Regions of FranceSince January 1, 2016, continental France is divided into 13 administrativeRegions instead of the former 22 regions. The 5 overseas regions are untouched:
Police municipale (Municipal police) – may be maintained by local governments (communes), but have very limited law enforcement powers outside of traffic issues and local ordinance enforcement
Garde champetre orPolice Rurale (Rural police) – may be formed by Rural communes, and are responsible for limited local patrol and protecting the environment
Équipes régionales d’intervention et de sécurité (SWAT teams) – are operated by The Department of Corrections (the prison system orAdministration pénitentiaire)
InWallis and Futuna, there is a territorial guard as well as royal police.
French Armed Forces, armed with FAMAS F1 assault rifles, await for the opening of the Memorial Day ceremony at the LaFayette Escadrille Monument in Paris, France.
TGV Duplex in Paris,Gare de Lyon. TGV stands fortrain àgrandevitesse, which isFrench for "train of great speed"), and is the name of France'shigh-speed rail service.
France is the most visited country in the world, receiving over 79million foreign tourists annually (including business visitors, but excluding people staying less than 24 hours in France).[4]
Collèges – cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 15, equivalent tomiddle schools
Lycées – provide a three-year course of further secondary education for children between the ages of 15 and 18, during which pupils are prepared for thebaccalauréat (commonly referred to asle bac), which happens between the end of the penultimate year (for the French-language exam), and the end of the last year
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Spain 623 km (387 mi)
Belgium 620 km (385 mi)
Switzerland 573 km (356 mi)
Italy 488 km (303 mi)
Germany 451 km (280 mi)
Luxembourg 73 km (45 mi)
Andorra 57 km (35 mi)
Monaco 4 km (2 mi)
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