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'Departments' ( IPA: ) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. The 100 French departments are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas regions. All regions have identical legal status as integral parts of France. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements.
In continental France (metropolitan France excluding Corsica), the median land area of a department is 5,965 km² (2,303 square miles), which is two-and-a-half times the median land area of a ceremonial county of England, and a little more than three-and-half times the median land area of a county in the United States.
At the 1999 census, the median population of a department in continental France was 511,012 inhabitants, which is 21 times the median population of a U.S. county, but just a little less than two-thirds of the median population of a ceremonial county of England.
The ''chef-lieu de département'' normally lies at the geographical centre of the ''département''. This was determined according to the time taken to travel on horseback from the periphery of the ''département''. The goal was for the ''chef-lieu'' to be accessible from any town in the ''département'' on horseback within 24 hours.
Each ''département'' is administered by a ''conseil général'' (general council) elected for six years, and its executive is, since 1982, headed by the president of that council (formerly it was headed by the prefect).
The French national government is represented in the ''département'' by a prefect appointed by the national executive (the President or the Prime Minister). The prefect is assisted by one or more sub-prefects based in district centres outside the capital of the ''département''.
The center of administration of a ''département'' is called a ''préfecture'' (prefecture) or ''chef-lieu de département''. ''Départements'' are divided into one to seven arrondissements. The capital city of an arrondissement is called the ''sous-préfecture'' (subprefecture) or ''chef-lieu d'arrondissement''. The public official in charge is called the ''sous-préfet'' (sub-prefect).
The ''départements'' are also further divided into communes, governed by municipal councils. France (as of 1999) has 36,779 communes.
Most of the ''départements'' have an area of around 4,000–8,000 km² and a population between 250,000 and one million. The largest in terms of area is Gironde (10,000 km²) and the smallest the city of Paris (105 km²). The most populous is Nord (2,550,000) and the least populous Lozère (74,000). See also: List of French departments by population
The ''départements'' are numbered: their two-digit numbers appear in postal codes, in INSEE codes (including "social security numbers") and on vehicle number-plates. This final usage will mostly disappear with a new car plate scheme due for 2008 (for details see French vehicle registration plates.
Note that there is no number 20, but 2A and 2B instead. Note also that the two-digit code "98" is used by Monaco. Together with the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code FR the numbers form the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes for the metropolitan ''départements''. The overseas ''départements'' get two letters for the ISO 3166-2 code, e.g. 971 for Guadeloupe (see table below).
Departments were created on January 4, 1790 by the Constituent Assembly to replace the country's former provinces with a more rational structure. They were also designed to deliberately break up France's historical regions in an attempt to erase cultural differences and build a more homogeneous nation. Most departments are named after the area's principal river(s) or other physical features.
The number of departments, initially 83, increased to 130 by 1810 with the territorial gains of the Republic and of the Empire (see Provinces of the Netherlands for the annexed Dutch departements), but they were reduced to 86 following Napoleon's defeats in 1814-1815, as the Congress of Vienna returned France to its pre-war size; the total was 86 as three of the original departments had been split in the meantime. In 1860, France acquired the Comté de Nice and Savoy, which led to the creation of three new departments: two from the new Savoyard territory, while the department of Alpes-Maritimes was created from Nice and a portion of the Var department. The 89 departments were given numbers, based on their alphabetical order.
Three departments in Alsace-Lorraine (Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle) were ceded to the German Empire in 1871, following France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. A small part of the department of Haut-Rhin, called the Territoire de Belfort, was detached from the rest of Alsace-Lorraine and remained French. In 1919, following World War I, France regained Alsace-Lorraine. Territoire de Belfort was not reintegrated into Haut-Rhin, but was instead made a full-status department in 1922, becoming the 90th department of France.
Reorganisations of the Paris region (1968) and the division of Corsica (1975) have added a further six departments, raising the total to one hundred — including the four overseas departments of Guyane (French Guiana) in South America, Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Lesser Antilles, and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
Notes:
# The number 75 was formerly assigned to Seine
# The number 78 was formerly assigned to Seine-et-Oise
# The number 91 was formerly assigned to Alger, in French Algeria
# The number 92 was formerly assigned to Oran, in French Algeria
# The number 93 was formerly assigned to Constantine, in French Algeria
# The prefecture of Val-d'Oise was established in Pontoise when the department was created, but moved ''de facto'' to the neighbouring commune of Cergy; currently, both form the ''ville nouvelle'' of Cergy-Pontoise.
