The départements (or This article is part of the series: Administrative divisions of France Regional level Régions Régions doutre-mer Departmental level Départements Départements doutre-mer Arrondissement level Arrondissements Cantonal level Cantons Communal level Communes Communautés urbaines Communautés dagglomération Communautés de communes... departments) are administrative units of Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers. Trying... France, roughly analogous to British Originally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. The term has since tended to represent a tertiary geographical unit of administration intermediate between the larger, secondary state or province... counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas This article is part of the series: Administrative divisions of France Regional level Régions Régions doutre-mer Departmental level Départements Départements doutre-mer Arrondissement level Arrondissements Cantonal level Cantons Communal level Communes Communautés urbaines Communautés dagglomération Communautés de communes... régions. They are subdivided into 342 This article is part of the series: Administrative divisions of France Regional level Régions Régions doutre-mer Departmental level Départements Départements doutre-mer Arrondissement level Arrondissements Cantonal level Cantons Communal level Communes Communautés urbaines Communautés dagglomération Communautés de communes... arrondissements. Départements are also found in Côte dIvoire (often called Ivory Coast in The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. It is the third most common first language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world... Côte d'Ivoire.

Administrative role

Each department is administered by a Conseil Général elected for six years, and its executive is, since 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Years: 1979 1980 1981 - 1982 - 1983 1984 1985 Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1982 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and... 1982 headed by the president of that council (formerly it was headed by the préfet).

The Politics of France Politics of France Government of France Political parties in France Elections in France: President: 2002 This article is about the political and administrative structures of the French government. For French political parties and tendencies, see Politics of France. In its Constitution, France declares itself to be an... French national government is represented in the département by a préfet appointed by the national executive. The préfet is assisted by one or more sous-préfets based in district centres outside the departmental capital.

The capital city of a département bears the title of préfecture. Départements are divided into one to seven An arrondissement is an administrative division in some francophone countries: Contents // 1 France 1.1 Paris 1.2 Marseille and Lyon 1.3 Administrative division of France 2 Belgium 3 Canada 3.1 Montreal France Paris Main article: Arrondissements of Paris The city of Paris, in France is divided into... arrondissements. The capital city of an arrondissement is called the sous-préfecture. The civil servant in charge is the sous-préfet.

The départements sub-divide into This article is part of the series: Administrative divisions of France Regional level Régions Régions doutre-mer Departmental level Départements Départements doutre-mer Arrondissement level Arrondissements Cantonal level Cantons Communal level Communes Communautés urbaines Communautés dagglomération Communautés de communes... communes, governed by A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. Municipalities are not necessarily the same as townships. In most countries, this is the smallest administrative subdivision... municipal councils. France (as of 1999) had 36,779 communes.

Most of the départements have an area of around 4,000-8,000 km² and a population between 250,000 and a million. The largest in terms of area is Gironde Missing image Blason_france_Gironde_petit.jpg Coat of Arms de la Gironde Details Information Number 33 Region Aquitaine Prefecture Bordeaux Subprefectures Blaye Langon Lesparre-Médoc Libourne Population  - Total (1999)  - Density Ranked 9th 1,287,334 129 /km² Area 10,000 km² Arrondissements 5 Cantons 63 Communes 542 President... Gironde (10,000 km²) and the smallest the city of For other uses, see Paris is the name of a variety of things. Contents // 1 Locations 2 People 2.1 Mythology and fiction 3 Other Locations France Paris Canada Paris, Ontario Paris, Yukon United States Paris, Arkansas Perris, California Paris, Idaho Paris, Illinois Paris, Kentucky Paris, Michigan Paris, Missouri Paris... Paris (105 km² excluding the suburbs, now organised in adjacent départements). The most populous is Nord Coat of Arms of Nord Information Number 59 Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Prefecture Lille Subprefectures Avesnes-sur-Helpe Cambrai Douai Dunkerque Valenciennes Population  - Total (1999)  - Density Ranked 1st 2,555,020 445 /km² Area 5,743 km² Arrondissements 6 Cantons 79 Communes 652 President of the... Nord (2,550,000) and the least populous Lozère Coat of Arms of Lozère Information Number 48 Région Languedoc-Roussillon Préfecture Mende Subprefecture Florac Population  - Total (1999)  - Density Ranked 100th 73,509 14 /km² Area 5,167 km² Arrondissements 2 Cantons 25 Communes 185 President of the general council XX Location Loz... Lozère (74,000).

