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

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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 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 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 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 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.

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