Editing Regions of France (section)

{{Short description|Administrative divisions of France}}
{{Redirect|Région||Region (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox subdivision type
| name               = Regions of France<br/>{{native name|fr|Régions}}
| alt_name           = {{native name|br|Rannvroioù Bro-C'hall}}{{nobold|,}} {{native name|frp|Règion francêsa}}{{nobold|,}} {{native name|oc|Region francesa}}{{nobold|,}} {{native name|ca|Regió francesa}}
| map                = {{France Regions Labelled Map}}
| category           = [[Unitary state]]
| territory          = [[France|French Republic]]
| start_date         = 
| current_number     = 18
| number_date        = 
| population_range   = 279,471 ([[Mayotte]]) – 12,997,058 ([[Île-de-France]])
| area_range         = {{Convert|376|sqkm|abbr=on}} ([[Mayotte]]) – {{Convert|84,061|sqkm|abbr=on}} ([[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]])
| government         = Regional Government, [[Government of France|National Government]]
| subdivision        = [[Departments of France|Department]]
| status             = [[Overseas department and region|Overseas region]] ({{lang|fr|région d'outre-mer}}) (5)
| exofficio          = [[Territorial collectivity]] ({{lang|fr|collectivité territoriale}})
}}France is [[Administrative divisions of France|divided]] into eighteen administrative '''regions''' ({{langx|fr|régions}}, singular {{lang|fr|région}} {{IPA|fr|ʁeʒjɔ̃|}}), of which thirteen are located in [[metropolitan France]] (in Europe), while the other five are [[Overseas departments and regions of France|overseas regions]] (not to be confused with the [[Overseas collectivity|overseas collectivities]], which have a semi-autonomous status).<ref name="INSEE">{{cite web |url=https://statistiques-locales.insee.fr/#c=indicator&view=map3 |title=Statistiques locales: France par région |publisher=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]] |language=fr |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>

All of the thirteen metropolitan administrative regions (including [[Corsica]] {{as of|2019|lc=y}}) are further subdivided into two to thirteen administrative [[departments of France|departments]], with the [[prefect (France)|prefect]] of each region's administrative centre's department also acting as the regional prefect. The overseas regions administratively consist of only one department each and hence also have the status of overseas departments.

Most administrative regions also have the status of regional [[Territorial collectivity|territorial collectivities]], which comes with a [[local government]], with departmental and communal collectivities below the regional level. The exceptions are Corsica, [[French Guiana]], [[Mayotte]] and [[Martinique]], where region and department functions are managed by single local governments having consolidated jurisdiction and which are known as [[Single territorial collectivity|single territorial collectivities]].