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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement" title="Département – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Département" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="أقاليم فرنسا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أقاليم فرنسا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentos_de_Francia" title="Departamentos de Francia – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Departamentos de Francia" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A8partament_franc%C3%AAs" title="Dèpartament francês – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Dèpartament francês" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentos_de_Francia" title="Departamentos de Francia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Departamentos de Francia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransa_departamentl%C9%99ri" title="Fransa departamentləri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Fransa departamentləri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departem%C3%A9n_ring_Prancis" title="Departemén ring Prancis – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Departemén ring Prancis" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement" title="Département – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Département" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Дэпартаменты Францыі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дэпартаменты Францыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Дэпартамэнты Францыі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Дэпартамэнты Францыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Департаменти на Франция – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Департаменти на Франция" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamant_gall" title="Departamant gall – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Departamant gall" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departament_franc%C3%A8s" title="Departament francès – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Departament francès" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87%C4%95%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC" title="Франци департаменчĕсем – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Франци департаменчĕсем" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamento" title="Departamento – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Departamento" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francouzsk%C3%A9_departementy" title="Francouzské departementy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Francouzské departementy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartimentu_(Francia)" title="Dipartimentu (Francia) – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Dipartimentu (Francia)" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partements_Ffrainc" title="Départements Ffrainc – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Départements Ffrainc" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departement_(Frankrig)" title="Departement (Frankrig) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Departement (Frankrig)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankriikka_departemeanttat" title="Frankriikka departemeanttat – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="Frankriikka departemeanttat" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement" title="Département – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Département" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departemang_(Prantsusmaa)" title="Departemang (Prantsusmaa) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Departemang (Prantsusmaa)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%93%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Νομοί της Γαλλίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νομοί της Γαλλίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentos_de_Francia" title="Departamentos de Francia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Departamentos de Francia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departementoj_de_Francio" title="Departementoj de Francio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Departementoj de Francio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frantziako_departamendu" title="Frantziako departamendu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Frantziako departamendu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%87" title="دپارتمان‌های فرانسه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دپارتمان‌های فرانسه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_fran%C3%A7ais" title="Département français – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Département français" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departeminten_fan_Frankryk" title="Departeminten fan Frankryk – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Departeminten fan Frankryk" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheynnyn_y_Rank" title="Rheynnyn y Rank – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Rheynnyn y Rank" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement" title="Département – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Département" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentos_de_Francia" title="Departamentos de Francia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Departamentos de Francia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%91%EC%8A%A4%EC%9D%98_%EB%8D%B0%ED%8C%8C%EB%A5%B4%ED%8A%B8%EB%A7%9D" title="프랑스의 데파르트망 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프랑스의 데파르트망" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Ֆրանսիայի գավառներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրանսիայի գավառներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francuski_departmani" title="Francuski departmani – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Francuski departmani" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departemen_di_Prancis" title="Departemen di Prancis – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Departemen di Prancis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartimenti_della_Francia" title="Dipartimenti della Francia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dipartimenti della Francia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%AA" title="מחוזות צרפת – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מחוזות צרפת" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partem%C3%A8n_ing_Prancis" title="Départemèn ing Prancis – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Départemèn ing Prancis" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Departamentu_king_France" title="Ding Departamentu king France – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Ding Departamentu king France" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="საფრანგეთის დეპარტამენტები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="საფრანგეთის დეპარტამენტები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96" title="Франция департаменттері – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Франция департаменттері" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orodha_ya_departements_za_Ufaransa" title="Orodha ya departements za Ufaransa – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Orodha ya departements za Ufaransa" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departmen%C3%AAn_Fransay%C3%AA" title="Departmenên Fransayê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Departmenên Fransayê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartim%C3%ABnc_de_la_Franzia" title="Dipartimënc de la Franzia – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Dipartimënc de la Franzia" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francijas_departamenti" title="Francijas departamenti – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Francijas departamenti" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ABscht_vun_de_frans%C3%A9ischen_Departementer" title="Lëscht vun de franséischen Departementer – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Lëscht vun de franséischen Departementer" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranc%C5%ABzijos_departamentai" title="Prancūzijos departamentai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Prancūzijos departamentai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartim%C3%A9nti_da_Fr%C3%A0nsa" title="Dipartiménti da Frànsa – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Dipartiménti da Frànsa" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departeminte_vaan_Fraankriek" title="Departeminte vaan Fraankriek – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Departeminte vaan Fraankriek" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciaorsz%C3%A1g_megy%C3%A9i" title="Franciaország megyéi – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Franciaország megyéi" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Департмани во Франција – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Департмани во Франција" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97" title="फ्रान्सचे विभाग – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="फ्रान्सचे विभाग" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7" title="اقاليم فرنسا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اقاليم فرنسا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabatan_di_Perancis" title="Jabatan di Perancis – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Jabatan di Perancis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departementen_van_Frankrijk" title="Departementen van Frankrijk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Departementen van Frankrijk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%81%AE%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8C%BA%E7%94%BB" title="フランスの地方行政区画 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フランスの地方行政区画" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departmenten_uun_Frankrik" title="Departmenten uun Frankrik – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Departmenten uun Frankrik" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankrikes_departementer" title="Frankrikes departementer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Frankrikes departementer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departement_i_Frankrike" title="Departement i Frankrike – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Departement i Frankrike" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departament_franc%C3%A9s" title="Departament francés – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Departament francés" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fransiya_departamentlari" title="Fransiya departamentlari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Fransiya departamentlari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AF%DB%92_%D9%85%D8%AD%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="فرانس دے محکمہ جات – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="فرانس دے محکمہ جات" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartiment_frans%C3%A8is" title="Dipartiment fransèis – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Dipartiment fransèis" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departament_(Francja)" title="Departament (Francja) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Departament (Francja)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentos_da_Fran%C3%A7a" title="Departamentos da França – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Departamentos da França" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciya_departamentleri" title="Franciya departamentleri – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Franciya departamentleri" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentele_Fran%C8%9Bei" title="Departamentele Franței – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Departamentele Franței" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phransya_mama_llaqtapi_dipartamintukuna" title="Phransya mama llaqtapi dipartamintukuna – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Phransya mama llaqtapi dipartamintukuna" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8" title="Департаменты Франции – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Департаменты Франции" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depairtments_o_Fraunce" title="Depairtments o Fraunce – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Depairtments o Fraunce" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departamentet_e_Franc%C3%ABs" title="Departamentet e Francës – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Departamentet e Francës" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipartimentu_francisi" title="Dipartimentu francisi – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Dipartimentu francisi" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments_of_France" title="Departments of France – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Departments of France" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departement_(Franc%C3%BAzsko)" title="Departement (Francúzsko) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Departement (Francúzsko)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoski_departma" title="Francoski departma – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Francoski departma" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5" title="Департмани Француске – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Департмани Француске" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departmani_Francuske" title="Departmani Francuske – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Departmani Francuske" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranskan_departementit" title="Ranskan departementit – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ranskan departementit" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankrikes_departement" title="Frankrikes departement – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Frankrikes departement" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li 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Citizen</a></i></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_France" title="Government of France">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_France" title="President of France">President</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_France" title="List of presidents of France">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a> (<a href="/wiki/La_R%C3%A9publique_En_Marche!" class="mw-redirect" title="La République En Marche!">LREM</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_France" title="Prime Minister of France">Prime Minister</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_France" title="List of prime ministers of France">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Barnier" title="Michel Barnier">Michel Barnier</a> (<a href="/wiki/Les_R%C3%A9publicains" class="mw-redirect" title="Les Républicains">LR</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_France" title="Government of France">Government</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnier_government" title="Barnier government">Barnier</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/French_Parliament" title="French Parliament">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(France)" title="National Assembly (France)">National Assembly</a>: <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament (France)">Membership</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_National_Assembly_of_France" title="List of presidents of the National Assembly of France">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ya%C3%ABl_Braun-Pivet" title="Yaël Braun-Pivet">Yaël Braun-Pivet</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senate_(France)" title="Senate (France)">Senate</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Senate_of_France" title="List of presidents of the Senate of France">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Larcher" title="Gérard Larcher">Gérard Larcher</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_French_Parliament" title="Congress of the French Parliament">Congress of the French Parliament</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_France" title="Judiciary of France">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Council_(France)" title="Constitutional Council (France)">Constitutional Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conseil_d%27%C3%89tat_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conseil d&#39;État (France)">Council of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Cassation_(France)" title="Court of Cassation (France)">Court of Cassation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Audit_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Audit of France">Court of Audit</a></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><i><a href="/wiki/Cour_de_Justice_de_la_R%C3%A9publique" title="Cour de Justice de la République">Cour de Justice de la République</a></i></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_France" title="Administrative divisions of France">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">Regions</a></b></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_France" title="Metropolitan France">Metropolitan regions</a></b></li></ul> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes" title="Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes">Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9" title="Bourgogne-Franche-Comté">Bourgogne-Franche-Comté</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brittany_(administrative_region)" title="Brittany (administrative region)">Brittany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centre-Val_de_Loire" title="Centre-Val de Loire">Centre-Val de Loire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Est" title="Grand Est">Grand Est</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France">Hauts-de-France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele-de-France" title="Île-de-France">Île-de-France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normandy_(administrative_region)" title="Normandy (administrative region)">Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouvelle-Aquitaine" title="Nouvelle-Aquitaine">Nouvelle-Aquitaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occitania_(administrative_region)" title="Occitania (administrative region)">Occitania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pays_de_la_Loire" title="Pays de la Loire">Pays de la Loire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur" title="Provence-Alpes-Côte d&#39;Azur">Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Overseas_departments_and_regions_of_France" title="Overseas departments and regions of France">Overseas regions</a></b></li></ul> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Overseas_country_of_France" title="Overseas country of France">Overseas country</a></b></li></ul> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/French_Polynesia" title="French Polynesia">French Polynesia</a></li></ul> </div> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Departments</a></b></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_France" title="Elections in France">Elections</a></div><div 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There are ninety-six departments in <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_France" title="Metropolitan France">metropolitan France</a>, with an additional five <a href="/wiki/Overseas_department_and_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department and region">overseas departments</a>, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 <a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_France" title="Arrondissements of France">arrondissements</a> and 2,054 <a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_France" title="Cantons of France">cantons</a> (as of 2023).