See also: List of French départements by population

The départements are numbered: their two-digit numbers appear in A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. The vast majority of the worlds postal services and/or countries have postal code systems. However, contrary to common misconception, not all do: The Republic of Ireland... postal codes and on car number-plates. Note that there is no number 20, but 2A and 2B instead. Note also that the two-digit code "98" is used by The Principality of Monaco or Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco or Monaco), also known as Munegu or Principatu de Munegu in Monegasque, is a city state and the second-smallest country in the world, wedged in between the Mediterranean Sea and France along the French Riviera or Côte d... Monaco. Together with the ISO 3166-1 as part of the ISO 3166 standard provides codes for the names of countries and dependent areas. It was first published in 1974 by the International Organization for Standardization and defines three different codes for each area: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, a two-letter system, has... ISO 3166-1 country code FR the numbers form the ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. It is a geocode system created for coding the names of subdivisions of countries (subnational entities) and dependent areas. The purpose of the standard is to establish a worldwide series of short abbreviations for places, for use on... ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes for the metropolitan departments. The overseas departments get two letters for the ISO 3166-2 code.

History

Départements were created on January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 361 days remaining (362 in leap years). January Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19... January 4, Years: 1787 1788 1789 - 1790 - 1791 1792 1793 Decades: 1760s 1770s 1780s - 1790s - 1800s 1810s 1820s Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1790 in art 1790 in literature 1790 in music 1790 in science List of state leaders in 1790 List of religious leaders in 1790 Contents // 1 Events... 1790 by the History of France series Gaul Franks Middle Ages Ancien Régime French Revolution Causes Estates-General National Assembly Storming of the Bastille National Constituent Assembly (1, 2, 3) Legislative Assembly and fall of the monarchy National Convention and Reign of Terror Directory Consulate Related: Glossary, Timeline, Wars, List of people... Constituent Assembly to replace the country's former The kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. The change was an attempt to eradicate local loyalties based on feudal ownership of land and focus all loyalty on the central government in Paris. The names of... provinces with a more rational structure. They were also designed to deliberately break up France's historical regions in an attempt to erase cultural differences and build a more homogeneous nation. Most départements are named after the area's principal river(s) or other physical features.

The number of départements rose from an initial 83 to 130 by Years: 1807 1808 1809 - 1810 - 1811 1812 1813 Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1810 in art 1810 in literature 1810 in rail transport 1810 in science 1810 in music 1810 in sports List of state leaders in 1810 List of... 1810 with the territorial gains of the Republic and of the History of France Chronological Gaul Franks Middle Ages Ancien Régime French Revolution First Empire Nineteenth century Third Republic Vichy France Modern France Topical Economic history Military history Social history Timeline The First French Empire, commonly known as the French Empire, the Napoleonic Empire or simply as The Empire, covers... Empire (see The modern day Netherlands are divided into twelve provinces (provincies in Dutch), listed below with their capital city: Map of the Netherlands, with provinces and capital cities Province Capital Drenthe Assen Flevoland Lelystad Friesland Leeuwarden Gelderland Arnhem Groningen Groningen Limburg Maastricht North Brabant   Den Bosch North Holland Haarlem... Provinces of the Netherlands for the Annexation is the legal merging of some territory into another body. A city might annex unincorporated areas or a country might annex other disputed territories. Sometimes also used to refer to mergers of countries. Contents // 1 Examples of Annexation 1.1 Pacific Northwest and California 1.2 Texas 1.3... annexed Dutch departements), but they were reduced again to 86 with For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). Portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general and ruler of the French Republic. He was a general of the French Revolution and became the effective ruler of France in 1799: he was First... Napoleon I's defeat in Years: 1811 1812 1813 - 1814 - 1815 1816 1817 Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1814 in art 1814 in literature 1814 in science 1814 in music 1814 in sports List of state leaders in 1814 List of religious leaders in 1814... 1814- Years: Years: 1809 1810 1811 - 1812 - 1813 1814 1815 Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s - 1810s - 1820s 1830s 1840s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1812 in art 1812 in literature 1812 in science 1812 in music 1812 in sports List of state leaders in 1812 List of religious leaders in... 1815. Three more were added with the acquisition of Night view along the Promenade des Anglais This article is about the city. For other Nice articles, see Nice (disambiguation). Nice (SAMPA and IPA pronunciation: [ni:s] as in niece; Italian Nizza, Provençal Niça or Nissa) is a city in Southern France located on the Mediterranean coast, between... Nice and This article is about the historical region of Savoy. For other uses, see Savoy (disambiguation) Savoy (Italian Savoia, French Savoie) is a region of western Europe that emerged, along with the free communes of Switzerland, from the collapse of the Frankish Kingdom of Burgundy. Installed by Rudolph III, King of... Savoy in 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. Years: 1857 1858 1859 - 1860 - 1861 1862 1863 Decades: 1830s 1840s 1850s - 1860s - 1870s 1880s 1890s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1860 in art 1860 in literature 1860 in music 1860 in science 1860 in sports List of state leaders... 1860. The numbering was estabished on the alphabetical order of those 89 départements.

