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Departments of France

administrative subdivision in 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

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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   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ain (river)
02 Coat of arms of department 02  Aisne Laon   Hauts-de-France Aisne (river)
03 Coat of arms of department 03  Allier Moulins   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Allier (river)
04 Coat of arms of department 04  Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 2 Digne-les-Bains   Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alps
05 Coat of arms of department 05  Hautes-Alpes Gap   Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alps
06 Coat of arms of department 06  Alpes-Maritimes Nice   Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alps
07 Coat of arms of department 07  Ardèche Privas   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ardèche (river)
08 Coat of arms of department 08  Ardennes Charleville-Mézières   Grand Est Ardennes Forest
09 Coat of arms of department 09  Ariège Foix   Occitanie Ariège (river)
10 Coat of arms of department 10  Aube Troyes   Grand Est Aube (river)
11 Coat of arms of department 11  Aude Carcassonne   Occitanie Aude (river)
12 Coat of arms of department 12  Aveyron Rodez   Occitanie Aveyron (river)
13 Coat of arms of department 13  Bouches-du-Rhône Marseille   Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Rhône (river)
14 Coat of arms of department 14  Calvados Caen   Normandy Calvados rocks
15 Coat of arms of department 15  Cantal Aurillac   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Mounts of Cantal
16 Coat of arms of department 16  Charente Angoulême   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Charente (river)
17 Coat of arms of department 17  Charente-Maritime 3 La Rochelle   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Charente (river)
18 Coat of arms of department 18  Cher Bourges   Centre-Val de Loire Cher (river)
19 Coat of arms of department 19  Corrèze Tulle   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   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   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Creuse (river)
24 Coat of arms of department 24  Dordogne Périgueux   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Dordogne (river)
25 Coat of arms of department 25  Doubs Besançon   Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Doubs (river)
26 Coat of arms of department 26  Drôme Valence   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Drôme (river)
27 Coat of arms of department 27  Eure Évreux   Normandy Eure (river)
28 Coat of arms of department 28  Eure-et-Loir Chartres   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   Occitanie Gardon (river)
31 Coat of arms of department 31  Haute-Garonne Toulouse   Occitanie Garonne (river)
32 Coat of arms of department 32  Gers Auch   Occitanie Gers (river)
33 Coat of arms of department 33  Gironde 5 Bordeaux   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Gironde (river)
34 Coat of arms of department 34  Hérault Montpellier   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   Centre-Val de Loire Indre (river)
37 Coat of arms of department 37  Indre-et-Loire Tours   Centre-Val de Loire Indre and Loire rivers
38 Coat of arms of department 38  Isère Grenoble   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Isère (river)
39 Coat of arms of department 39  Jura Lons-le-Saunier   Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Jura Mountains
40 Coat of arms of department 40  Landes Mont-de-Marsan   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Landes forest
41 Coat of arms of department 41  Loir-et-Cher Blois   Centre-Val de Loire Loir and Cher rivers
42 Coat of arms of department 42  Loire Saint-Étienne   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Loire (river)
43 Coat of arms of department 43  Haute-Loire Le Puy-en-Velay   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   Centre-Val de Loire Loiret (river)
46 Coat of arms of department 46  Lot Cahors   Occitanie Lot (river)
47 Coat of arms of department 47  Lot-et-Garonne Agen   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Lot and Garonne rivers
48 Coat of arms of department 48  Lozère Mende   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   Normandy English Channel
51 Coat of arms of department 51  Marne Châlons-en-Champagne   Grand Est Marne (river)
52 Coat of arms of department 52  Haute-Marne Chaumont   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   Grand Est Meurthe and Moselle rivers
55 Coat of arms of department 55  Meuse Bar-le-Duc   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   Grand Est Moselle (river)
58 Coat of arms of department 58  Nièvre Nevers   Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Nièvre (river)
59 Coat of arms of department 59  Nord Lille   Hauts-de-France North
60 Coat of arms of department 60  Oise Beauvais   Hauts-de-France Oise (river)
61 Coat of arms of department 61  Orne Alençon   Normandy Orne (river)
62 Coat of arms of department 62  Pas-de-Calais Arras   Hauts-de-France Strait of Dover
63 Coat of arms of department 63  Puy-de-Dôme Clermont-Ferrand   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Puy de Dôme volcano
64 Coat of arms of department 64  Pyrénées-Atlantiques 8 Pau   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Pyrenees
65 Coat of arms of department 65  Hautes-Pyrénées Tarbes   Occitanie Pyrenees
66 Coat of arms of department 66  Pyrénées-Orientales Perpignan   Occitanie Pyrenees
67 Coat of arms of department 67  Bas-Rhin Strasbourg   Grand Est Rhine (river)
68 Coat of arms of department 68  Haut-Rhin Colmar   Grand Est Rhine (river)
69 Coat of arms of department 69  Rhône Lyon (provisional)   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône (river)
69M Metropolitan Lyon 18 Lyon   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes communes of Lyon
70 Coat of arms of department 70  Haute-Saône Vesoul   Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Saône (river)
71 Coat of arms of department 71  Saône-et-Loire Mâcon   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   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Savoy
74 Coat of arms of department 74  Haute-Savoie Annecy   Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Savoy
75 Coat of arms of department 75  Paris 9 Paris   Île-de-France city of Paris
76 Coat of arms of department 76  Seine-Maritime 10 Rouen   Normandy Seine (river)
77 Coat of arms of department 77  Seine-et-Marne Melun   Île-de-France Seine and Marne rivers
78 Coat of arms of department 78  Yvelines 11 Versailles   Île-de-France Forest of Yvelines
79 Coat of arms of department 79  Deux-Sèvres Niort   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Sèvre Nantaise and Sèvre Niortaise rivers
80 Coat of arms of department 80  Somme Amiens   Hauts-de-France Somme (river)
81 Coat of arms of department 81  Tarn Albi   Occitanie Tarn (river)
82 Coat of arms of department 82  Tarn-et-Garonne Montauban   Occitanie Tarn and Garonne rivers
83 Coat of arms of department 83  Var Toulon   Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Var (river)
84 Coat of arms of department 84  Vaucluse Avignon   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   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Vienne (river)
87 Coat of arms of department 87  Haute-Vienne Limoges   Nouvelle-Aquitaine Vienne (river)
88 Coat of arms of department 88  Vosges Épinal   Grand Est Vosges Mountains
89 Coat of arms of department 89  Yonne Auxerre   Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Yonne (river)
90 Coat of arms of department 90  Territoire de Belfort Belfort   Bourgogne-Franche-Comté city of Belfort
91 Coat of arms of department 91  Essonne 12 Évry   Île-de-France Essonne (river)
92 Coat of arms of department 92  Hauts-de-Seine 13 Nanterre   Île-de-France Seine (river)
93 Coat of arms of department 93  Seine-Saint-Denis 14 Bobigny   Île-de-France Seine (river)
94 Coat of arms of department 94  Val-de-Marne Créteil   Île-de-France Marne (river)
95 Coat of arms of department 95  Val-d'Oise Pontoise 15   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
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