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments as well as, in certain cases, elections. </p><p>Each department is administered by an elected body called a <a href="/wiki/Departmental_council_(France)" title="Departmental council (France)">departmental council</a> (<abbr title="singular form">sg.</abbr> <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">conseil départemental</i></span>, <abbr title="plural form">pl.</abbr> <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">conseils départementaux</i></span>). From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils (<abbr title="singular form">sg.</abbr> <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">conseil général</i></span>, <abbr title="plural form">pl.</abbr> <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">conseils généraux</i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of <a href="/wiki/Secondary_education_in_France#Collège" title="Secondary education in France">junior high school (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">collège</i></span>)</a> buildings and technical staff, and local roads and school and rural buses, and a contribution to municipal infrastructures.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Local services of the state administration are traditionally organised at departmental level, where the <a href="/wiki/Prefect_(France)" title="Prefect (France)">prefect</a> represents the government; however, regions have gained importance since the 2000s, with some department-level services merged into region-level services. </p><p>The departments were created in 1790 as a rational replacement of <a href="/wiki/Ancien_R%C3%A9gime" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancien Régime">Ancien Régime</a> <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_France" title="Provinces of France">provinces</a> with a view to strengthen national unity;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the title "department" is used to mean a part of a larger whole.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Almost all of them were named after physical geographical features (rivers, mountains, or coasts), rather than after historical or cultural territories, which could have their own loyalties, or after their own administrative seats. The division of France into departments was a project particularly identified with the French revolutionary leader the <a href="/wiki/Abb%C3%A9_Siey%C3%A8s" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbé Sieyès">Abbé Sieyès</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> although it had already been frequently discussed and written about by many politicians and thinkers. The earliest known suggestion of it is from 1665 in the writings of <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Louis_de_Voyer_de_Paulmy_d%27Argenson" class="mw-redirect" title="René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d&#39;Argenson">d'Argenson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> They have inspired similar divisions in many countries, some of them former French colonies. The <a href="/wiki/1822_territorial_division_of_Spain" title="1822 territorial division of Spain">1822 territorial division of Spain</a> (reverted due to the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Thousand_Sons_of_Saint_Louis" title="Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis">1823 French intervention</a> ending the <a href="/wiki/Trienio_liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Trienio liberal">trienio liberal</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/1833_territorial_division_of_Spain" title="1833 territorial division of Spain">1833 territorial division of Spain</a>, which forms the basis of the present day <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Spain" title="Provinces of Spain">Provinces of Spain</a> with minor modifications, are also based on the French model of departments of roughly equal size.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most French departments are assigned a two-digit number, the Official Geographical Code, allocated by the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Institut_national_de_la_statistique_et_des_%C3%A9tudes_%C3%A9conomiques_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (France)">Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques</a></i></span> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Insée</i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Overseas departments have a three-digit number. The number is used, for example, in the <a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_France" title="Postal codes in France">postal code</a> and was until recently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (October 2024)">when?</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> used for all <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_France" title="Vehicle registration plates of France">vehicle registration plates</a>. Residents commonly use the numbers to refer to their own department or a neighbouring one, for example inhabitants of <a href="/wiki/Loiret" title="Loiret">Loiret</a> may refer to their department as "the 45". More distant departments are generally referred to by their names, as few people know the numbers of all the departments. </p><p>In 2014, President <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hollande" title="François Hollande">François Hollande</a> proposed abolishing departmental councils by 2020, which would have maintained the departments as administrative divisions, and transferring their powers to other levels of governance.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This reform project has since been scrapped. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_France" title="Territorial evolution of France">Territorial evolution of France</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chassis_figuratif_-_France.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Chassis_figuratif_-_France.jpg/220px-Chassis_figuratif_-_France.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Chassis_figuratif_-_France.jpg/330px-Chassis_figuratif_-_France.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Chassis_figuratif_-_France.jpg/440px-Chassis_figuratif_-_France.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1338" data-file-height="1287" /></a><figcaption>Geometrical proposition rejected</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:D%C3%A9partements_et_provinces_de_France.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/D%C3%A9partements_et_provinces_de_France.svg/220px-D%C3%A9partements_et_provinces_de_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/D%C3%A9partements_et_provinces_de_France.svg/330px-D%C3%A9partements_et_provinces_de_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/D%C3%A9partements_et_provinces_de_France.svg/440px-D%C3%A9partements_et_provinces_de_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>French <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_France" title="Provinces of France">provinces</a> before 1790 (color) and today's departments (black borders)</figcaption></figure> <p>The first French territorial departments were proposed in 1665 by <a href="/wiki/Marc-Ren%C3%A9_de_Voyer_de_Paulmy_d%27Argenson_(1623%E2%80%931700)" title="Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d&#39;Argenson (1623–1700)">Marc-René d'Argenson</a> to serve as administrative areas purely for the <i><a href="/wiki/Conseil_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_des_ponts_et_chauss%C3%A9es" title="Conseil général des ponts et chaussées">Ponts et Chaussées</a></i> (Bridges and Highways) infrastructure administration.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>, France gained territory gradually through the annexation of a mosaic of independent entities. By the end of the <a href="/wiki/Ancien_R%C3%A9gime" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancien Régime">Ancien Régime</a> it was organised into <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_France" title="Provinces of France">provinces</a>. During the Revolution they were dissolved, partly in order to weaken old loyalties. The <a href="/wiki/National_Constituent_Assembly_(France)" title="National Constituent Assembly (France)">National Constituent Assembly</a> decided to create a more uniform division into departments (<i>département</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_France#History" title="Arrondissements of France">districts</a> in late 1789.<sup id="cite_ref-Legay_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legay-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The process began on 4 August 1789 with the elimination of provincial privileges, and a 22 December 1789 decree (with <a href="/wiki/Letters_patent" title="Letters patent">letters patent</a> in January 1790) provided for the termination of the provincial governments.<sup id="cite_ref-Legay_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legay-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The modern department system, as all-purpose units of the government, was decreed on 26 February 1790 (with letters patent on 4 March 1790) by the <a href="/wiki/National_Constituent_Assembly_(France)" title="National Constituent Assembly (France)">National Constituent Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Legay_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legay-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their boundaries served two purposes: </p> <ul><li>Boundaries were chosen to break up France's historical regions in an attempt to erase cultural differences and build a more homogeneous nation.</li> <li>Boundaries were set so that every settlement in the country was within a day's ride of the capital of a department. This was a security measure, intended to keep the entire national territory under close control.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_administrative_divisions_of_the_First_French_Empire_1812-en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Map_administrative_divisions_of_the_First_French_Empire_1812-en.svg/220px-Map_administrative_divisions_of_the_First_French_Empire_1812-en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Map_administrative_divisions_of_the_First_French_Empire_1812-en.svg/330px-Map_administrative_divisions_of_the_First_French_Empire_1812-en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Map_administrative_divisions_of_the_First_French_Empire_1812-en.svg/440px-Map_administrative_divisions_of_the_First_French_Empire_1812-en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2052" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>Departments at the maximum extent of the <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">First French Empire</a> (1812)</figcaption></figure> <p>The old nomenclature was carefully avoided in naming the new departments. Most were named after an area's principal river or other physical features. Even Paris was in the department of <a href="/wiki/Seine_(department)" title="Seine (department)">Seine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Savoy" title="Savoy">Savoy</a>, during its temporary occupation, became the department of <a href="/wiki/Mont-Blanc_(department)" title="Mont-Blanc (department)">Mont-Blanc</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The provinces continued to exist administratively until 21 September 1791.<sup id="cite_ref-Legay_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Legay-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of departments, initially 83, had been increased to <a href="/wiki/130_departments_of_the_First_French_Empire" title="130 departments of the First French Empire">130</a> by 1809 with the territorial gains of the Republic and of the <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">First French Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the defeats of <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> in 1814–1815 the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna" title="Congress of Vienna">Congress of Vienna</a> returned France to its pre-war size and the number of departments was reduced to 86 (three of the original departments having been split). In 1860 France acquired the <a href="/wiki/County_of_Nice" title="County of Nice">County of Nice</a> and <a href="/wiki/Savoy" title="Savoy">Savoy</a>, which led to the creation of three new departments.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Two were added from the new Savoyard territory, while the department of <a href="/wiki/Alpes-Maritimes" title="Alpes-Maritimes">Alpes-Maritimes</a> was created from Nice and a portion of the <a href="/wiki/Var_(department)" title="Var (department)">Var</a> department.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The 89 departments were given numbers based on the alphabetical order of their names.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The department of <a href="/wiki/Bas-Rhin" title="Bas-Rhin">Bas-Rhin</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/Meurthe_(department)" title="Meurthe (department)">Meurthe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moselle_(department)" title="Moselle (department)">Moselle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vosges_(department)" title="Vosges (department)">Vosges</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haut-Rhin" title="Haut-Rhin">Haut-Rhin</a> were ceded to the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> in 1871 following France's defeat in the <a href="/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War" title="Franco-Prussian War">Franco-Prussian War</a>. A small part of Haut-Rhin, however, remained French and became known as the <a href="/wiki/Territoire_de_Belfort" title="Territoire de Belfort">Territoire de Belfort</a>; the remaining parts of Meurthe and Moselle were merged into a new <a href="/wiki/Meurthe-et-Moselle" title="Meurthe-et-Moselle">Meurthe-et-Moselle</a> department. When France regained the ceded departments after <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the Territoire de Belfort was not reintegrated into Haut-Rhin. In 1922 it became France's 90th department. Likewise the Lorraine departments were not changed back to their original boundaries, and a new Moselle department was created in the regained territory, with slightly different boundaries from the pre-war department of the same name. </p><p>The reorganisation of Île-de-France in 1968 and the division of <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a> in 1975 added six more departments, raising the total in Metropolitan France to 96. By 2011, when the <a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">overseas collectivity</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a> became a department, joining the earlier <a href="/wiki/Overseas_department_and_region" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department and region">overseas departments</a> of the Republic (all created in 1946) – <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9union" title="Réunion">Réunion</a> – the total number of departments in the French Republic had become 101. In 2015 the <a href="/wiki/Urban_Community_of_Lyon" title="Urban Community of Lyon">Urban Community of Lyon</a> was split from <a href="/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne_(department)" title="Rhône (department)">Rhône</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Lyon_Metropolis" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyon Metropolis">Métropole de Lyon</a>, a <i>sui generis</i> entity, with the powers of both an intercommunality and those of a department on its territory, formally classified as a "territorial collectivity with particular status" (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">collectivité territoriale à statut particulier</i>) and as such not belonging to any department. As of 2019 <a href="/wiki/Corse-du-Sud" title="Corse-du-Sud">Corse-du-Sud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haute-Corse" title="Haute-Corse">Haute-Corse</a> are still administrative departments, although they no longer have the status of departmental "<a href="/wiki/Territorial_collectivity" title="Territorial collectivity">territorial collectivities</a>": region and department functions have been managed by a "<a href="/wiki/Single_territorial_collectivity" title="Single territorial collectivity">single territorial collectivity</a>" since 2018. </p><p>Despite the intention to avoid the old nomenclature, often the names of pre-1790 provinces remained in use. For example, the name of <a href="/wiki/Berry,_France" title="Berry, France">Berry</a>, though no longer having an official status, remains in widespread use in daily life. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_characteristics">General characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: General characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_France" title="Administrative divisions of France">Administrative divisions of France</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_French_departments_by_population" title="List of French departments by population">List of French departments by population</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_and_administration">Government and administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Government and administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Administration_territoriale_fran%C3%A7aise.