Three départements in French: Alsace-Lorraine; German: Elsaß-Lothringen) was the territory ceded by France to the newly-unified Germany under the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt (which ended the Franco-Prussian War) and restored to France after World War I by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. Its legal name is Alsace-Moselle. Area... Alsace-Lorraine which had been ceded to The Federal Republic of Germany ( German (Deutsch) Spoken in: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and 38 other countries. Region: Europe Total speakers: 120 million Ranking: 9 Genetic classification: Indo-European  Germanic   West Germanic    Old High German    Middle High German    Modern... Germany in Years: 1868 1869 1870 - 1871 - 1872 1873 1874 Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1871 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Rail transport - Science - Sport Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders Contents // 1 Events 1.1... 1871 ( Haut-Rhin Missing image Blason_france_Haut-Rhin_petit.jpg Coat of Arms du Haut-Rhin Details Information Number 68 Region Alsace Prefecture Colmar Subprefectures Altkirch Guebwiller Mulhouse Ribeauvillé Thann Population  - Total (1999)  - Density Ranked 29th 708,025 201 /km² Area 3,525 km² Arrondissements 6 Cantons 31 Communes 377 President... Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin Missing image Blason_france_Bas-Rhin_petit.jpg Coat of Arms du Bas-Rhin Details Information Number 67 Region Alsace Prefecture Strasbourg Subprefecture Haguenau Molsheim Saverne Sélestat Wissembourg Population  - Total (1999)  - Density Ranked 18th 1,026,120 216 /km² Area 4,755 km² Arrondissements 7 Cantons 44 Communes... Bas-Rhin, and Moselle Missing image Blason_france_Moselle_petit.jpg Coat of Arms de la Moselle Details Information Number 57 Region Lorraine Prefecture Metz Subprefectures Boulay-Moselle Château-Salins Forbach Sarrebourg Sarreguemines Thionville Population  - Total (1999)  - Density Ranked 19th 1,023,447 165 /km² Area 6,216 km² Arrondissements 9 Cantons 51... Moselle) were returned to France in Years: 1916 1917 1918 - 1919 - 1920 1921 1922 Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1919 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1919. When French: Alsace-Lorraine; German: Elsaß-Lothringen) was the territory ceded by France to the newly-unified Germany under the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt (which ended the Franco-Prussian War) and restored to France after World War I by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. Its legal name is Alsace-Moselle. Area... Alsace-Lorraine was ceded in Years: 1868 1869 1870 - 1871 - 1872 1873 1874 Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1871 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Rail transport - Science - Sport Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders Contents // 1 Events 1.1... 1871, a small part of the département of Haut-Rhin Missing image Blason_france_Haut-Rhin_petit.jpg Coat of Arms du Haut-Rhin Details Information Number 68 Region Alsace Prefecture Colmar Subprefectures Altkirch Guebwiller Mulhouse Ribeauvillé Thann Population  - Total (1999)  - Density Ranked 29th 708,025 201 /km² Area 3,525 km² Arrondissements 6 Cantons 31 Communes 377 President... Haut-Rhin was detached from the rest of Alsace-Lorraine and remained French. This territory, called Territoire-de-Belfort Missing image Blason_france_Territoire-de-Belfort_petit.jpg Coat of Arms du Territoire-de-Belfort Details Information Number 90 Region Franche-Comt Prefecture Belfort Subprefecture None Population  - Total (1999)  - Density Ranked 95th 137,408 226 /km Area 609 km Arrondissements 1 Cantons 15 Communes 99 President of... Territoire de Belfort, was not reintegrated into the recovered département of Haut-Rhin Missing image Blason_france_Haut-Rhin_petit.jpg Coat of Arms du Haut-Rhin Details Information Number 68 Region Alsace Prefecture Colmar Subprefectures Altkirch Guebwiller Mulhouse Ribeauvillé Thann Population  - Total (1999)  - Density Ranked 29th 708,025 201 /km² Area 3,525 km² Arrondissements 6 Cantons 31 Communes 377 President... Haut-Rhin in 1919 and was instead made a full-status département in Years: 1919 1920 1921 - 1922 - 1923 1924 1925 Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1922 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1922, becoming the 90th département of France.

