Administrative divisions of France

All the inhabited territories are represented in the National Assembly, Senate and Economic and Social Council and their citizens have French citizenship and elect the President of France.

The French Republic is divided into 18 regions: 12 in mainland France and 6 elsewhere (1 in Europe: Corsica; 2 in the Caribbean (the Lesser Antilles): Guadeloupe and Martinique; 1 in South America: French Guiana; and 2 in the Indian Ocean near East Africa: Mayotte and Réunion).

It is regarded as a sui generis collectivity, which means that local government and parliament have the power to pass and enforce specific laws without seeking the consent of the French Government; unless such laws are declared illegitimate by the Constitutional Council in a specific proceeding brought to the Constitutional Council.

1 overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer, or TOM): the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, which have no permanent population and no communes.

[citation needed] Citizens from all parts of France, including the overseas administrative divisions, vote in national elections (presidential, legislative), and all of the collectivities are represented in the Senate.

Territories of France , excluding Antarctic territories. Citizens from all these territories, including the overseas administrative divisions, are French citizens , vote in national elections ( presidential , legislative ), and all of the inhabited territories are represented in the Senate .
The five overseas collectivities of France
Regions and departments of Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France, overseas departments and overseas collectivities
Provinces of royal France superimposed by modern administrative boundaries and the names of the actual regions
Regions and departments of France from 1982 to 2015