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Administration_territoriale_fran%C3%A7aise.svg/290px-Administration_territoriale_fran%C3%A7aise.svg.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Administration_territoriale_fran%C3%A7aise.svg/435px-Administration_territoriale_fran%C3%A7aise.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Administration_territoriale_fran%C3%A7aise.svg/580px-Administration_territoriale_fran%C3%A7aise.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="460" /></a><figcaption>Administrative divisions of France</figcaption></figure> <p>The departmental seat of government is known as the <a href="/wiki/Prefectures_in_France" title="Prefectures in France">prefecture</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">préfecture</i></span>) or <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">chef-lieu de département</i></span> and is generally a town of some importance roughly at the geographical centre of the department. This was determined according to the time taken to travel on horseback from the periphery of the department. The goal was for the prefecture to be accessible on horseback from any town in the department within 24 hours. The prefecture is not necessarily the largest city in the department: for instance, in <a href="/wiki/Sa%C3%B4ne-et-Loire" title="Saône-et-Loire">Saône-et-Loire</a> department the capital is <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A2con" title="Mâcon">Mâcon</a>, but the largest city is <a href="/wiki/Chalon-sur-Sa%C3%B4ne" title="Chalon-sur-Saône">Chalon-sur-Saône</a>. Departments may be divided into <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Arrondissements_of_France" title="Arrondissements of France">arrondissements</a></i></span>. The capital of an arrondissement is called a <a href="/wiki/Subprefectures_in_France" title="Subprefectures in France">subprefecture</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">sous-préfecture</i></span>) or <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">chef-lieu d'arrondissement</i></span>. </p><p>Each department is administered by a <a href="/wiki/Departmental_council_(France)" title="Departmental council (France)">departmental council</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">conseil départemental</i></span>), an assembly elected for six years by <a href="/wiki/Universal_suffrage" title="Universal suffrage">universal suffrage</a>, with the <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_departmental_councils_(France)" title="List of presidents of departmental councils (France)">President of the Departmental Council</a> as executive of the department. Before 1982, the chief executive of the department was the <a href="/wiki/Prefect_(France)" title="Prefect (France)">prefect</a> (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">préfet</i></span>), who represents the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_France" title="Government of France">Government of France</a> in each department and is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_French_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the French Republic">President of the French Republic</a>. The prefect is assisted by one or more sub-prefects (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">sous-préfet</i></span>) based in the subprefectures of the department. Since 1982, the prefect retains only the powers that are not delegated to the department councils. In practice, their role has been largely limited to preventing local policy from conflicting with national policy. </p><p>The departments are further divided into <a href="/wiki/Communes_of_France" title="Communes of France">communes</a>, governed by <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipal councils</a>. As of 2013, there were 36,681 communes in France. In the <a href="/wiki/Overseas_departments_and_territories_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas departments and territories of France">overseas territories</a>, some communes play a role at departmental level. <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, the country's capital city, is a commune as well as a department. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carte_d%C3%A9mographique_de_la_France.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Carte_d%C3%A9mographique_de_la_France.svg/220px-Carte_d%C3%A9mographique_de_la_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Carte_d%C3%A9mographique_de_la_France.svg/330px-Carte_d%C3%A9mographique_de_la_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Carte_d%C3%A9mographique_de_la_France.svg/440px-Carte_d%C3%A9mographique_de_la_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Population density in the departments (2007). The broken lines mark the approximate boundaries of the <a href="/wiki/Empty_diagonal" title="Empty diagonal">empty diagonal</a>. The solid line is the Le Havre-Marseille line, to the east of which lives 60% of the French population.</figcaption></figure> <p>In continental France (<a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_France" title="Metropolitan France">metropolitan France</a>, excluding <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Median" title="Median">median</a> land area of a department is 5,965&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (2,303&#160;sq&#160;mi), which is two-and-a-half times the median land area of the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">ceremonial counties of England</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Preserved_counties_of_Wales" title="Preserved counties of Wales">preserved counties of Wales</a> and slightly more than three-and-half times the median land area of a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county of the United States</a>. At the 2001 census, the median population of a department in continental France was 511,000 inhabitants, which is 21 times the median population of a United States county, but less than two-thirds of the median population of a ceremonial county of England and Wales. Most of the departments have an area of between 4,000 and 8,000&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (1500 to 3000 sq. mi.), and a population between 320,000 and 1 million. The largest in area is <a href="/wiki/Gironde" title="Gironde">Gironde</a> (10,000&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (3,900&#160;sq&#160;mi).), while the smallest is the city of Paris (105&#160;km<sup>2</sup> (41&#160;sq&#160;mi).). The most populous is <a href="/wiki/Nord_(French_department)" title="Nord (French department)">Nord</a> (2,550,000) and the least populous is <a href="/wiki/Loz%C3%A8re" title="Lozère">Lozère</a> (74,000). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Numbering">Numbering</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Numbering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The departments are numbered: their two-digit numbers appear in <a href="/wiki/Postal_code" title="Postal code">postal codes</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Institut_national_de_la_statistique_et_des_%C3%A9tudes_%C3%A9conomiques" title="Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques">INSEE</a> codes (including "social security numbers") and on <a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_France" title="Vehicle registration plates of France">vehicle number plates</a>. Initially the numbers corresponded to the alphabetical order of the names of the departments, but several changed their names and some have been divided, so the correspondence became less exact. Alphanumeric codes 2A and 2B were used for <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a> while it was split but it has since reverted to 20. The two-digit code "98" is used by <a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco">Monaco</a>. Together with the <a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2" title="ISO 3166-1 alpha-2">ISO 3166-1 alpha-2</a> country code FR, the numbers form the <a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2" title="ISO 3166-2">ISO 3166-2</a> country subdivision codes for the metropolitan departments. The overseas departments have three digits.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relation_to_national_government">Relation to national government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Relation to national government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally, the relationship between the departments and the central government was left somewhat ambiguous. While citizens in each department elected their own officials, the local governments were subordinated to the central government, becoming instruments of national integration. By 1793, however, the revolutionary government had turned the departments into transmission belts for policies enacted in Paris. With few exceptions, the departments had this role until the early 1960s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_party_preferences">Political party preferences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Political party preferences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>These maps cannot be used as a useful resource of voter preferences, because Departmental Councils are elected on a two-round system, which drastically limits the chances of fringe parties, if they are not supported on one of the two rounds by a moderate party. After the 1992 election, the left had a majority in only 21 of the 100 departments; after the 2011 election, the left dominated 61 of the 100 departments. (Mayotte only became a department after the election.) </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cantonales_1998(dom).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the cantonal elections of 1998"><img alt="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the cantonal elections of 1998" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cantonales_1998%28dom%29.png/120px-Cantonales_1998%28dom%29.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cantonales_1998%28dom%29.png/180px-Cantonales_1998%28dom%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Cantonales_1998%28dom%29.png/240px-Cantonales_1998%28dom%29.png 2x" data-file-width="575" data-file-height="548" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the cantonal elections of 1998</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cantonales_2001.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2001"><img alt="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2001" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Cantonales_2001.svg/120px-Cantonales_2001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Cantonales_2001.svg/180px-Cantonales_2001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Cantonales_2001.svg/240px-Cantonales_2001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="463" data-file-height="436" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2001</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cantonales_2004.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2004"><img alt="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2004" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Cantonales_2004.svg/120px-Cantonales_2004.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Cantonales_2004.svg/180px-Cantonales_2004.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Cantonales_2004.svg/240px-Cantonales_2004.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="463" data-file-height="436" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2004</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2008.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2008"><img alt="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2008" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2008.svg/120px-Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2008.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2008.svg/180px-Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2008.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2008.svg/240px-Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2008.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="463" data-file-height="436" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2008</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2011.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2011"><img alt="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2011" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2011.png/120px-Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2011.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2011.png/180px-Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2011.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2011.png/240px-Conseils_g%C3%A9n%C3%A9raux_2011.png 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="544" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2011</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Presidents_of_French_departments_current.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2015"><img alt="Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2015" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Presidents_of_French_departments_current.svg/120px-Presidents_of_French_departments_current.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Presidents_of_French_departments_current.svg/180px-Presidents_of_French_departments_current.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Presidents_of_French_departments_current.svg/240px-Presidents_of_French_departments_current.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="447" data-file-height="423" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Party affiliation of the General Council Presidents of the various departments in the elections of 2015</div> </li> </ul> <p>Key to the parties: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Centrism" title="Centrism">Divers Centre</a> = Independents of the centre or <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Movement_(France)" title="Democratic Movement (France)">Democratic Movement</a> (Mouvement démocrate)</li> <li>Divers Droite (DVD) = Independent conservatives</li> <li>Divers Gauche (DVG) = <a href="/wiki/Miscellaneous_Left" class="mw-redirect" title="Miscellaneous Left">Independent left-wing politicians</a></li> <li>MPF = <a href="/wiki/Movement_for_France" title="Movement for France">Movement for France</a> (Mouvement pour la France) (right)</li> <li>Nouveau Centre = <a href="/wiki/New_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="New Centre">New Centre</a> (centre or centre-right)</li> <li>PCF = <a href="/wiki/French_Communist_Party" title="French Communist Party">French Communist Party</a> (Parti communiste français)</li> <li>PRG = <a href="/wiki/Radical_Party_of_the_Left" title="Radical Party of the Left">Radical Party of the Left</a> (Parti radical de gauche)</li> <li>PS = <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(France)" title="Socialist Party (France)">Socialist Party</a> (Parti socialiste)</li> <li>UDF = <a href="/wiki/Union_for_French_Democracy" title="Union for French Democracy">Union for French Democracy</a> (Union pour la démocratie française) succeeded by Democratic Movement</li> <li>UMP = <a href="/wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement" title="Union for a Popular Movement">Union for a Popular Movement</a> (Union pour un mouvement populaire)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future">Future</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The removal of one or more levels of local government has been discussed for some years; in particular, the option of removing the departmental level. <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Lefebvre" title="Frédéric Lefebvre">Frédéric Lefebvre</a>, spokesman for the <a href="/wiki/Union_for_a_Popular_Movement" title="Union for a Popular Movement">UMP</a>, said in December 2008 that the fusion of the departments with the regions was a matter to be dealt with soon. This was soon refuted by <a href="/wiki/%C3%89douard_Balladur" title="Édouard Balladur">Édouard Balladur</a> and <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Longuet" title="Gérard Longuet">Gérard Longuet</a>, members of the committee for the reform of local authorities, known as the Balladur Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-Lexpress_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lexpress-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Attali#&quot;Attali_Commission&quot;" title="Jacques Attali">Attali Commission</a> recommended that the departmental level of government should be eliminated within ten years.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nevertheless, the Balladur Committee has not retained this proposition and does not advocate the disappearance of the departments, but simply "favors the voluntary grouping of departments", which it suggests also for the regions, with the aim of reducing the number of regions to 15.<sup id="cite_ref-Balladur_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balladur-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This committee advocates, on the contrary, the suppression of the cantons.<sup id="cite_ref-Balladur_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balladur-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Maps_and_tables">Maps and tables</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Maps and tables"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_departments">Current departments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Current departments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each department has a <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Flag" title="Flag">flag</a> with which it is commonly associated, though not all are officially recognised or used. </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/INSEE_code" title="INSEE code">INSEE code</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">Arms</a> <sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">1</a></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Date of establishment </th> <th scope="col">Department </th> <th scope="col">Capital </th> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Named after </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">01 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ain.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 01"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 01" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ain.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ain.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ain.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ain" title="Ain">Ain</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bourg-en-Bresse" title="Bourg-en-Bresse">Bourg-en-Bresse</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes" title="Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes">Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ain_(river)" title="Ain (river)">Ain (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">02 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Aisne.