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| | France Departments |
 | | The departments of France are subdivided into arrondissements, which are subdivided into cantons, which are (in general) subdivided into communes. |
 | | The basic meaning of arrondissement is a rounding off, or rounding out.) In densely populated areas, there may be several cantons in a commune. |
 | | On 1988-01-01, there were 22 regions, 96 departments, 326 arrondissements, 3,827 cantons, and 36,538 communes in metropolitan France (France in Europe, including Corsica). |
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