FranceListe CR, n° 51 · Institutions and politics
How is France organised administratively?
In the exam (French)
Quelle est l'organisation administrative de la France ?
- aA unitary and decentralised State: communes, departments, regionsUn État unitaire et décentralisé : communes, départements, régionsCorrect answer
- bA federal State, made up of states that pass their own lawsUn État fédéral, composé d'États qui votent leurs propres lois
- cA centralised State, where everything is decided in Paris, with no local elected officialsUn État centralisé, où tout est décidé à Paris, sans élus locaux
- dA confederation of regions that are independent of one anotherUne confédération de régions indépendantes les unes des autres
Why?
France is a unitary State: one single Constitution and the same laws for the whole country. Its organisation is decentralised: the State gives certain responsibilities to local authorities (collectivités territoriales), which have their own elected officials. These are mainly the communes, the departments and the regions.
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Knowledge questions: Ministry of the Interior (DIAN), official lists of knowledge questions CSP and CR, formation-civique.interieur.gouv.fr, Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 21 October 2026; the official list for naturalisation, immigration.interieur.gouv.fr (DGEF), Licence Ouverte 2.0, read on 25 October 2026. The answer options, the explanations, the situations and the English translation are ours, written with AI; in the exam the questions are in French. This is not a ministry service.
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