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 02"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 02" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Aisne.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Aisne.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Aisne.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Aisne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Aisne.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Aisne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aisne" title="Aisne">Aisne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laon" title="Laon">Laon</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_the_Region_of_Hauts-de-France.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Region_of_Hauts-de-France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_the_Region_of_Hauts-de-France.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Region_of_Hauts-de-France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flag_of_the_Region_of_Hauts-de-France.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Region_of_Hauts-de-France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Hauts-de-France" title="Hauts-de-France">Hauts-de-France</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aisne_(river)" title="Aisne (river)">Aisne (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">03 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_comte_fr_Clermont_(Bourbon).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 03"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 03" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Blason_comte_fr_Clermont_%28Bourbon%29.svg/18px-Blason_comte_fr_Clermont_%28Bourbon%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Blason_comte_fr_Clermont_%28Bourbon%29.svg/27px-Blason_comte_fr_Clermont_%28Bourbon%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Blason_comte_fr_Clermont_%28Bourbon%29.svg/36px-Blason_comte_fr_Clermont_%28Bourbon%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allier" title="Allier">Allier</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moulins,_Allier" title="Moulins, Allier">Moulins</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes" title="Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes">Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Allier_(river)" title="Allier (river)">Allier (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">04 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 04"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 04" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpes-de-Haute-Provence" title="Alpes-de-Haute-Provence">Alpes-de-Haute-Provence</a> <sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_2"><a href="#endnote_2">2</a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Digne-les-Bains" title="Digne-les-Bains">Digne-les-Bains</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg/23px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg/35px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg/45px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="750" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur" title="Provence-Alpes-Côte d&#39;Azur">Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a> mountains and <a 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title="Hautes-Alpes">Hautes-Alpes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gap,_Hautes-Alpes" title="Gap, Hautes-Alpes">Gap</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg/23px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg/35px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg/45px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="750" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur" title="Provence-Alpes-Côte d&#39;Azur">Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a> mountains </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">06 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arms_of_Nice.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 06"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 06" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Arms_of_Nice.svg/18px-Arms_of_Nice.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Arms_of_Nice.svg/27px-Arms_of_Nice.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Arms_of_Nice.svg/36px-Arms_of_Nice.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpes-Maritimes" title="Alpes-Maritimes">Alpes-Maritimes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg/23px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg/35px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg/45px-Flag_of_Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="750" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%27Azur" title="Provence-Alpes-Côte d&#39;Azur">Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a> mountains </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">07 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ard%C3%A8che.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 07"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 07" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ard%C3%A8che.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ard%C3%A8che.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ard%C3%A8che.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ard%C3%A8che.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ard%C3%A8che.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ard%C3%A8che.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Ardeche&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Ard%C3%A8che" title="Ardèche">Ardèche</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Privas" title="Privas">Privas</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes" title="Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes">Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ard%C3%A8che_(river)" title="Ardèche (river)">Ardèche (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">08 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ardennes.svg" 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Occitania_(administrative_region)" title="Occitania (administrative region)">Occitanie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ari%C3%A8ge_(river)" title="Ariège (river)">Ariège (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">10 </th> 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Cantal.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Cantal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Cantal.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Cantal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Cantal.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Cantal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cantal" title="Cantal">Cantal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aurillac" title="Aurillac">Aurillac</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg/35px-Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg/46px-Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Centre-Val_de_Loire" title="Centre-Val de Loire">Centre-Val de Loire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cher_(river)" title="Cher (river)">Cher (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">19 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Corr%C3%A8ze.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 19"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 19" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Corr%C3%A8ze.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Corr%C3%A8ze.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Blason_du_d%C3%A9partement_de_Corse-du-Sud.jpg/26px-Blason_du_d%C3%A9partement_de_Corse-du-Sud.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Blason_du_d%C3%A9partement_de_Corse-du-Sud.jpg/34px-Blason_du_d%C3%A9partement_de_Corse-du-Sud.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2238" /></a></span> </td> <td>1 January 1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Corse-du-Sud" title="Corse-du-Sud">Corse-du-Sud</a> <sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_19"><a href="#endnote_19">19</a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajaccio" title="Ajaccio">Ajaccio</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Flag_of_Corsica.svg/23px-Flag_of_Corsica.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Blason_Bourbon-La_Marche.svg/18px-Blason_Bourbon-La_Marche.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Blason_Bourbon-La_Marche.svg/27px-Blason_Bourbon-La_Marche.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Blason_Bourbon-La_Marche.svg/36px-Blason_Bourbon-La_Marche.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Creuse" title="Creuse">Creuse</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Gueret&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%A9ret" title="Guéret">Guéret</a></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Nouvelle-Aquitaine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nouvelle-Aquitaine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dordogne.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dordogne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dordogne.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dordogne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dordogne" title="Dordogne">Dordogne</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Perigueux&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9rigueux" title="Périgueux">Périgueux</a></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Nouvelle-Aquitaine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nouvelle-Aquitaine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Flag_of_Nouvelle-Aquitaine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nouvelle-Aquitaine.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Doubs.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Doubs.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doubs" title="Doubs">Doubs</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Besancon&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Besan%C3%A7on" title="Besançon">Besançon</a></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_the_region_Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_region_Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_the_region_Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_region_Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_the_region_Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_region_Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="960" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Bourgogne-Franche-Comt%C3%A9" title="Bourgogne-Franche-Comté">Bourgogne-Franche-Comté</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Doubs_(river)" title="Doubs (river)">Doubs (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">26 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dr%C3%B4me.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 26"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 26" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dr%C3%B4me.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dr%C3%B4me.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dr%C3%B4me.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dr%C3%B4me.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dr%C3%B4me.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Dr%C3%B4me.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Drome&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Dr%C3%B4me" title="Drôme">Drôme</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valence,_Dr%C3%B4me" title="Valence, Drôme">Valence</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_region_Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Auvergne-Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes" title="Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes">Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dr%C3%B4me_(river)" title="Drôme (river)">Drôme (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">27 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Eure.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 27"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 27" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Eure.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Eure.svg.png" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gard.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gard.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gard" title="Gard">Gard</a> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Nimes&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/N%C3%AEmes" title="Nîmes">Nîmes</a></span> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Occitania_(administrative_region)" title="Occitania (administrative region)">Occitanie</a> </td> <td>Occitan name for <a href="/wiki/Gardon" title="Gardon">Gardon</a> river </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">31 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Garonne.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 31"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 31" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Garonne.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Garonne.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Garonne.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Garonne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Garonne.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Garonne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haute-Garonne" title="Haute-Garonne">Haute-Garonne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toulouse" title="Toulouse">Toulouse</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Occitania_(administrative_region)" title="Occitania (administrative region)">Occitanie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Garonne_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Garonne (river)">Garonne (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">32 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gers.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 32"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 32" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gers.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gers.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gers.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gers.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gers.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gers.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gers" title="Gers">Gers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Auch" title="Auch">Auch</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 33"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 33" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gironde.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gironde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gironde.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gironde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gironde.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Gironde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gironde" title="Gironde">Gironde</a> <sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_5"><a href="#endnote_5">5</a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" 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34" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_H%C3%A9rault.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_H%C3%A9rault.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_H%C3%A9rault.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_H%C3%A9rault.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_H%C3%A9rault.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_H%C3%A9rault.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Herault&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9rault" title="Hérault">Hérault</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montpellier" title="Montpellier">Montpellier</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Occitania_(administrative_region)" title="Occitania (administrative region)">Occitanie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9rault_(river)" title="Hérault (river)">Hérault (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">35 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ille-et-Vilaine.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 35"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 35" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ille-et-Vilaine.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ille-et-Vilaine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ille-et-Vilaine.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ille-et-Vilaine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ille-et-Vilaine.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Ille-et-Vilaine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ille-et-Vilaine" title="Ille-et-Vilaine">Ille-et-Vilaine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rennes" title="Rennes">Rennes</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span 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title="Coat of arms of department 39"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 39" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Jura.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Jura.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Jura.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Jura.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Jura.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Jura.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jura_(department)" title="Jura (department)">Jura</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lons-le-Saunier" title="Lons-le-Saunier">Lons-le-Saunier</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loir-et-Cher.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loir-et-Cher.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loir-et-Cher.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loir-et-Cher.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loir-et-Cher.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loir-et-Cher.