Riots broke out in these municipalities after the electrocution of two youths in a power substation. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this term for the communes that make up the majority of Île-de-France. Though technically this term can apply to wealthy suburbs like Versailles, it is almost exclusively used for poorer suburbs like Bondy whose housing stock is made up of HLMs.
ANSWER: banlieues (HLMs are habitation à loyer modéré, French low-income public housing.)
[10h] The banlieues are classified as local administrative units in this EU system of country subdivisions. France's level 1 subdivision in this classification is region, while Germany's is states.
ANSWER: NUTS [or Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics; or Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques]
[10e] France's regions are broken down into this NUTS Level 3 subdivision. 5 of these 101 subdivisions are classified as overseas, and they are further broken down into arrondissements.
ANSWER: departments
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