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there are 96 mainland departments and 5 oversea departments.
French "states" are called Departments.
France has 5 oversea department: Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, La Réunion and Mayotte (last added as a departement in 2011).
It abolished the haphazard system of provinces and replaced them with 83 Departments.
The first one is the venzasulae. next is the quatre neuf. then is the soixante and finally the cent.