# The 'overseas departments' are former colonies outside France that now enjoy a status identical to ''metropolitan'' France. They 'are part of France and of the EU', though special EU rules apply. Each of them constitutes a region at the same time.
A few departments have changed names, in most cases, to lose the terms "lower" and "inferior":
There are a number of former departments in territories conquered by France during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire that are now not part of France:
Notes:
# Where a Napoleonic ''département'' 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 ''département''.
# Territories that were a part of
Austrian Netherlands were also a part of .svg.png)
Holy Roman Empire.
# The
Bishopric of Basel was a German Prince-Bishopric, not to be confused with the adjacent Swiss Canton of Basel.
# The territories of the Venice were lost to France, becoming the Septinsular Republic, a nominal protectorate of the Ottoman Empire, from 1800–07. After reverting to France as the Illyrian Provinces, these territories then became a British protectorate, as the
United States of the Ionian Islands
# Maastricht was a condominium of the
Dutch Republic and the 
Bishopric of Liège.
# On 6 June 1805, as a result of the annexation of the
Ligurian Republic (the puppet successor state to the Republic of Genoa), Tanaro was abolished and its territory divided between the départements of Marengo, Montenotte and Stura.
# Before becoming the ''département'' of Apennins, the Republic of Genoa was converted to a puppet successor state, the Ligurian Republic.
# Before becoming the ''département'' of Arno, the
Grand Duchy of Tuscany was converted to a puppet successor state, the 
Kingdom of Etruria.
# Before becoming the ''département'' of Taro, the
Duchy of Parma and Piacenza was annexed to the 
Cisalpine Republic until 1802, the .svg.png)
Italian Republic, from 1802 until 1805 and the 
Kingdom of Italy, from 1805 until 1808.
# Rome was known as the ''département du Tibre'' until 1810.
# Before becoming the ''départements'' of Bouches-du-Rhin, Bouches-de-l'Escaut, Bouches-de-la-Meuse, Bouches-de-l'Yssel, Ems-Occidental, Frise, Yssel-Supérieur and Zuyderzée, these territories of the Dutch Republic were converted to a puppet successor state, the 
Batavian Republic (1795–1806), then those territories that had not already been annexed (all except the first two ''départements'' here), along with the Prussian 
County of East Frisia, were converted to another puppet state, the 
Kingdom of Holland.
# Before becoming the ''département'' of Simplon, the
République des Sept Dizains was converted to a revolutionary République du Valais (March 16 1798) which was swiftly incorporated (May 1 1798) into the puppet 
Helvetic Republic until 1802 when it became the independent Rhodanic Republic.
# In the months before Lippe was formed, the ''arrondissements'' of Rees and Münster were part of Yssel-Supérieur, the ''arrondissement'' of Steinfurt was part of Bouches-de-l'Yssel and the ''arrondissement'' of Neuenhaus was part of Ems-Occidental.
See also: The 130 departments of the Napoleonic Empire
'Departments' ( IPA: ) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. The 100 French departments are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas regions. All regions have identical legal status as integral parts of France. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements.
General characteristics
In continental France (metropolitan France excluding Corsica), the median land area of a department is 5,965 km² (2,303 square miles), which is two-and-a-half times the median land area of a ceremonial county of England, and a little more than three-and-half times the median land area of a county in the United States.
At the 1999 census, the median population of a department in continental France was 511,012 inhabitants, which is 21 times the median population of a U.S. county, but just a little less than two-thirds of the median population of a ceremonial county of England.
The ''chef-lieu de département'' normally lies at the geographical centre of the ''département''. This was determined according to the time taken to travel on horseback from the periphery of the ''département''. The goal was for the ''chef-lieu'' to be accessible from any town in the ''département'' on horseback within 24 hours.