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Loir-et-Cher" title="Loir-et-Cher">Loir-et-Cher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blois" title="Blois">Blois</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg/23px-Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg/35px-Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg/46px-Flag_of_Centre-Val_de_Loire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Centre-Val_de_Loire" title="Centre-Val de Loire">Centre-Val de Loire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Loir" title="Loir">Loir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cher_(river)" title="Cher (river)">Cher</a> rivers </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">42 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loire.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 42"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 42" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loire.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loire.svg.png" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Loire.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Loire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Loire.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Loire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Loire.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Loire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haute-Loire" title="Haute-Loire">Haute-Loire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Le_Puy-en-Velay" title="Le Puy-en-Velay">Le Puy-en-Velay</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loz%C3%A8re.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loz%C3%A8re.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loz%C3%A8re.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loz%C3%A8re.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loz%C3%A8re.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Loz%C3%A8re.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="563" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Lozere&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Loz%C3%A8re" title="Lozère">Lozère</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mende,_Loz%C3%A8re" title="Mende, Lozère">Mende</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_R%C3%A9gion_Occitanie_%28symbol_only%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Occitania_(administrative_region)" title="Occitania (administrative region)">Occitanie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mont_Loz%C3%A8re" title="Mont Lozère">Mont Lozère</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">49 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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href="/wiki/Angers" title="Angers">Angers</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Unofficial_flag_of_Pays-de-la-Loire.svg/23px-Unofficial_flag_of_Pays-de-la-Loire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Unofficial_flag_of_Pays-de-la-Loire.svg/35px-Unofficial_flag_of_Pays-de-la-Loire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Unofficial_flag_of_Pays-de-la-Loire.svg/46px-Unofficial_flag_of_Pays-de-la-Loire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="420" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Pays_de_la_Loire" title="Pays de la Loire">Pays de la Loire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maine_(river)" title="Maine (river)">Maine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loire" title="Loire">Loire</a> rivers </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">50 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Proposed_design_for_a_flag_of_Grand_Est.svg/23px-Proposed_design_for_a_flag_of_Grand_Est.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Proposed_design_for_a_flag_of_Grand_Est.svg/35px-Proposed_design_for_a_flag_of_Grand_Est.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Proposed_design_for_a_flag_of_Grand_Est.svg/45px-Proposed_design_for_a_flag_of_Grand_Est.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Grand_Est" title="Grand Est">Grand Est</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marne_(river)" title="Marne (river)">Marne (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">53 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Mayenne.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 53"><img alt="Coat of arms of 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Meurthe-et-Moselle.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Meurthe-et-Moselle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Meurthe-et-Moselle.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Meurthe-et-Moselle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Meurthe-et-Moselle.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Meurthe-et-Moselle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>7 September 1871 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meurthe-et-Moselle" title="Meurthe-et-Moselle">Meurthe-et-Moselle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nancy,_France" title="Nancy, France">Nancy</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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title="Coat of arms of department 70"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 70" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Sa%C3%B4ne.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Sa%C3%B4ne.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Sa%C3%B4ne.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Sa%C3%B4ne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Sa%C3%B4ne.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Haute-Sa%C3%B4ne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><span data-sort-value="Haute-Saone&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Haute-Sa%C3%B4ne" title="Haute-Saône">Haute-Saône</a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vesoul" title="Vesoul">Vesoul</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Normandie.svg/35px-Flag_of_Normandie.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Normandie.svg/45px-Flag_of_Normandie.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span>&#160;</span><a href="/wiki/Normandy" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seine_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seine (river)">Seine (river)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">77 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Seine-et-Marne.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 77"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 77" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Seine-et-Marne.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Seine-et-Marne.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Seine-et-Marne.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Seine-et-Marne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Seine-et-Marne.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Seine-et-Marne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seine-et-Marne" title="Seine-et-Marne">Seine-et-Marne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melun" title="Melun">Melun</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/IDF_flag.svg/23px-IDF_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/IDF_flag.svg/35px-IDF_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/IDF_flag.svg/45px-IDF_flag.svg.png 2x" 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scope="row" style="text-align: left;">86 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Vienne.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of department 86"><img alt="Coat of arms of department 86" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Vienne.svg/18px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Vienne.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Vienne.svg/27px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Vienne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Vienne.svg/36px-Blason_d%C3%A9partement_fr_Vienne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>26 February 1790 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vienne_(department)" title="Vienne (department)">Vienne</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Poitiers" title="Poitiers">Poitiers</a> </td> <td><span 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Coat_of_arms_of_Martinique.svg/27px-Coat_of_arms_of_Martinique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Coat_of_arms_of_Martinique.svg/36px-Coat_of_arms_of_Martinique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="660" /></a></span> </td> <td>19 March 1946 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> <sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation"><a href="#endnote_16">16</a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort-de-France" title="Fort-de-France">Fort-de-France</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/23px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag-of-Martinique.svg/35px-Flag-of-Martinique.svg.png 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><b><a href="#ref_1">^1</a></b></span> Most of the coats of arms are unofficial</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_2"><b><a href="#ref_2">^2</a></b></span> Alpes-de-Haute-Provence was known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Basses-Alpes</i></span> ('Lower Alps') until 1970</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_3"><b><a href="#ref_3">^3</a></b></span> Charente-Maritime was known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Charente-Inférieure</i></span> ('Lower <a href="/wiki/Charente_(river)" title="Charente (river)">Charente</a>') until 1941</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_4"><b><a href="#ref_4">^4</a></b></span> Côtes-d'Armor was known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Côtes-du-Nord</i></span> ('Coasts of the North') until 1990</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_5"><b><a href="#ref_5">^5</a></b></span> Gironde was known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Bec-d'Ambès</i></span> ('<a href="/wiki/Bec_d%27Amb%C3%A8s" title="Bec d&#39;Ambès">Beak of Ambès</a>') from 1793 until 1795. The Convention eliminated the name to avoid recalling the outlawed <a href="/wiki/Girondin" class="mw-redirect" title="Girondin">Girondin</a> political faction.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_6"><b><a href="#ref_6">^6</a></b></span> Loire-Atlantique was known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Loire-Inférieure</i></span> ('Lower <a href="/wiki/Loire" title="Loire">Loire</a>') until 1957</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_7"><b><a href="#ref_7">^7</a></b></span> Maine-et-Loire was known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Mayenne-et-Loire</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Mayenne_(river)" title="Mayenne (river)">Mayenne</a> and Loire rivers) until 1791</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_8"><b><a href="#ref_8">^8</a></b></span> Pyrénées-Atlantiques was known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Basses-Pyrénées</i></span> ('Lower Pyrenees') until 1969</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_9"><b><a href="#ref_9">^9</a></b></span> Number 75 was formerly assigned to <a href="/wiki/Seine_(department)" title="Seine (department)">Seine</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_10"><b><a href="#ref_10">^10</a></b></span> Seine-Maritime was known as <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Seine-Inférieure</i></span> ('Lower Seine') until 1955</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_11"><b><a href="#ref_11">^11</a></b></span> Number 78 was formerly assigned to <a href="/wiki/Seine-et-Oise" title="Seine-et-Oise">Seine-et-Oise</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_12"><b><a href="#ref_12">^12</a></b></span> Number 91 was formerly assigned to <a href="/wiki/Alger_(department)" title="Alger (department)">Alger</a>, in <a href="/wiki/French_Algeria" title="French Algeria">French Algeria</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_13"><b><a href="#ref_13">^13</a></b></span> Number 92 was formerly assigned to <a href="/wiki/Oran_(department)" title="Oran (department)">Oran</a>, in French Algeria</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_14"><b><a href="#ref_14">^14</a></b></span> Number 93 was formerly assigned to <a href="/wiki/Constantine_(department)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantine (department)">Constantine</a>, in French Algeria</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_15"><b><a href="#ref_15">^15</a></b></span> The prefecture of <a href="/wiki/Val-d%27Oise" title="Val-d&#39;Oise">Val-d'Oise</a> was established in <a href="/wiki/Pontoise" title="Pontoise">Pontoise</a> when the department was created, but moved <i>de facto</i> to the neighbouring commune of <a href="/wiki/Cergy" title="Cergy">Cergy</a>; currently, both part of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">ville nouvelle</i></span> of <a href="/wiki/Cergy-Pontoise" title="Cergy-Pontoise">Cergy-Pontoise</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_16"><b><a href="#ref_16">^16</a></b></span> The <a href="/wiki/Overseas_department" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas department">overseas departments</a> each constitute a <a href="/wiki/Regions_of_France" title="Regions of France">region</a> and enjoy a status identical to <i>metropolitan</i> France. They are part of France and the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, though <a href="/wiki/Special_member_state_territories_and_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Special member state territories and the European Union">special EU rules apply</a> to them.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_17"><b><a href="#ref_17">^17</a></b></span> <a href="/wiki/Mayotte" title="Mayotte">Mayotte</a> became the 101st department of France on 31 March 2011. The <a href="/wiki/INSEE_code" title="INSEE code">INSEE code</a> of Mayotte is 976 (975 is already assigned to the French <a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivities" class="mw-redirect" title="Overseas collectivities">overseas collectivity</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_18"><b><a href="#ref_18">^18</a></b></span> Metropoles with <a href="/wiki/Territorial_collectivity" title="Territorial collectivity">territorial collectivity</a> statute.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_19"><b><a href="#ref_19">^19</a></b></span> <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a> was divided into two departments (<a href="/wiki/Golo_(department)" title="Golo (department)">Golo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liamone" title="Liamone">Liamone</a>) from 1793 to 1811, and again into two departments (<a href="/wiki/Corse-du-Sud" title="Corse-du-Sud">Corse-du-Sud</a>, number 2A, and <a href="/wiki/Haute-Corse" title="Haute-Corse">Haute-Corse</a>, number 2B) in 1975. As of 2019, Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse are still administrative departments, although they no longer have the status of departmental "<a href="/wiki/Territorial_collectivity" title="Territorial collectivity">territorial collectivities</a>": region and department functions have been managed by a "<a href="/wiki/Single_territorial_collectivity" title="Single territorial collectivity">single territorial collectivity</a>" since 2018.</li></ul></div> </td> <td> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:D%C3%A9partements_de_France_English.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/D%C3%A9partements_de_France_English.svg/220px-D%C3%A9partements_de_France_English.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/D%C3%A9partements_de_France_English.svg/330px-D%C3%A9partements_de_France_English.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/D%C3%A9partements_de_France_English.svg/440px-D%C3%A9partements_de_France_English.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="550" /></a><figcaption>Regions and departments of metropolitan France; the numbers are those of the first column (except for Corsica, which shows the division of the island until 2018, and the division of the Metropolis of Lyon from Rhône is not shown).</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Petite_couronne-2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Petite_couronne-2.svg/220px-Petite_couronne-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Petite_couronne-2.svg/330px-Petite_couronne-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Petite_couronne-2.svg/440px-Petite_couronne-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="264" data-file-height="264" /></a><figcaption>The departments in the immediate vicinity of Paris; the numbers are those of the first column.