Investor Presentaiton
French territorial organisation
Composed of :
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18 regions
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101 départements
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35 357 municipalities, of which 94.5% under 5,000 inhabitants
Principle of free administration by elected councils, no local institution can exercise any authority on another
Income and competences are defined by national law →A key role of the national State in the territorial
organisation
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Several characteristics :
1) Process of merging and combinations to optimise local public action:
Example with the « Loi NOTRE » switch from 26 regions to 13 metropolitan regions, to improve
efficiency and focus of Regions on investment policies
Merging at the muni level: 36 588 municipalities combined by end-2015
2) Competences attributed to each level of local authorities based on the principle of subsidiarity, and withdrawal of
the concept of general competences in 2015 → Given their size and strategic positioning, Regions are investment
authorities by essence, with a leadership role amongst local administrations in terms of economic development,
environment, planning.
*îlede France
Direction des finances - Région Ile-de-France
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