Paris is located in the Ile-de-France province of France. The city and its outlying areas make up almost the entirety of this administrative area and is divided into 20 arrondissements, or boroughs.
France is split into 27 administrative regions. Twenty-one of these make up continental France, another is the island of Corsica, off the coast of the mainland, and the remaining five are overseas territories. Ile-de-France is the most populous of these regions, with a population of about 12 million. More people live in this area than in some European countries, such as Austria or Norway. It is the richest region of France.
