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Departments of France

The départements (or departments) are administrative parts of France and many French colonies, similar to English counties. Départements are a kind of local government.

The 101 French départements are now grouped into 13 metropolitan and five overseas régions. Their capitals are called préfectures.

French régions and préfecture

Départements (Departments) and Regions of France
INSEE code Arms 1 Department Prefecture Region Named after
01 Coat of arms of department 01 Ain Bourg-en-Bresse [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ain (river)
02 Coat of arms of department 02 Aisne Laon [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Hauts-de-France Aisne (river)
03 Coat of arms of department 03 Allier Moulins [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Allier (river)
04 Coat of arms of department 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 2 Digne-les-Bains 22x20px Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alps
05 Coat of arms of department 05 Hautes-Alpes Gap 22x20px Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alps
06 Coat of arms of department 06 Alpes-Maritimes Nice 22x20px Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alps
07 Coat of arms of department 07 Ardèche Privas [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ardèche (river)
08 Coat of arms of department 08 Ardennes Charleville-Mézières [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Ardennes Forest
09 Coat of arms of department 09 Ariège Foix 22x20px Occitanie Ariège (river)
10 Coat of arms of department 10 Aube Troyes [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Aube (river)
11 Coat of arms of department 11 Aude Carcassonne 22x20px Occitanie Aude (river)
12 Coat of arms of department 12 Aveyron Rodez 22x20px Occitanie Aveyron (river)
13 Coat of arms of department 13 Bouches-du-Rhône Marseille 22x20px Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Rhône (river)
14 Coat of arms of department 14 Calvados Caen 22x20px Normandy Calvados rocks
15 Coat of arms of department 15 Cantal Aurillac [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Mounts of Cantal
16 Coat of arms of department 16 Charente Angoulême [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Charente (river)
17 Coat of arms of department 17 Charente-Maritime 3 La Rochelle [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Charente (river)
18 Coat of arms of department 18 Cher Bourges 22x20px Centre-Val de Loire Cher (river)
19 Coat of arms of department 19 Corrèze Tulle [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Corrèze (river)
2A Coat of arms of Corsica Corse-du-Sud Ajaccio  Corsica Island of Corsica
2B Coat of arms of Corsica Haute-Corse Bastia  Corsica Island of Corsica
21 Coat of arms of department 21 Côte-d'Or Dijon Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Côte d'Or (escarpment)
22 Coat of arms of department 22 Côtes-d'Armor 4 Saint-Brieuc Brittany Brittany coasts of Armorica
23 Coat of arms of department 23 Creuse Guéret [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Creuse (river)
24 Coat of arms of department 24 Dordogne Périgueux [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Dordogne (river)
25 Coat of arms of department 25 Doubs Besançon Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Doubs (river)
26 Coat of arms of department 26 Drôme Valence [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Drôme (river)
27 Coat of arms of department 27 Eure Évreux 22x20px Normandy Eure (river)
28 Coat of arms of department 28 Eure-et-Loir Chartres 22x20px Centre-Val de Loire Eure and Loir rivers
29 Coat of arms of department 29 Finistère Quimper Brittany Brittany Finis Terræ (end of earth)
30 Coat of arms of department 30 Gard Nîmes 22x20px Occitanie Gardon (river)
31 Coat of arms of department 31 Haute-Garonne Toulouse 22x20px Occitanie Garonne (river)
32 Coat of arms of department 32 Gers Auch 22x20px Occitanie Gers (river)
33 Coat of arms of department 33 Gironde 5 Bordeaux [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Gironde (river)
34 Coat of arms of department 34 Hérault Montpellier 22x20px Occitanie Hérault (river)
35 Coat of arms of department 35 Ille-et-Vilaine Rennes Brittany Brittany Ille and Vilaine rivers
36 Coat of arms of department 36 Indre Châteauroux 22x20px Centre-Val de Loire Indre (river)
37 Coat of arms of department 37 Indre-et-Loire Tours 22x20px Centre-Val de Loire Indre and Loire rivers
38 Coat of arms of department 38 Isère Grenoble [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Isère (river)
39 Coat of arms of department 39 Jura Lons-le-Saunier Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Jura Mountains
