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# Departments of France

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The départements (or departments) are administrative parts of France and many former French colonies, similar to English counties. The 100 French départements are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. Their capitals are called préfectures.

## [edit] French régions and préfecture

Départements and Regions of France

№ | Département | Préfecture
--- | --- | ---
01 | Ain | Bourg-en-Bresse
02 | Aisne | Laon
03 | Allier | Moulins
04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Digne-les-Bains
05 | Hautes-Alpes | Gap
06 | Alpes-Maritimes | Nice
07 | Ardèche | Privas
08 | Ardennes | Charleville-Mézières
09 | AriegeAriège | Foix
10 | Aube | Troyes
11 | Aude | Carcassonne
12 | Aveyron | Rodez
13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Marseille
14 | Calvados | Caen
15 | Cantal | Aurillac
16 | Charente | Angoulême
17 | Charente-Maritime | La Rochelle
18 | Cher | Bourges
19 | Corrèze | Tulle
2A | Corse-du-Sud | Ajaccio
2B | Haute-Corse | Bastia
21 | Côte-d'Or | Dijon
22 | Côtes-d'Armor | Saint-Brieuc
23 | Creuse | Guéret
24 | Dordogne | Périgueux
25 | Doubs | Besançon
26 | Drôme | Valence
27 | Eure | Évreux
28 | Eure-et-Loir | Chartres
29 | Finistère | Quimper
30 | Gard | Nîmes
31 | Haute-Garonne | Toulouse
32 | Gers | Auch
33 | Gironde | Bordeaux
34 | Hérault | Montpellier
35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Rennes
36 | Indre | Châteauroux
37 | Indre-et-Loire | Tours
38 | Isère | Grenoble
39 | Jura | Lons-le-Saunier
40 | Landes | Mont-de-Marsan
41 | Loir-et-Cher | Blois
42 | Loire | Saint-Etienne
43 | Haute-Loire | Le Puy-en-Velay
44 | Loire-Atlantique | Nantes
45 | Loiret | Orléans
46 | Lot | Cahors
47 | Lot-et-Garonne | Agen
48 | Lozere | Mende
49 | Maine-et-Loire | Angers
50 | Manche | Saint-Lô
51 | Marne | Châlons-en-Champagne
52 | Haute-Marne | Chaumont
53 | Mayenne | Laval
54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Nancy
55 | Meuse | Bar-le-Duc
56 | Morbihan | Vannes
57 | Moselle | Metz
58 | Nièvre | Nevers
59 | Nord | Lille
60 | Oise | Beauvais
61 | Orne | Alençon
62 | Pas-de-Calais | Arras
63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Clermont-Ferrand
64 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Pau
65 | Hautes-Pyrénées | Tarbes
66 | Pyrénées-Orientales | Perpignan
67 | Bas-Rhin | Strasbourg
68 | Haut-Rhin | Colmar
69 | Rhône | Lyon
70 | Haute-Saône | Vesoul
71 | Saône-et-Loire | Mâcon
72 | Sarthe | Le Mans
73 | Savoie | Chambéry
74 | Haute-Savoie | Annecy
75 | Paris Number assigned formerly to Seine | Paris
76 | Seine-Maritime | Rouen
77 | Seine-et-Marne | Melun
78 | Yvelines Number assigned formerly to Seine-et-Oise | Versailles
79 | Deux-Sèvres | Niort
80 | Somme | Amiens
81 | Tarn | Albi
82 | Tarn-et-Garonne | Montauban
83 | Var | Toulon
84 | Vaucluse | Avignon
85 | Vendée | La Roche-sur-Yon
86 | Vienne | Poitiers
87 | Haute-Vienne | Limoges
88 | Vosges | Épinal
89 | Yonne | Auxerre
90 | Territoire de Belfort | Belfort
91 | Essonne | Évry
92 | Hauts-de-Seine | Nanterre
93 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Bobigny
94 | Val-de-Marne | Créteil
95 | Val-d'Oise | Cergy/Pontoise¹
971 | Guadeloupe² | Basse-Terre
972 | Martinique² | Fort-de-France
973 | Guyane² | Cayenne
974 | La Réunion² | Saint-Denis

Notes:

1. The préfecture 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 form the ville nouvelle of Cergy-Pontoise.
2. The overseas departments are former colonies outside France that now enjoy a status similar to European or metropolitan France. They are part of France and of the EU, though special rules apply. Each of them constitutes a région at the same time.

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