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France’s State of the States: Making 13 from 22

June 29th, 2016 · No Comments · France

In the name of bureaucratic streamlining, France has reduced its 22 departments — the largest administrative units in the country — to 13. And some people are not happy — primarily those in suddenly larger units produced by shotgun marriages with former neighbors. Languedoc-Rousillon, where we live, now finds itself joined to its western neighbor, […]

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