Reorganisations of the For other uses, see Paris is the name of a variety of things. Contents // 1 Locations 2 People 2.1 Mythology and fiction 3 Other Locations France Paris Canada Paris, Ontario Paris, Yukon United States Paris, Arkansas Perris, California Paris, Idaho Paris, Illinois Paris, Kentucky Paris, Michigan Paris, Missouri Paris... Paris region ( Years: 1965 1966 1967 - 1968 - 1969 1970 1971 Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1968 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1968) and the division of This article is about the Mediterranean island. For the place in the For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). The United States of America, also referred to as the United States, U.S.A., U.S., US, America¹, or the States, is a federal republic of fifty... Corsica ( Years: 1972 1973 1974 - 1975 - 1976 1977 1978 Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1975 in topic: Arts Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music Science and technology Aviation - Rail transport - Science - Television Other topics Canada - Sport Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious... 1975) have added a further six départements, raising the total to one hundred - including the four overseas départements d'outre-mer (DOM) of Guyane ( French Guiana (French: Guyane) is an overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France, located on the Caribbean coast of South America. Guyane Region Guyane Official language French Political status Non-sovereign, overseas department of France Department Number 973 Préfecture Cayenne Sous-préfecture Saint... French Guiana) in South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. South America is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It became attached to North America only recently, geologically speaking, with the formation of the Isthmus of Panama... South America, Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean Sea, is an archipelago with a total area of 1,704 km² located in the Eastern Caribbean. Administratively speaking, Guadeloupe is an overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France. As the other DOMs, Guadeloupe is also a région of France... Guadeloupe and The département of Martinique is an overseas département (département doutre-mer, or DOM) of France, located in the Caribbean Sea. The capital is Fort-de-France. Population at the 1999 census: 381,427 inhabitants. Population as of 1.1.2004 estimates: 393,000 inhabitants. It has... Martinique in the Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea is a body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, south of the Gulf of Mexico. It is bounded on the south by Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama, to the west by Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucatan peninsula of... Caribbean Sea, and Réunion is an island, as well as an overseas This article is part of the series: This article is part of the series: Administrative divisions of France Regional level Régions Régions doutre-mer Departmental level Départements Départements doutre-mer Arrondissement level Arrondissements Cantonal level... Réunion in the Earths five Oceans Atlantic Ocean Arctic Ocean Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest body of water in the world, covering about 20% of the Earths water surface. It is bounded on the north by southern Asia (the Indian Sub-continent); on... Indian Ocean.

Map and list of départements

French régions and départements