</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_departments">Former departments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Former departments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Former_departments_of_the_current_territory_of_France">Former departments of the current territory of France</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Former departments of the current territory of France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">Department </th> <th scope="col">Prefecture </th> <th scope="col">Dates in existence </th> <th scope="col">Named after </th> <th scope="col">Subsequent history </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne-et-Loire" title="Rhône-et-Loire">Rhône-et-Loire</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a> </td> <td>1790–1793 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhône (river)">Rhône</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loire_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Loire (river)">Loire</a> rivers </td> <td>Divided into <a href="/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne_(department)" title="Rhône (department)">Rhône</a> and <a href="/wiki/Loire_(department)" title="Loire (department)">Loire</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Corse" class="mw-redirect" title="Corse">Corse</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bastia" title="Bastia">Bastia</a> </td> <td>1790–1793 </td> <td>Island of <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a> </td> <td>Divided into <a href="/wiki/Golo_(department)" title="Golo (department)">Golo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liamone" title="Liamone">Liamone</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Golo_(department)" title="Golo (department)">Golo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bastia" title="Bastia">Bastia</a> </td> <td>1793–1811 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Golo_(river)" title="Golo (river)">Golo (river)</a> </td> <td>Reunited with <a href="/wiki/Liamone" title="Liamone">Liamone</a> into <a href="/wiki/Corse" class="mw-redirect" title="Corse">Corse</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Liamone" title="Liamone">Liamone</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajaccio" title="Ajaccio">Ajaccio</a> </td> <td>1793–1811 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liamone_(river)" title="Liamone (river)">Liamone (river)</a> </td> <td>Reunited with <a href="/wiki/Golo_(department)" title="Golo (department)">Golo</a> into <a href="/wiki/Corse" class="mw-redirect" title="Corse">Corse</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mont-Blanc_(department)" title="Mont-Blanc (department)">Mont-Blanc</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chamb%C3%A9ry" title="Chambéry">Chambéry</a> </td> <td>1792–1815 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mont_Blanc" title="Mont Blanc">Mont Blanc</a> mountain </td> <td>Formed from part of the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Savoy" title="Duchy of Savoy">Duchy of Savoy</a>, a territory of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sardinia" title="Kingdom of Sardinia">Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia</a> which was restored to its former status at the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1815)" title="Treaty of Paris (1815)">Treaty of Paris (1815)</a>. The territory returned to French rule in 1860 and it corresponds approximately to the present departments of <a href="/wiki/Savoie" title="Savoie">Savoie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haute-Savoie" title="Haute-Savoie">Haute-Savoie</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9man_(department)" title="Léman (department)">Léman</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> </td> <td>1798–1814 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Geneva" title="Lake Geneva">Lake Geneva</a> </td> <td>Formed when the Republic of Geneva was annexed into the <a href="/wiki/French_First_Republic" title="French First Republic">French First Republic</a> and added to territory taken from other departments. Corresponds to the present <a href="/wiki/Swiss_canton" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss canton">Swiss canton</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">Geneva</a> and parts of the current departments of <a href="/wiki/Ain" title="Ain">Ain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haute-Savoie" title="Haute-Savoie">Haute-Savoie</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Meurthe_(department)" title="Meurthe (department)">Meurthe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nancy,_France" title="Nancy, France">Nancy</a> </td> <td>1790–1871 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meurthe_(river)" title="Meurthe (river)">Meurthe (river)</a> </td> <td>Ceased to exist following the annexation of <a href="/wiki/Alsace-Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Alsace-Lorraine">Alsace-Lorraine</a> by the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> in 1871 and was not recreated after the province was restored to France by the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles" title="Treaty of Versailles">Treaty of Versailles</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">75 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Seine_(department)" title="Seine (department)">Seine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> </td> <td>1790–1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seine_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seine (river)">Seine (river)</a> </td> <td>Divided into four new departments on 1 January 1968: <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hauts-de-Seine" title="Hauts-de-Seine">Hauts-de-Seine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seine-Saint-Denis" title="Seine-Saint-Denis">Seine-Saint-Denis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Val-de-Marne" title="Val-de-Marne">Val-de-Marne</a> (the last also incorporating a small amount of territory from <a href="/wiki/Seine-et-Oise" title="Seine-et-Oise">Seine-et-Oise</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">78 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Seine-et-Oise" title="Seine-et-Oise">Seine-et-Oise</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Versailles,_Yvelines" title="Versailles, Yvelines">Versailles</a> </td> <td>1790–1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seine_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Seine (river)">Seine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oise_(river)" title="Oise (river)">Oise</a> rivers </td> <td>Divided into four new departments on 1 January 1968: <a href="/wiki/Yvelines" title="Yvelines">Yvelines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Val-d%27Oise" title="Val-d&#39;Oise">Val-d'Oise</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essonne" title="Essonne">Essonne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Val-de-Marne" title="Val-de-Marne">Val-de-Marne</a> (the last largely comprising territory from <a href="/wiki/Seine_(department)" title="Seine (department)">Seine</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">20 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Corse" class="mw-redirect" title="Corse">Corse</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ajaccio" title="Ajaccio">Ajaccio</a> </td> <td>1811–1975 </td> <td>Island of <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a> </td> <td>Divided into <a href="/wiki/Corse-du-Sud" title="Corse-du-Sud">Corse-du-Sud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Haute-Corse" title="Haute-Corse">Haute-Corse</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">975 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint-Pierre,_Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon" title="Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon">Saint-Pierre</a> </td> <td>1976–1985 </td> <td>Islands of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Pierre_Island" title="Saint Pierre Island">Saint Pierre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miquelon_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Miquelon Island">Miquelon</a> </td> <td>Converted to an <a href="/wiki/Overseas_collectivity" title="Overseas collectivity">overseas collectivity</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Departments_of_Algeria_(Départements_d'Algérie)"><span id="Departments_of_Algeria_.28D.C3.A9partements_d.27Alg.C3.A9rie.29"></span>Departments of Algeria (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Départements d'Algérie</i></span>)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Departments of Algeria (Départements d&#039;Algérie)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alg%C3%A9rie_fr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Alg%C3%A9rie_fr.jpg/260px-Alg%C3%A9rie_fr.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Alg%C3%A9rie_fr.jpg/390px-Alg%C3%A9rie_fr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Alg%C3%A9rie_fr.jpg/520px-Alg%C3%A9rie_fr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2645" /></a><figcaption>The three Algerian departments in 1848</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_showing_the_D%C3%A9partements_of_Algeria_from_1962-1968_and_1968-1974.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Map_showing_the_D%C3%A9partements_of_Algeria_from_1962-1968_and_1968-1974.svg/260px-Map_showing_the_D%C3%A9partements_of_Algeria_from_1962-1968_and_1968-1974.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="368" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Map_showing_the_D%C3%A9partements_of_Algeria_from_1962-1968_and_1968-1974.svg/390px-Map_showing_the_D%C3%A9partements_of_Algeria_from_1962-1968_and_1968-1974.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Map_showing_the_D%C3%A9partements_of_Algeria_from_1962-1968_and_1968-1974.svg/520px-Map_showing_the_D%C3%A9partements_of_Algeria_from_1962-1968_and_1968-1974.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="1052" /></a><figcaption>Departments of French Algeria from 1957 to 1962</figcaption></figure> <p>Unlike the rest of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_French_possessions_and_colonies#In_Africa" title="List of French possessions and colonies">French possessions in Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_Algeria" title="French Algeria">Algeria</a> was divided into departments just like Corsica or Normandy from 1848 until its independence in 1962. These departments were supposed to be "assimilated" or "integrated" to France sometime in the future. </p> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Before 1957 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">Department </th> <th scope="col">Prefecture </th> <th scope="col">Dates of existence </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">91 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alger_(department)" title="Alger (department)">Alger</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Algiers" title="Algiers">Algiers</a> </td> <td>1848–1957 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">92 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Oran_(department)" title="Oran (department)">Oran</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oran" title="Oran">Oran</a> </td> <td>1848–1957 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">93 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Constantine_(departement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantine (departement)">Constantine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Constantine_(Algeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantine (Algeria)">Constantine</a> </td> <td>1848–1957 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">– </th> <td><a href="/wiki/B%C3%B4ne_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Bône (département)">Bône</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Annaba" title="Annaba">Annaba</a> </td> <td>1955–1957 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr valign="top"> <td> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>1957–1962 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">Department </th> <th scope="col">Prefecture </th> <th scope="col">Dates of existence </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">8A </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oasis_(department)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Oasis (department) (page does not exist)">Oasis</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ouargla" title="Ouargla">Ouargla</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">8B </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saoura_(department)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Saoura (department) (page does not exist)">Saoura</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9char" title="Béchar">Béchar</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9A </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alger_(department)" title="Alger (department)">Alger</a> </td> <td>Algiers </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9B </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Batna_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Batna (département)">Batna</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Batna,_Algeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Batna, Algeria">Batna</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9C </th> <td><a href="/wiki/B%C3%B4ne_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Bône (département)">Bône</a> </td> <td>Annaba </td> <td>1955–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9D </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Constantine_(d%C3%A9partement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantine (département)">Constantine</a> </td> <td>Constantine </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9E </th> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9d%C3%A9a_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Médéa (département)">Médéa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9d%C3%A9a" title="Médéa">Médéa</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9F </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mostaganem_(department)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Mostaganem (department) (page does not exist)">Mostaganem</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mostaganem" title="Mostaganem">Mostaganem</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9G </th> <td>Oran </td> <td>Oran </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9H </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Orl%C3%A9ansville_(department)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Orléansville (department) (page does not exist)">Orléansville</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chlef" title="Chlef">Chlef</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9J </th> <td><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9tif_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Sétif (département)">Sétif</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9tif" title="Sétif">Sétif</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9K </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiaret_(department)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiaret (department) (page does not exist)">Tiaret</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiaret" title="Tiaret">Tiaret</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9L </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tizi_Ouzou_(department)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tizi Ouzou (department) (page does not exist)">Tizi Ouzou</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tizi_Ouzou" title="Tizi Ouzou">Tizi Ouzou</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9M </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tlemcen_(department)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tlemcen (department) (page does not exist)">Tlemcen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tlemcen" title="Tlemcen">Tlemcen</a> </td> <td>1957–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9N </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Aumale_(d%C3%A9partement)" title="Aumale (département)">Aumale</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sour_El-Ghozlane" title="Sour El-Ghozlane">Sour El-Ghozlane</a> </td> <td>1958–1959 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">9P </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bougie_(department)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Bougie (department) (page does not exist)">Bougie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa" title="Béjaïa">Béjaïa</a> </td> <td>1958–1962 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">9R </th> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sa%C3%AFda_(department)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Saïda (department) (page does not exist)">Saïda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sa%C3%AFda,_Algeria" title="Saïda, Algeria">Saïda</a> </td> <td>1958–1962 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Departments_in_former_French_colonies">Departments in former French colonies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Departments in former French colonies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Department </th> <th scope="col">Named after </th> <th scope="col">Current location </th> <th scope="col">Dates in existence </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A9partement_du_Sud_(Saint-Domingue)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Département du Sud (Saint-Domingue) (page does not exist)">Département du Sud</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_du_Sud_(Saint-Domingue)" class="extiw" title="fr:Département du Sud (Saint-Domingue)">fr</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South" title="South">South</a> cardinal direction </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> </td> <td>1795–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A9partement_d%27Inganne&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Département d&#39;Inganne (page does not exist)">Département d'Inganne</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_d%27Inganne" class="extiw" title="fr:Département d&#39;Inganne">fr</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> </td> <td>1795–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A9partement_du_Nord_(Saint-Domingue)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Département du Nord (Saint-Domingue) (page does not exist)">Département du Nord</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_du_Nord_(Saint-Domingue)" class="extiw" title="fr:Département du Nord (Saint-Domingue)">fr</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North" title="North">North</a> cardinal direction </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> </td> <td>1795–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A9partement_de_l%27Ouest_(Saint-Domingue)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Département de l&#39;Ouest (Saint-Domingue) (page does not exist)">Département de l'Ouest</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_de_l%27Ouest_(Saint-Domingue)" class="extiw" title="fr:Département de l&#39;Ouest (Saint-Domingue)">fr</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West" title="West">West</a> cardinal direction </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> </td> <td>1795–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A9partement_de_Samana&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Département de Samana (page does not exist)">Département de Samana</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9partement_de_Saman%C3%A1" class="extiw" title="fr:Département de Samaná">fr</a>&#93;</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saman%C3%A1_Bay" title="Samaná Bay">Samaná Bay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a> </td> <td>1795–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia#French_Colony" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a> </td> <td>Island of <a href="/wiki/St_Lucia" class="mw-redirect" title="St Lucia">St Lucia</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Lucia" title="Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tobago" title="Tobago">Tobago</a> </td> <td>1795–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Isle_de_France_(Mauritius)" title="Isle de France (Mauritius)">Île de France</a> </td> <td>Island of <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seychelles" title="Seychelles">Seychelles</a> </td> <td>1795–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/French_India" title="French India">Indes-Orientales</a> </td> <td>India and East cardinal direction </td> <td>India: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Pondicherry Union Territory</a> (<small><a href="/wiki/Pondicherry_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Pondicherry