Administrative role
Each ''département'' is administered by a ''conseil général'' (general council) elected for six years, and its executive is, since 1982, headed by the president of that council (formerly it was headed by the prefect).
The French national government is represented in the ''département'' by a prefect appointed by the national executive (the President or the Prime Minister). The prefect is assisted by one or more sub-prefects based in district centres outside the capital of the ''département''.
The center of administration of a ''département'' is called a ''préfecture'' (prefecture) or ''chef-lieu de département''. ''Départements'' are divided into one to seven arrondissements. The capital city of an arrondissement is called the ''sous-préfecture'' (subprefecture) or ''chef-lieu d'arrondissement''. The public official in charge is called the ''sous-préfet'' (sub-prefect).
The ''départements'' are also further divided into communes, governed by municipal councils. France (as of 1999) has 36,779 communes.
Most of the ''départements'' have an area of around 4,000–8,000 km² and a population between 250,000 and one million. The largest in terms of area is Gironde (10,000 km²) and the smallest the city of Paris (105 km²). The most populous is Nord (2,550,000) and the least populous Lozère (74,000). See also: List of French departments by population
The ''départements'' are numbered: their two-digit numbers appear in postal codes, in INSEE codes (including "social security numbers") and on vehicle number-plates. This final usage will mostly disappear with a new car plate scheme due for 2008 (for details see French vehicle registration plates.
Note that there is no number 20, but 2A and 2B instead. Note also that the two-digit code "98" is used by Monaco. Together with the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code FR the numbers form the ISO 3166-2 country subdivision codes for the metropolitan ''départements''. The overseas ''départements'' get two letters for the ISO 3166-2 code, e.g. 971 for Guadeloupe (see table below).
History
Napoleonic departments
Departments were created on January 4, 1790 by the Constituent Assembly to replace the country's former provinces with a more rational structure. They were also designed to deliberately break up France's historical regions in an attempt to erase cultural differences and build a more homogeneous nation. Most departments are named after the area's principal river(s) or other physical features.
The number of departments, initially 83, increased to 130 by 1810 with the territorial gains of the Republic and of the Empire (see Provinces of the Netherlands for the annexed Dutch departements), but they were reduced to 86 following Napoleon's defeats in 1814-1815, as the Congress of Vienna returned France to its pre-war size; the total was 86 as three of the original departments had been split in the meantime. In 1860, France acquired the Comté de Nice and Savoy, which led to the creation of three new departments: two from the new Savoyard territory, while the department of Alpes-Maritimes was created from Nice and a portion of the Var department. The 89 departments were given numbers, based on their alphabetical order.
Three departments in Alsace-Lorraine (Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin, and Moselle) were ceded to the German Empire in 1871, following France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. A small part of the department of Haut-Rhin, called the Territoire de Belfort, was detached from the rest of Alsace-Lorraine and remained French. In 1919, following World War I, France regained Alsace-Lorraine. Territoire de Belfort was not reintegrated into Haut-Rhin, but was instead made a full-status department in 1922, becoming the 90th department of France.
Reorganisations of the Paris region (1968) and the division of Corsica (1975) have added a further six departments, raising the total to one hundred — including the four overseas departments of Guyane (French Guiana) in South America, Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Lesser Antilles, and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.
