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 22 metropolitan and five overseas régions. Their capitals are called préfectures.

French régions and préfecture

File:Départements de France.svg
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 Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ain (river)
02 Coat of arms of department 02 Aisne Laon Template:Country data Hauts-de-France Aisne (river)
03 Coat of arms of department 03 Allier Moulins Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Allier (river)
04 Coat of arms of department 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 2 Digne-les-Bains Template:Country data Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alps
05 Coat of arms of department 05 Hautes-Alpes Gap Template:Country data Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alps
06 Coat of arms of department 06 Alpes-Maritimes Nice Template:Country data Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Alps
07 Coat of arms of department 07 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Ardèche</span> Privas Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ardèche (river)
08 Coat of arms of department 08 Ardennes <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Charleville-Mézières</span> Template:Country data Grand Est Ardennes Forest
09 Coat of arms of department 09 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Ariège</span> Foix Template:Country data Occitanie Ariège (river)
10 Coat of arms of department 10 Aube Troyes Template:Country data Grand Est Aube (river)
11 Coat of arms of department 11 Aude Carcassonne Template:Country data Occitanie Aude (river)
12 Coat of arms of department 12 Aveyron Rodez Template:Country data Occitanie Aveyron (river)
13 Coat of arms of department 13 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Bouches-du-Rhône</span> Marseille Template:Country data Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Rhône (river)
14 Coat of arms of department 14 Calvados Caen Template:Country data Normandy Calvados rocks
15 Coat of arms of department 15 Cantal Aurillac Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Mounts of Cantal
16 Coat of arms of department 16 Charente <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Angoulême</span> Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Charente (river)
17 Coat of arms of department 17 Charente-Maritime 3 La Rochelle Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Charente (river)
18 Coat of arms of department 18 Cher Bourges Template:Country data Centre-Val de Loire Cher (river)
19 Coat of arms of department 19 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Corrèze</span> Tulle Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Corrèze (river)
2A Coat of arms of Corsica Corse-du-Sud Ajaccio 23x15px Corsica Island of Corsica
2B Coat of arms of Corsica Haute-Corse Bastia 23x15px Corsica Island of Corsica
21 Coat of arms of department 21 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Côte-d'Or</span> Dijon Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Côte d'Or (escarpment)
22 Coat of arms of department 22 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Côtes-d'Armor 4</span> Saint-Brieuc Brittanyborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Brittany Brittany coasts of Armorica
23 Coat of arms of department 23 Creuse <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Guéret</span> Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Creuse (river)
24 Coat of arms of department 24 Dordogne <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Périgueux</span> Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Dordogne (river)
25 Coat of arms of department 25 Doubs <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Besançon</span> Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Doubs (river)
26 Coat of arms of department 26 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Drôme</span> Valence Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Drôme (river)
27 Coat of arms of department 27 Eure <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Évreux</span> Template:Country data Normandy Eure (river)
28 Coat of arms of department 28 Eure-et-Loir Chartres Template:Country data Centre-Val de Loire Eure and Loir rivers
29 Coat of arms of department 29 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Finistère</span> Quimper Brittanyborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Brittany Brittany Finis Terræ (end of earth)
30 Coat of arms of department 30 Gard <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Nîmes</span> Template:Country data Occitanie Gardon (river)
31 Coat of arms of department 31 Haute-Garonne Toulouse Template:Country data Occitanie Garonne (river)
32 Coat of arms of department 32 Gers Auch Template:Country data Occitanie Gers (river)
33 Coat of arms of department 33 Gironde 5 Bordeaux Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Gironde (river)
34 Coat of arms of department 34 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Hérault</span> Montpellier Template:Country data Occitanie Hérault (river)
35 Coat of arms of department 35 Ille-et-Vilaine Rennes Brittanyborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Brittany Brittany Ille and Vilaine rivers
36 Coat of arms of department 36 Indre <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Châteauroux</span> Template:Country data Centre-Val de Loire Indre (river)
37 Coat of arms of department 37 Indre-et-Loire Tours Template:Country data Centre-Val de Loire Indre and Loire rivers
38 Coat of arms of department 38 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Isère</span> Grenoble Template:Country data 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 Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Landes forest
41 Coat of arms of department 41 Loir-et-Cher Blois Template:Country data Centre-Val de Loire Loir and Cher rivers
42 Coat of arms of department 42 Loire <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Saint-Étienne</span> Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Loire (river)
43 Coat of arms of department 43 Haute-Loire Le Puy-en-Velay Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Loire (river)
44 Coat of arms of department 44 Loire-Atlantique 6 Nantes Template:Country data Pays de la Loire Loire (river)
45 Coat of arms of department 45 Loiret <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Orléans</span> Template:Country data Centre-Val de Loire Loiret (river)