district">Pondichéry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karikal_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Karikal district">Karikal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yanam_district" title="Yanam district">Yanaon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%A9_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahé district">Mahé</a></small>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> (<small><a href="/wiki/Chandernagore" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandernagore">Chandernagore</a></small>)</dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1800 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Departments_of_the_Napoleonic_Empire_in_Europe">Departments of the Napoleonic Empire in Europe</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Departments_of_France&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Departments of the Napoleonic Empire in Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a number of former departments in territories conquered by France during the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_French_Empire" title="First French Empire">Napoleonic Empire</a> that are now not part of France: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Department </th> <th scope="col">Prefecture<br />(<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a> name<br /> if different) </th> <th scope="col">Named after </th> <th scope="col"><span class="nowrap">Current location<sup><small>1</small></sup></span> </th> <th scope="col">Contemporary location<sup><small>2</small></sup> </th> <th scope="col">Dates in existence </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mont-Terrible" title="Mont-Terrible">Mont-Terrible</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Porrentruy" title="Porrentruy">Porrentruy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mont_Terri" title="Mont Terri">Mont Terri</a> mountain </td> <td>Switzerland<br />France (Doubs) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Basel" title="Prince-Bishopric of Basel">Prince-Bishopric of Basel</a><sup><small>3</small></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/County_of_Montb%C3%A9liard" title="County of Montbéliard">County of Montbéliard</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1793–1800 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Dyle_(department)" title="Dyle (department)">Dyle</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a><br /><i>Bruxelles</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dyle_(river)" title="Dyle (river)">Dyle (river)</a> </td> <td>Belgium </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" title="Duchy of Brabant">Duchy of Brabant</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Hainaut" title="County of Hainaut">County of Hainaut</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Escaut_(department)" title="Escaut (department)">Escaut</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghent" title="Ghent">Ghent</a> <br /><i>Gand</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scheldt" title="Scheldt">Scheldt</a> river </td> <td>Belgium<br />Netherlands </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Flanders" title="County of Flanders">County of Flanders</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Zeelandic_Flanders" title="Zeelandic Flanders">Flanders of the States</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/For%C3%AAts" title="Forêts">Forêts</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourg (city)">Luxembourg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ardennes_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ardennes forest">Ardennes forest</a> </td> <td>Luxembourg<br />Belgium<br />Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Luxembourg" title="Duchy of Luxembourg">Duchy of Luxembourg</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Jemmape_(department)" title="Jemmape (department)">Jemmape</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mons,_Belgium" title="Mons, Belgium">Mons</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jemappes" title="Battle of Jemappes">Battle of Jemappes</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Belgium </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Hainaut" title="County of Hainaut">County of Hainaut</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tournai" title="Tournai">Lordship of Tournai</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Namur" title="County of Namur">County of Namur</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Prince-Bishopric of Liège">Prince-Bishopric of Liège</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Lys_(department)" title="Lys (department)">Lys</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruges" title="Bruges">Bruges</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lys_(river)" title="Lys (river)">Lys (river)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Flanders" title="County of Flanders">County of Flanders</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Meuse-Inf%C3%A9rieure" title="Meuse-Inférieure">Meuse-Inférieure</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Maastricht" title="Maastricht">Maastricht</a> <br /><i>Maëstricht</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meuse" title="Meuse">Meuse</a> river </td> <td rowspan="2">Belgium<br />Netherlands </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Guelders" class="mw-redirect" title="Guelders">Austrian Upper Guelders</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Limburg" title="Duchy of Limburg">Duchy of Limburg</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Staats-Oppergelre" class="mw-redirect" title="Staats-Oppergelre">Dutch Upper Guelders</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Staats-Overmaas" class="mw-redirect" title="Staats-Overmaas">Overmaas of the States</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Prince-Bishopric of Liège">Prince-Bishopric of Liège</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Horne" title="County of Horne">County of Horne</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Loon" title="County of Loon">County of Loon</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thorn_Abbey" title="Thorn Abbey">Thorn Abbey</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Maastricht" title="Maastricht">Maastricht</a><sup><small>5</small></sup></dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Deux-N%C3%A8thes" title="Deux-Nèthes">Deux-Nèthes</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> <br /><i>Anvers</i> </td> <td>Two branches of the <a href="/wiki/Nete_(river)" title="Nete (river)">Nete (river)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" title="Duchy of Brabant">Duchy of Brabant</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Staats-Brabant" class="mw-redirect" title="Staats-Brabant">Brabant of the States</a> <span class="nowrap">(after 1810)</span></dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ourthe_(department)" title="Ourthe (department)">Ourthe</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Li%C3%A8ge" title="Liège">Liège</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ourthe" title="Ourthe">Ourthe</a> river </td> <td>Belgium<br />Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" title="Duchy of Brabant">Duchy of Brabant</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Limburg" title="Duchy of Limburg">Duchy of Limburg</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Luxembourg" title="Duchy of Luxembourg">Duchy of Luxembourg</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Namur" title="County of Namur">County of Namur</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Prince-Bishopric of Liège">Prince-Bishopric of Liège</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Abbey" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Abbey">Imperial Abbey</a> of <a href="/wiki/Stavelot-Malmedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Stavelot-Malmedy">Stavelot-Malmedy</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sambre-et-Meuse" title="Sambre-et-Meuse">Sambre-et-Meuse</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Namur" title="Namur">Namur</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sambre" title="Sambre">Sambre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meuse" title="Meuse">Meuse</a> rivers </td> <td>Belgium </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brabant" title="Duchy of Brabant">Duchy of Brabant</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Luxembourg" title="Duchy of Luxembourg">Duchy of Luxembourg</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Prince-Bishopric of Liège">Prince-Bishopric of Liège</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1795–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Corcyre" title="Corcyre">Corcyre</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Corfu" title="Corfu">Corfu</a> <br /><i>Corfou</i> </td> <td>Island of Corfu <br />(archaic French form) </td> <td rowspan="3">Greece </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Ionian_Islands_under_Venetian_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Ionian Islands under Venetian rule">Republic of Venice</a><sup><small>4</small></sup> </td> <td>1797–1799 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ithaque" title="Ithaque">Ithaque</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Argostoli" title="Argostoli">Argostoli</a> </td> <td>Island of <a href="/wiki/Ithaca_(island)" title="Ithaca (island)">Ithaca</a> </td> <td>1797–1798 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mer-%C3%89g%C3%A9e" title="Mer-Égée">Mer-Égée</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Zakynthos" title="Zakynthos">Zakynthos</a><br /><i>Zante</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> </td> <td>1797–1798 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Mont-Tonnerre" title="Mont-Tonnerre">Mont-Tonnerre</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a><br /><i>Mayence</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Donnersberg" title="Donnersberg">Donnersberg</a> mountain </td> <td rowspan="2">Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Mainz" title="Electorate of Mainz">Archbishopric of Mainz</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_the_Palatinate" class="mw-redirect" title="Electorate of the Palatinate">Electorate of the Palatinate</a> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Speyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Speyer">Bishopric of Speyer</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1801–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rhin-et-Moselle" title="Rhin-et-Moselle">Rhin-et-Moselle</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Koblenz" title="Koblenz">Koblenz</a><br /><i>Coblence</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moselle_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Moselle (river)">Moselle</a> rivers </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Cologne" title="Electorate of Cologne">Archbishopric of Cologne</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_the_Palatinate" class="mw-redirect" title="Electorate of the Palatinate">Electorate of the Palatinate</a> </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Trier" title="Electorate of Trier">Archbishopric of Trier</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1801–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Roer_(department)" title="Roer (department)">Roer</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen">Aachen</a><br /><i>Aix-la-Chapelle</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roer" title="Roer">Roer</a> river </td> <td>Germany<br />Netherlands </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Free_Imperial_City_of_Aachen" title="Free Imperial City of Aachen">Free Imperial City of Aachen</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Cologne" title="Electorate of Cologne">Archbishopric of Cologne</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_the_Palatinate" class="mw-redirect" title="Electorate of the Palatinate">Electorate of the Palatinate</a>:</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Berg" title="Grand Duchy of Berg">Grand Duchy of Berg</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_J%C3%BClich" title="Duchy of Jülich">Duchy of Jülich</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a>: </p> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Guelders" class="mw-redirect" title="Guelders">Prussian Guelders</a></dd></dl> <p><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Free_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Free City">Imperial Free City</a> of <a href="/wiki/Wesel" title="Wesel">Wesel</a> (after 1805) </p> </td> <td>1801–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sarre_(department)" title="Sarre (department)">Sarre</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Trier" title="Trier">Trier</a><br /><i>Trèves</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saar_(river)" title="Saar (river)">Saar (river)</a> </td> <td>Belgium<br />Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_the_Palatinate" class="mw-redirect" title="Electorate of the Palatinate">Electorate of the Palatinate</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Veldenz" class="mw-redirect" title="County of Veldenz">County of Veldenz</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Palatine_Zweibr%C3%BCcken" title="Palatine Zweibrücken">Duchy of Zweibrücken</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Trier" title="Electorate of Trier">Archbishopric of Trier</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1801–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Doire_(department)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doire (department)">Doire</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivrea" title="Ivrea">Ivrea</a> <br /><i>Ivrée</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dora_Baltea" title="Dora Baltea">Dora Baltea</a> river </td> <td rowspan="15">Italy </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sardinia" title="Kingdom of Sardinia">Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Savoy" title="Duchy of Savoy">Duchy of Savoy</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1802–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Marengo_(department)" title="Marengo (department)">Marengo</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alessandria" title="Alessandria">Alessandria</a><br /><i>Alexandrie</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marengo" title="Battle of Marengo">Battle of Marengo</a> </td> <td>1802–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/P%C3%B4_(department)" title="Pô (department)">Pô</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Po_(river)" title="Po (river)">Po (river)</a> </td> <td>1802–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9sia" title="Sésia">Sésia</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Vercelli" title="Vercelli">Vercelli</a><br /><i>Verceil</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sesia" title="Sesia">Sesia</a> river </td> <td>1802–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Stura" title="Stura">Stura</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Cuneo" title="Cuneo">Cuneo</a><br /><i>Coni</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stura_di_Demonte" title="Stura di Demonte">Stura di Demonte</a> river </td> <td>1802–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Tanaro_(department)" title="Tanaro (department)">Tanaro</a><sup><small>6</small></sup> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asti" title="Asti">Asti</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tanaro_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanaro (river)">Tanaro (river)</a> </td> <td>1802–1805 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Apennins" title="Apennins">Apennins</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Chiavari" title="Chiavari">Chiavari</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apennine_mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Apennine mountains">Apennine mountains</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Republic of Genoa</a><sup><small>7</small></sup> </td> <td>1805–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%AAnes" title="Gênes">Gênes</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a><br /><i>Gênes</i> </td> <td>City of Genoa </td> <td>1805–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Montenotte_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Montenotte Department">Montenotte</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Savona" title="Savona">Savona</a><br /><i>Savone</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Montenotte" title="Battle of Montenotte">Battle of Montenotte</a> </td> <td>1805–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Arno_(department)" title="Arno (department)">Arno</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arno_(river)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arno (river)">Arno (river)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany" title="Grand Duchy of Tuscany">Grand Duchy of Tuscany</a><sup><small>8</small></sup> </td> <td>1808–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9e" title="Méditerranée">Méditerranée</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Livorno" title="Livorno">Livorno</a><br /><i>Livourne</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Sea" title="Mediterranean Sea">Mediterranean Sea</a> </td> <td>1808–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ombrone_(department)" title="Ombrone (department)">Ombrone</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Siena" title="Siena">Siena</a><br /><i>Sienne</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ombrone" title="Ombrone">Ombrone</a> river </td> <td>1808–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Taro_(department)" title="Taro (department)">Taro</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Parma" title="Parma">Parma</a><br /><i>Parme</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Taro_(river)" title="Taro (river)">Taro (river)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Parma" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Parma">Duchy of Parma &amp; Piacenza</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1808–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Rome_(department)" title="Rome (department)">Rome</a><sup><small>9</small></sup> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> </td> <td>City of Rome </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Papal_States" title="Papal States">Papal