControlNumber of regions controlled by each coalition since 1986. Red: left, blue: right
[edit] Regions and their capitals
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