46 Coat of arms of department 46 Lot Cahors Template:Country data Occitanie Lot (river)
47 Coat of arms of department 47 Lot-et-Garonne Agen Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Lot and Garonne rivers
48 Coat of arms of department 48 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Lozère</span> Mende Template:Country data Occitanie Mont Lozère
49 Coat of arms of department 49 Maine-et-Loire 7 Angers Template:Country data Pays de la Loire Maine and Loire rivers
50 Coat of arms of department 50 Manche <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Saint-Lô</span> Template:Country data Normandy English Channel
51 Coat of arms of department 51 Marne <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Châlons-en-Champagne</span> Template:Country data Grand Est Marne (river)
52 Coat of arms of department 52 Haute-Marne Chaumont Template:Country data Grand Est Marne (river)
53 Coat of arms of department 53 Mayenne Laval Template:Country data Pays de la Loire Mayenne (river)
54 Coat of arms of department 54 Meurthe-et-Moselle Nancy Template:Country data Grand Est Meurthe and Moselle rivers
55 Coat of arms of department 55 Meuse Bar-le-Duc Template:Country data Grand Est Meuse (river)
56 Coat of arms of department 56 Morbihan Vannes Brittanyborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Brittany Brittany Gulf of Morbihan
57 Coat of arms of department 57 Moselle Metz Template:Country data Grand Est Moselle (river)
58 Coat of arms of department 58 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Nièvre</span> Nevers Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Nièvre (river)
59 Coat of arms of department 59 Nord Lille Template:Country data Hauts-de-France North
60 Coat of arms of department 60 Oise Beauvais Template:Country data Hauts-de-France Oise (river)
61 Coat of arms of department 61 Orne <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Alençon</span> Template:Country data Normandy Orne (river)
62 Coat of arms of department 62 Pas-de-Calais Arras Template:Country data Hauts-de-France Strait of Dover
63 Coat of arms of department 63 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Puy-de-Dôme</span> Clermont-Ferrand Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Puy de Dôme volcano
64 Coat of arms of department 64 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Pyrénées-Atlantiques 8</span> Pau Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Pyrenees
65 Coat of arms of department 65 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Hautes-Pyrénées</span> Tarbes Template:Country data Occitanie Pyrenees
66 Coat of arms of department 66 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Pyrénées-Orientales</span> Perpignan Template:Country data Occitanie Pyrenees
67 Coat of arms of department 67 Bas-Rhin Strasbourg Template:Country data Grand Est Rhine (river)
68 Coat of arms of department 68 Haut-Rhin Colmar Template:Country data Grand Est Rhine (river)
69 Coat of arms of department 69 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Rhône</span> Lyon (provisional) Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône (river)
69M <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Metropolitan Lyon</span> 18 Lyon Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes communes of Lyon
70 Coat of arms of department 70 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Haute-Saône</span> Vesoul Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Saône (river)
71 Coat of arms of department 71 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Saône-et-Loire</span> <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Mâcon</span> Template:Country data Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Saône and Loire rivers
72 Coat of arms of department 72 Sarthe Le Mans Template:Country data Pays de la Loire Sarthe (river)
73 Coat of arms of department 73 Savoie <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Chambéry</span> Template:Country data Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Savoy
74 Coat of arms of department 74 Haute-Savoie Annecy Template:Country data 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 Template:Country data 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 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Deux-Sèvres</span> Niort Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Sèvre Nantaise and Sèvre Niortaise rivers
80 Coat of arms of department 80 Somme Amiens Template:Country data Hauts-de-France Somme (river)
81 Coat of arms of department 81 Tarn Albi Template:Country data Occitanie Tarn (river)
82 Coat of arms of department 82 Tarn-et-Garonne Montauban Template:Country data Occitanie Tarn and Garonne rivers
83 Coat of arms of department 83 Var Toulon Template:Country data Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Var (river)
84 Coat of arms of department 84 Vaucluse Avignon Template:Country data Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Fontaine-de-Vaucluse spring
85 Coat of arms of department 85 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Vendée</span> La Roche-sur-Yon Template:Country data Pays de la Loire Vendée (river)
86 Coat of arms of department 86 Vienne Poitiers Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Vienne (river)
87 Coat of arms of department 87 Haute-Vienne Limoges Template:Country data Nouvelle-Aquitaine Vienne (river)
88 Coat of arms of department 88 Vosges <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Épinal</span> Template:Country data 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 <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">Évry</span> 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 23x15px Guadeloupe
972 Coat of arms of Martinique Martinique 16 Fort-de-France 23x15px Martinique
973 Coat of arms of Guyane Guyane 16 Cayenne 23x15px French Guiana
974 Coat of arms of Réunion <span data-sort-value="Script error: No such module "sortkey".">La Réunion 16</span> Saint-Denis 23x15px Réunion
976 Coat of arms of Mayotte Mayotte 17 Mamoudzou 23x15px 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.
File:Départements de France English.svg
Regions and departments of metropolitan France; the numbers are those of the first column
File:Petite couronne-2.svg
The departments in the immediate vicinity of Paris; the numbers are those of the first column
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