States</a> </td> <td>1809–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Trasim%C3%A8ne" title="Trasimène">Trasimène</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Spoleto" title="Spoleto">Spoleto</a><br /><i>Spolète</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Trasimeno" title="Lake Trasimeno">Lake Trasimeno</a> </td> <td>1809–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bouches-du-Rhin" title="Bouches-du-Rhin">Bouches-du-Rhin</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/%27s-Hertogenbosch" title="&#39;s-Hertogenbosch">'s-Hertogenbosch</a><br /><i>Bois-le-Duc</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">Rhine</a> river </td> <td rowspan="2">Netherlands </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>:<sup><small>10</small></sup> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Staats-Brabant" class="mw-redirect" title="Staats-Brabant">Batavian Brabant</a> <span class="nowrap">(Brabant of the States)</span></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Guelders" class="mw-redirect" title="Guelders">Dutch Guelders</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1810–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bouches-de-l%27Escaut" title="Bouches-de-l&#39;Escaut">Bouches-de-l'Escaut</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Middelburg,_Zeeland" title="Middelburg, Zeeland">Middelburg</a><br /><i>Middelbourg</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scheldt" title="Scheldt">Scheldt</a> river </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>:<sup><small>10</small></sup> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Zeeland" title="County of Zeeland">County of Zeeland</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1810–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Simplon_(department)" title="Simplon (department)">Simplon</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sion,_Switzerland" title="Sion, Switzerland">Sion</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simplon_Pass" title="Simplon Pass">Simplon Pass</a> </td> <td>Switzerland </td> <td><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9publique_des_Sept-Dizains" class="mw-redirect" title="République des Sept-Dizains">République des Sept-Dizains</a><sup><small>11</small></sup> </td> <td>1810–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bouches-de-la-Meuse" title="Bouches-de-la-Meuse">Bouches-de-la-Meuse</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Hague" title="The Hague">The Hague</a><br /><i>La Haye</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meuse" title="Meuse">Meuse</a> river </td> <td rowspan="2">Netherlands </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>:<sup><small>10</small></sup> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Holland" title="County of Holland">County of Holland</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bouches-de-l%27Yssel" title="Bouches-de-l&#39;Yssel">Bouches-de-l'Yssel</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Zwolle" title="Zwolle">Zwolle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IJssel" title="IJssel">IJssel</a> river </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>:<sup><small>10</small></sup> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Overijssel" title="Overijssel">Overijssel</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ems-Occidental" title="Ems-Occidental">Ems-Occidental</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Groningen_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Groningen (city)">Groningen</a><br /><i>Groningue</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ems_(river)" title="Ems (river)">Ems (river)</a> </td> <td>Netherlands<br />Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>:<sup><small>10</small></sup> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Staats-Oppergelre" class="mw-redirect" title="Staats-Oppergelre">Dutch Upper Guelders</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ems-Oriental" title="Ems-Oriental">Ems-Oriental</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Aurich" title="Aurich">Aurich</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ems_(river)" title="Ems (river)">Ems (river)</a> </td> <td>Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/East_Frisia" title="East Frisia">County of East Frisia</a><sup><small>10</small></sup></dd></dl></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Frise_(department)" title="Frise (department)">Frise</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Leeuwarden" title="Leeuwarden">Leeuwarden</a><br /><i>Leuwarden</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Friesland" title="Friesland">Friesland</a> region </td> <td rowspan="3">Netherlands </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>:<sup><small>10</small></sup> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Friesland" title="Friesland">Friesland</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Yssel-Sup%C3%A9rieur" title="Yssel-Supérieur">Yssel-Supérieur</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Arnhem" title="Arnhem">Arnhem</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/IJssel" title="IJssel">IJssel</a> river </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>:<sup><small>10</small></sup> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Staats-Oppergelre" class="mw-redirect" title="Staats-Oppergelre">Dutch Upper Guelders</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Zuyderz%C3%A9e" title="Zuyderzée">Zuyderzée</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zuiderzee" title="Zuiderzee">Zuiderzee</a> inlet </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>:<sup><small>10</small></sup> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Holland" title="County of Holland">County of Holland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Utrecht_(province)" title="Utrecht (province)">Lordship of Utrecht</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bouches-de-l%27Elbe" title="Bouches-de-l&#39;Elbe">Bouches-de-l'Elbe</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a><br /> <i>Hambourg</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elbe" title="Elbe">Elbe</a> river </td> <td rowspan="4">Germany </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Free_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Free City">Free</a> <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic</a> City of <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Hanover" title="Electorate of Hanover">Electorate of Hanover</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Free_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Free City">Free</a> <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic</a> City of <a href="/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" title="Lübeck">Lübeck</a><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bouches-du-Weser" title="Bouches-du-Weser">Bouches-du-Weser</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bremen_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bremen (city)">Bremen</a><br /><i>Brême</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Weser" title="Weser">Weser</a> river </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Free_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Free City">Free</a> <a href="/wiki/Hanseatic_League" title="Hanseatic League">Hanseatic</a> City of <a href="/wiki/Bremen" title="Bremen">Bremen</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Hanover" title="Electorate of Hanover">Electorate of Hanover</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Oldenburg" title="Duchy of Oldenburg">Duchy of Oldenburg</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ems-Sup%C3%A9rieur" title="Ems-Supérieur">Ems-Supérieur</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Osnabr%C3%BCck" title="Osnabrück">Osnabrück</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ems_(river)" title="Ems (river)">Ems (river)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Hanover" title="Electorate of Hanover">Electorate of Hanover</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Osnabr%C3%BCck" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Osnabrück">Bishopric of Osnabrück</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Lingen" class="mw-redirect" title="Lingen">Town and County of Lingen</a></dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Minden" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Minden">Principality of Minden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/County_of_Ravensberg" title="County of Ravensberg">County of Ravensberg</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Lippe_(department)" title="Lippe (department)">Lippe</a><sup><small>12</small></sup> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCnster" title="Münster">Münster</a><br /><i>Munster</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lippe_(river)" title="Lippe (river)">Lippe (river)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_M%C3%BCnster" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Münster">Bishopric of Münster</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_the_Palatinate" class="mw-redirect" title="Electorate of the Palatinate">Electorate of the Palatinate</a>:</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Berg" title="Grand Duchy of Berg">Grand Duchy of Berg</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1811–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bouches-de-l%27%C3%88bre" title="Bouches-de-l&#39;Èbre">Bouches-de-l'Èbre</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lleida" title="Lleida">Lleida</a><br /><i>Lérida</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/River_Ebro" class="mw-redirect" title="River Ebro">Ebro river</a> </td> <td rowspan="4">Spain </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Kingdom of Spain</a>: <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Catalonia" title="Catalonia">Catalonia</a></dd></dl> </td> <td>1812–1813 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Montserrat_(department)" title="Montserrat (department)">Montserrat</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a><br /><i>Barcelone</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Montserrat_(mountain)" title="Montserrat (mountain)">Montserrat (mountain)</a> </td> <td>1812–1813 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A8gre_(department)" title="Sègre (department)">Sègre</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Puigcerd%C3%A0" title="Puigcerdà">Puigcerdà</a><br /><i>Puigcerda</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Segre_(river)" title="Segre (river)">Segre (river)</a> </td> <td>1812–1813 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Ter_(department)" title="Ter (department)">Ter</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Girona" title="Girona">Girona</a><br /><i>Gérone</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ter_(river)" title="Ter (river)">Ter (river)</a> </td> <td>1812–1813 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bouches-de-l%27%C3%88bre-Montserrat" title="Bouches-de-l&#39;Èbre-Montserrat">Bouches-de-l'Èbre-Montserrat</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a><br /><i>Barcelone</i> </td> <td>Ebro river and Montserrat mountain </td> <td colspan="2"><i>Previously the departments of Bouches-de-l'Èbre and Montserrat</i> </td> <td>1813–1814 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A8gre-Ter" title="Sègre-Ter">Sègre-Ter</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Girona" title="Girona">Girona</a><br /><i>Gérone</i> </td> <td>Segre and Ter rivers </td> <td colspan="2"><i>Previously the departments of Sègre and Ter</i> </td> <td>1813–1814 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Notes for Table 7: </p> <ol><li>Where a Napoleonic department was composed of parts from more than one country, the nation-state containing the prefecture is listed. Please expand this table to list all countries containing significant parts of the department.</li> <li>Territories that were a part of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Netherlands" title="Southern Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a> were also a part of <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Bishopric_of_Basel" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishopric of Basel">Bishopric of Basel</a> was a German <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishop" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince-Bishop">Prince-Bishopric</a>, not to be confused with the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Old_Swiss_Confederacy" title="Old Swiss Confederacy">Swiss</a> <a href="/wiki/Basel_(canton)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basel (canton)">Canton of Basel</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Ionian_Islands" title="Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a> were annexed by France after the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Republic_of_Venice" title="Fall of the Republic of Venice">Fall of the Republic of Venice</a>. They were lost to France, becoming the <a href="/wiki/Septinsular_Republic" title="Septinsular Republic">Septinsular Republic</a>, a Russo-Ottoman vassal state, from 1800 to 1807, before reverting to France at the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Tilsit" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Tilsit">Treaty of Tilsit</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Imperial_French_rule_in_the_Ionian_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial French rule in the Ionian Islands">second period of French rule</a> lasted until 1810/14, after which these territories became a <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">British</a> protectorate, as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_the_Ionian_Islands" title="United States of the Ionian Islands">United States of the Ionian Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maastricht" title="Maastricht">Maastricht</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Condominium_(international_law)" title="Condominium (international law)">condominium</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Prince-Bishopric_of_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Prince-Bishopric of Liège">Prince-Bishopric of Liège</a>.</li> <li>On 6 June 1805, as a result of the annexation of the <a href="/wiki/Ligurian_Republic" title="Ligurian Republic">Ligurian Republic</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Puppet_state" title="Puppet state">puppet</a> <a href="/wiki/Successor_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Successor state">successor state</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Republic of Genoa</a>), <a href="/wiki/Tanaro_(department)" title="Tanaro (department)">Tanaro</a> was abolished and its territory divided between the departments of <a href="/wiki/Marengo_(department)" title="Marengo (department)">Marengo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montenotte_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Montenotte Department">Montenotte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stura" title="Stura">Stura</a>.</li> <li>Before becoming the department of <a href="/wiki/Apennins" title="Apennins">Apennins</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Republic of Genoa</a> was converted to a <a href="/wiki/Puppet_state" title="Puppet state">puppet</a> <a href="/wiki/Successor_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Successor state">successor state</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ligurian_Republic" title="Ligurian Republic">Ligurian Republic</a>.</li> <li>Before becoming the department of <a href="/wiki/Arno_(department)" title="Arno (department)">Arno</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Tuscany" title="Grand Duchy of Tuscany">Grand Duchy of Tuscany</a> was converted to a <a href="/wiki/Puppet_state" title="Puppet state">puppet</a> <a href="/wiki/Successor_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Successor state">successor state</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Etruria" title="Kingdom of Etruria">Kingdom of Etruria</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rome_(department)" title="Rome (department)">Rome</a> was known as the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">department du Tibre</i></span> until 1810.</li> <li>Before becoming the departments of <a href="/wiki/Bouches-du-Rhin" title="Bouches-du-Rhin">Bouches-du-Rhin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bouches-de-l%27Escaut" title="Bouches-de-l&#39;Escaut">Bouches-de-l'Escaut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bouches-de-la-Meuse" title="Bouches-de-la-Meuse">Bouches-de-la-Meuse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bouches-de-l%27Yssel" title="Bouches-de-l&#39;Yssel">Bouches-de-l'Yssel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ems-Occidental" title="Ems-Occidental">Ems-Occidental</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frise_(department)" title="Frise (department)">Frise</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yssel-Sup%C3%A9rieur" title="Yssel-Supérieur">Yssel-Supérieur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zuyderz%C3%A9e" title="Zuyderzée">Zuyderzée</a>, these territories of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a> were converted to a <a href="/wiki/Puppet_state" title="Puppet state">puppet</a> <a href="/wiki/Successor_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Successor state">successor state</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Batavian_Republic" title="Batavian Republic">Batavian Republic</a> (1795–1806), then those territories that had not already been annexed (all except the first two departments here), along with the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussian</a> <a href="/wiki/East_Frisia" title="East Frisia">County of East Frisia</a>, were converted to another puppet state, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Holland" title="Kingdom of Holland">Kingdom of Holland</a>.</li> <li>Before becoming the department of <a href="/wiki/Simplon_(department)" title="Simplon (department)">Simplon</a>, the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">République des Sept Dizains</a></i></span> was converted to a revolutionary <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">République du Valais</i></span> (16 March 1798) which was swiftly incorporated (1 May 1798) into the <a href="/wiki/Puppet_state" title="Puppet state">puppet</a> <a href="/wiki/Helvetic_Republic" title="Helvetic Republic">Helvetic Republic</a> until 1802 when it became the independent Rhodanic Republic.</li> <li>In the months before <a href="/wiki/Lippe_(department)" title="Lippe (department)">Lippe</a> was formed, the <a 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