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In Germany we say "Regionen". France is segmented in "Regionen". As far as I know, France introduced regions to make the country a little bit less centralistic. But in Germany France still has the reputation for beeing a centralistic country.
I encounter this classification when I did some research about manufacturing in France at Institut national de la statistique et des tudes conomiques : Accueil
What's about Paris? Has Paris the status of a departement? As far as I know the city itself is segmented in arrondissements.
In Germany we have:
- Bundesländer (states)
- Regierungsbezirke (at least in some states)
- Kreise (districts)
- Gemeinden (communes)
In Germany we say "Regionen". France is segmented in "Regionen". As far as I know, France introduced regions to make the country a little bit less centralistic. But in Germany France still has the reputation for beeing a centralistic country.
I encounter this classification when I did some research about manufacturing in France at Institut national de la statistique et des tudes conomiques : Accueil
What's about Paris? Has Paris the status of a departement? As far as I know the city itself is segmented in arrondissements.
In Germany we have:
- Bundesländer (states)
- Regierungsbezirke (at least in some states)
- Kreise (districts)
- Gemeinden (communes)
I guess, that's very uncommon in France. I have read that there are normally no municipality reforms in France. The boundaries of the communes are the same like 50 years ago, or so. Is that correct?
France has some really tiny municipalities, right? How do they provide any services?
Nope. The difference in birth rates in the U.S. between Hispanics and non-Hispanics is about 15%. The difference was 40% 10 years ago, but has shrunk to almost nothing.
The decline in U.S. birthrates during the last decade is 100% due to decline in Hispanic birthrates. White and Asian birthrates haven't changed at all.
Much of Latin America has lower birthrates than the U.S. now. The idea that Hispanics have more babies than non-Hispanics is simply outdated and wrong.
I provided a source, how about you do the same for those claims?
In Germany we say "Regionen". France is segmented in "Regionen". As far as I know, France introduced regions to make the country a little bit less centralistic. But in Germany France still has the reputation for beeing a centralistic country.
I encounter this classification when I did some research about manufacturing in France at Institut national de la statistique et des tudes conomiques : Accueil
What's about Paris? Has Paris the status of a departement? As far as I know the city itself is segmented in arrondissements.
In Germany we have:
- Bundesländer (states)
- Regierungsbezirke (at least in some states)
- Kreise (districts)
- Gemeinden (communes)
France has some really tiny municipalities, right? How do they provide any services?
There is a tiny village with just 40 habitants somwhere in the north - don't remember the name.... am sure there is plenty of them scattered all over the country. The services are pretty much done by the other bigger villages around. Maybe if you're lucky, that sort of place will have a bakery, a littlle shop, or even the shop IN the bakery. You go to work, school and to the hospital or doctor in the nearest town or village. That's what I do when I go to my doctor, I go in another commune. It's okay to do that I guess.
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It's too complicated for me, they should do something about it.
If I look at Wikipedia just a second it says something like 36 658 communes in January 2015.
That's. too. much.
My town has a population of 18 626 habitants, the commune just next is populated of 1 452 souls. (2012 data so there should have been some change but not that much I guess)
My doctor is also the mayor of this commune, so I think that says it all...
Last edited by Eden Morlevent; 07-15-2015 at 12:47 PM..
France has some really tiny municipalities, right? How do they provide any services?
Ohh, I really don't know. I am not French. I guess the services are provided by the cantons or arrondissements or even departements. In some German states, there are also very tiny municipalities, but they form larger municipalities associations. In Niedersachsen they are called "Samtgemeinde" and in Rheinland-Pfalz the name is "Verbandsgemeinde". Maybe there are also municipalities associations in France, I don't know.
There is a tiny village with just 40 habitants somwhere in the north - don't remember the name.... am sure there is plenty of them scattered all over the country. The services are pretty much done by the other bigger villages around. Maybe if you're lucky, that sort of place will have a bakery, a littlle shop, or even the shop IN the bakery. You go to work, school and to the hospital or doctor in the nearest town or village. That's what I do when I go to my doctor, I go in another commune. It's okay to do that I guess.
I guess it's the same like in all other countries. Most communes in Nordrhein-Westfalen has of course small villages with no shops, just a church and some houses. 45 years ago, most of those villages were independent communes. They are no part of a larger communes. But the daily life of the people isn't effected by this.
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