Map and list of departments
French regions and departments
Departments and Regions of France
| INSEE code | Arms | Department | Prefecture |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 |  Coat of arms of département 01 | Ain | Bourg-en-Bresse |
| 02 |  Coat of arms of département 02 | Aisne | Laon |
| 03 |  Coat of arms of département 03 | Allier | Moulins |
| 04 |  Coat of arms of département 04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Digne-les-Bains |
| 05 |  Coat of arms of département 05 | Hautes-Alpes | Gap |
| 06 |  Coat of arms of département 06 | Alpes-Maritimes | Nice |
| 07 |  Coat of arms of département 07 | Ardèche | Privas |
| 08 |  Coat of arms of département 08 | Ardennes | Charleville-Mézières |
| 09 |  Coat of arms of département 09 | Ariège | Foix |
| 10 |  Coat of arms of département 10 | Aube | Troyes |
| 11 |  Coat of arms of département 11 | Aude | Carcassonne |
| 12 |  Coat of arms of département 12 | Aveyron | Rodez |
| 13 |  Coat of arms of département 13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Marseille |
| 14 |  Coat of arms of département 14 | Calvados | Caen |
| 15 |  Coat of arms of département 15 | Cantal | Aurillac |
| 16 |  Coat of arms of département 16 | Charente | Angoulême |
| 17 |  Coat of arms of département 17 | Charente-Maritime | La Rochelle |
| 18 |  Coat of arms of département 18 | Cher | Bourges |
| 19 |  Coat of arms of département 19 | Corrèze | Tulle |
| 2A |  Coat of arms of Corsica | Corse-du-Sud | Ajaccio |
| 2B | Coat of arms of Corsica | Haute-Corse | Bastia |
| 21 |  Coat of arms of département 21 | Côte-d'Or | Dijon |
| 22 |  Coat of arms of département 22 | Côtes-d'Armor | Saint-Brieuc |
| 23 |  Coat of arms of département 23 | Creuse | Guéret |
| 24 |  Coat of arms of département 24 | Dordogne | Périgueux |
| 25 |  Coat of arms of département 25 | Doubs | Besançon |
| 26 |  Coat of arms of département 26 | Drôme | Valence |
| 27 |  Coat of arms of département 27 | Eure | Évreux |
| 28 |  Coat of arms of département 28 | Eure-et-Loir | Chartres |
| 29 |  Coat of arms of département 29 | Finistère | Quimper |
| 30 |  Coat of arms of département 30 | Gard | Nîmes |
| 31 |  Coat of arms of département 31 | Haute-Garonne | Toulouse |
| 32 |  Coat of arms of département 32 | Gers | Auch |
| 33 |  Coat of arms of département 33 | Gironde | Bordeaux |
| 34 |  Coat of arms of département 34 | Hérault | Montpellier |
| 35 |  Coat of arms of département 35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Rennes |
| 36 |  Coat of arms of département 36 | Indre | Châteauroux |
| 37 |  Coat of arms of département 37 | Indre-et-Loire | Tours |
| 38 |  Coat of arms of département 38 | Isère | Grenoble |
| 39 |  Coat of arms of département 39 | Jura | Lons-le-Saunier |
| 40 |  Coat of arms of département 40 | Landes | Mont-de-Marsan |
| 41 |  Coat of arms of département 41 | Loir-et-Cher | Blois |
| 42 |  Coat of arms of département 42 | Loire | Saint-Étienne |
| 43 |  Coat of arms of département 43 | Haute-Loire | Le Puy-en-Velay |
| 44 |  Coat of arms of département 44 | Loire-Atlantique | Nantes |
| 45 |  Coat of arms of département 45 | Loiret | Orléans |
| 46 |  Coat of arms of département 46 | Lot | Cahors |
| 47 |  Coat of arms of département 47 | Lot-et-Garonne | Agen |
| 48 |  Coat of arms of département 48 | Lozère | Mende |
| 49 |  Coat of arms of département 49 | Maine-et-Loire | Angers |
| 50 |  Coat of arms of département 50 | Manche | Saint-Lô |
| 51 |  Coat of arms of département 51 | Marne | Châlons-en-Champagne |
| 52 |  Coat of arms of département 52 | Haute-Marne | Chaumont |
| 53 |  Coat of arms of département 53 | Mayenne | Laval |
| 54 |  Coat of arms of département 54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Nancy |
| 55 |  Coat of arms of département 55 | Meuse | Bar-le-Duc |
| 56 |  Coat of arms of département 56 | Morbihan | Vannes |
| 57 |  Coat of arms of département 57 | Moselle | Metz |
| 58 |  Coat of arms of département 58 | Nièvre | Nevers |
| 59 |  Coat of arms of département 59 | Nord | Lille |