40 Coat of arms of department 40 Landes Mont-de-Marsan [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Landes forest
41 Coat of arms of department 41 Loir-et-Cher Blois 22x20px Centre-Val de Loire Loir and Cher rivers
42 Coat of arms of department 42 Loire Saint-Étienne [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Loire (river)
43 Coat of arms of department 43 Haute-Loire Le Puy-en-Velay [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Loire (river)
44 Coat of arms of department 44 Loire-Atlantique 6 Nantes  Pays de la Loire Loire (river)
45 Coat of arms of department 45 Loiret Orléans 22x20px Centre-Val de Loire Loiret (river)
46 Coat of arms of department 46 Lot Cahors 22x20px Occitanie Lot (river)
47 Coat of arms of department 47 Lot-et-Garonne Agen [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Lot and Garonne rivers
48 Coat of arms of department 48 Lozère Mende 22x20px Occitanie Mont Lozère
49 Coat of arms of department 49 Maine-et-Loire 7 Angers  Pays de la Loire Maine and Loire rivers
50 Coat of arms of department 50 Manche Saint-Lô 22x20px Normandy English Channel
51 Coat of arms of department 51 Marne Châlons-en-Champagne [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Marne (river)
52 Coat of arms of department 52 Haute-Marne Chaumont [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Marne (river)
53 Coat of arms of department 53 Mayenne Laval  Pays de la Loire Mayenne (river)
54 Coat of arms of department 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle Nancy [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Meurthe and Moselle rivers
55 Coat of arms of department 55 Meuse Bar-le-Duc [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Meuse (river)
56 Coat of arms of department 56 Morbihan Vannes Brittany Brittany Gulf of Morbihan
57 Coat of arms of department 57 Moselle Metz [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Moselle (river)
58 Coat of arms of department 58 Nièvre Nevers Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Nièvre (river)
59 Coat of arms of department 59 Nord Lille [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Hauts-de-France North
60 Coat of arms of department 60 Oise Beauvais [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Hauts-de-France Oise (river)
61 Coat of arms of department 61 Orne Alençon 22x20px Normandy Orne (river)
62 Coat of arms of department 62 Pas-de-Calais Arras [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Hauts-de-France Strait of Dover
63 Coat of arms of department 63 Puy-de-Dôme Clermont-Ferrand [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Puy de Dôme volcano
64 Coat of arms of department 64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques 8 Pau [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Pyrenees
65 Coat of arms of department 65 Hautes-Pyrénées Tarbes 22x20px Occitanie Pyrenees
66 Coat of arms of department 66 Pyrénées-Orientales Perpignan 22x20px Occitanie Pyrenees
67 Coat of arms of department 67 Bas-Rhin Strasbourg [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Rhine (river)
68 Coat of arms of department 68 Haut-Rhin Colmar [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Rhine (river)
69 Coat of arms of department 69 Rhône Lyon (provisional) [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône (river)
69M Lyon Metropolis 18 Lyon [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes communes of Lyon
70 Coat of arms of department 70 Haute-Saône Vesoul Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Saône (river)
71 Coat of arms of department 71 Saône-et-Loire Mâcon Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Saône and Loire rivers
72 Coat of arms of department 72 Sarthe Le Mans  Pays de la Loire Sarthe (river)
73 Coat of arms of department 73 Savoie Chambéry [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Savoy
74 Coat of arms of department 74 Haute-Savoie Annecy [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Savoy
75 Coat of arms of department 75 Paris 9 Paris Template:Country data Île-de-France city of Paris
76 Coat of arms of department 76 Seine-Maritime 10 Rouen 22x20px Normandy Seine (river)
77 Coat of arms of department 77 Seine-et-Marne Melun Template:Country data Île-de-France Seine and Marne rivers
78 Coat of arms of department 78 Yvelines 11 Versailles Template:Country data Île-de-France Forest of Yvelines
79 Coat of arms of department 79 Deux-Sèvres Niort [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Sèvre Nantaise and Sèvre Niortaise rivers
80 Coat of arms of department 80 Somme Amiens [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Hauts-de-France Somme (river)
