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 | | # Oberfranken (Upper Franconia) # Mittelfranken (Middle Franconia) # Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) # Swabia (administrative region)Schwaben (Swabia) # Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) # Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) # Niederbayern (Lower Bavaria) These administrative regions consist of 71 administrative districts (called Landkreise, singular Landkreis) and 25 independent towns (kreisfreie Städte, singular kreisfreie Stadt). |
 | | The 71 administrative districts are on the lowest level divided into 2031 municipalitymunicipalities (called Gemeinden, singular Gemeinde). |
 | | In 44 of the 71 administrative districts, there is a total of 215 unincorporated areas (as of January 1, 2005, called gemeindefreie Gebiete, singular gemeindefreies Gebiet), not belonging to any municipality, all uninhabited, mostly forested areas, but also four lakes. |
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