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RĂ©gions of France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (472 words) |
 | In 2004, the median population of a région in continental France was 2,329,000 inhabitants, which is a little less than one-half of the median population of a region of England, a little more than one-half of the median population of a U.S. state, and three-quarter of the median population of a German state. |
| Their main legal attribution is to build and pay equipment costs for high schools; in March 2004, the French national government announced a controversial plan to transfer to the régions some categories of non-teaching school personnel. |
| There are also proposals to suppress the local government (conseil général) of the départements and to folding them into their régions, keeping the départements only as administrative subdivisions. |
| Autonomous communities of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (754 words) |
| The historic ones initially received more functions, including the ability of the regional presidents to choose the timing of the regional elections (as long as they happen at most 4 years apart). |
| A separate statute of autonomy for Andalusia had been drawn and submitted by Blas Infante, then approved by parliament in June 1936, to be voted in referendum in September 1936. |
| This caused a great deal of indignation at the time and fired the fuse of a popular campaign which would lead to a successful referendum vote on 28th February 1980 that required a supermajority. |
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