81 Coat of arms of department 81 Tarn Albi 22x20px Occitanie Tarn (river)
82 Coat of arms of department 82 Tarn-et-Garonne Montauban 22x20px Occitanie Tarn and Garonne rivers
83 Coat of arms of department 83 Var Toulon 22x20px Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Var (river)
84 Coat of arms of department 84 Vaucluse Avignon 22x20px Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Fontaine-de-Vaucluse spring
85 Coat of arms of department 85 Vendée La Roche-sur-Yon  Pays de la Loire Vendée (river)
86 Coat of arms of department 86 Vienne Poitiers [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Vienne (river)
87 Coat of arms of department 87 Haute-Vienne Limoges [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Nouvelle-Aquitaine Vienne (river)
88 Coat of arms of department 88 Vosges Épinal [[File:|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Grand Est Vosges Mountains
89 Coat of arms of department 89 Yonne Auxerre Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Yonne (river)
90 Coat of arms of department 90 Territoire de Belfort Belfort Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté city of Belfort
91 Coat of arms of department 91 Essonne 12 Évry Template:Country data Île-de-France Essonne (river)
92 Coat of arms of department 92 Hauts-de-Seine 13 Nanterre Template:Country data Île-de-France Seine (river)
93 Coat of arms of department 93 Seine-Saint-Denis 14 Bobigny Template:Country data Île-de-France Seine (river)
94 Coat of arms of department 94 Val-de-Marne Créteil Template:Country data Île-de-France Marne (river)
95 Coat of arms of department 95 Val-d'Oise Pontoise 15 Template:Country data Île-de-France Oise (river)
971 Coat of arms of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 16 Basse-Terre  Guadeloupe
972 Coat of arms of Martinique Martinique 16 Fort-de-France  Martinique
973 Coat of arms of Guyane Guyane 16 Cayenne  French Guiana
974 Coat of arms of Réunion La Réunion 16 Saint-Denis  Réunion
976 Coat of arms of Mayotte Mayotte 17 Mamoudzou  Mayotte
Notes:
  • ^1  Most of the coats of arms are not official
  • ^2  This department was known as Basses-Alpes until 1970
  • ^3  This department was known as Charente-Inférieure until 1941
  • ^4  This department was known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990
  • ^5  This department was known as Bec-d'Ambès from 1793 until 1795. The Convention eliminated the name to avoid recalling the outlawed Girondin political faction.
  • ^6  This department was known as Loire-Inférieure until 1957
  • ^7  This department was known as Mayenne-et-Loire until 1791
  • ^8  This department was known as Basses-Pyrénées until 1969
  • ^9  Number 75 was formerly assigned to Seine
  • ^10  This department was known as Seine-Inférieure until 1955
  • ^11  Number 78 was formerly assigned to Seine-et-Oise
  • ^12  Number 91 was formerly assigned to Alger, in French Algeria
  • ^13  Number 92 was formerly assigned to Oran, in French Algeria
  • ^14  Number 93 was formerly assigned to Constantine, in French Algeria
  • ^15  The prefecture of Val-d'Oise was established in Pontoise when the department was created, but moved de facto to the neighbouring commune of Cergy; currently, both part of the ville nouvelle of Cergy-Pontoise
  • ^16  The overseas departments each constitute a region and enjoy a status identical to metropolitan France. They are part of France and the European Union, though special EU rules apply to them.
  • ^17  Mayotte became the 101st department of France on 31 March 2011. The INSEE code of Mayotte is 976 (975 is already assigned to the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
  • ^18  Metropoles with territorial collectivity statute.
Regions and departments of metropolitan France; the numbers are those of the first column
The departments in the immediate vicinity of Paris; the numbers are those of the first column


Departments Of France Media

  • Administrative map of France, created under Inkscape 0.47 from several of the maps (especially this one) created by Sting.*The file consists of twenty-four layers: Frame, Administrative Centres of Regions, Towns, Administra

  • Geometrical proposition rejected

  • French provinces before 1790 (color) and today's departments (black borders)

  • Departments at the maximum extent of the First French Empire (1812)

  • Administrative divisions of France

  • Population density in the departments (2007). The broken lines mark the approximate boundaries of the empty diagonal. The solid line is the Le Havre-Marseille line, to the east of which lives 60% of the French population.

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