| 60 |  Coat of arms of département 60 | Oise | Beauvais |
| 61 |  Coat of arms of département 61 | Orne | Alençon |
| 62 |  Coat of arms of département 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Arras |
| 63 |  Coat of arms of département 63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Clermont-Ferrand |
| 64 |  Coat of arms of département 64 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Pau |
| 65 |  Coat of arms of département 65 | Hautes-Pyrénées | Tarbes |
| 66 |  Coat of arms of département 66 | Pyrénées-Orientales | Perpignan |
| 67 |  Coat of arms of département 67 | Bas-Rhin | Strasbourg |
| 68 |  Coat of arms of département 68 | Haut-Rhin | Colmar |
| 69 |  Coat of arms of département 69 | Rhône | Lyon |
| 70 |  Coat of arms of département 70 | Haute-Saône | Vesoul |
| 71 |  Coat of arms of département 71 | Saône-et-Loire | Mâcon |
| 72 |  Coat of arms of département 72 | Sarthe | Le Mans |
| 73 |  Coat of arms of département 73 | Savoie | Chambéry |
| 74 |  Coat of arms of département 74 | Haute-Savoie | Annecy |
| 75 |  Coat of arms of département 75 | Paris¹ | Paris |
| 76 |  Coat of arms of département 76 | Seine-Maritime | Rouen |
| 77 |  Coat of arms of département 77 | Seine-et-Marne | Melun |
| 78 |  Coat of arms of département 78 | Yvelines² | Versailles |
| 79 |  Coat of arms of département 79 | Deux-Sèvres | Niort |
| 80 |  Coat of arms of département 80 | Somme | Amiens |
| 81 |  Coat of arms of département 81 | Tarn | Albi |
| 82 |  Coat of arms of département 82 | Tarn-et-Garonne | Montauban |
| 83 |  Coat of arms of département 83 | Var | Toulon |
| 84 |  Coat of arms of département 84 | Vaucluse | Avignon |
| 85 |  Coat of arms of département 85 | Vendée | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| 86 |  Coat of arms of département 86 | Vienne | Poitiers |
| 87 |  Coat of arms of département 87 | Haute-Vienne | Limoges |
| 88 |  Coat of arms of département 88 | Vosges | Épinal |
| 89 |  Coat of arms of département 89 | Yonne | Auxerre |
| 90 |  Coat of arms of département 90 | Territoire de Belfort | Belfort |
| 91 |  Coat of arms of département 91 | Essonne³ | Évry |
| 92 |  Coat of arms of département 92 | Hauts-de-Seine4 | Nanterre |
| 93 |  Coat of arms of département 93 | Seine-Saint-Denis5 | Bobigny |
| 94 |  Coat of arms of département 94 | Val-de-Marne | Créteil |
| 95 |  Coat of arms of département 95 | Val-d'Oise | Cergy/Pontoise6 |
| 971 |  Flag of Guadeloupe | Guadeloupe7 | Basse-Terre |
| 972 |  Flag of Martinique | Martinique7 | Fort-de-France |
| 973 |  Flag of French Guiana | Guyane7 | Cayenne |
| 974 |  Flag of Réunion | La Réunion7 | Saint-Denis |
Notes:
# The number 75 was formerly assigned to Seine
# The number 78 was formerly assigned to Seine-et-Oise
# The number 91 was formerly assigned to Alger, in French Algeria
# The number 92 was formerly assigned to Oran, in French Algeria
# The number 93 was formerly assigned to Constantine, in French Algeria
# The prefecture of Val-d'Oise was established in Pontoise when the department was created, but moved ''de facto'' to the neighbouring commune of Cergy; currently, both form the ''ville nouvelle'' of Cergy-Pontoise.
# The 'overseas departments' are former colonies outside France that now enjoy a status identical to ''metropolitan'' France. They 'are part of France and of the EU', though special EU rules apply. Each of them constitutes a region at the same time.
Former departments
On the current territory of France
| Department | Prefecture | Dates in existence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhône-et-Loire | Lyon | 1790–1793 | Split into Coat of arms of Rhône Coat of arms of Loire |
| Corse | Bastia | 1790–1793 | Split into Golo and Liamone. |
| Golo | Bastia | 1793–1811 | Reunited with Liamone into Coat of arms of the département of Corse |
| Liamone | Ajaccio | 1793–1811 | Reunited with Golo into Coat of arms of the département of Corse |
| Mont-Blanc | Chambéry | 1792–1815 | Formed from part of the  Flag of the Duchy of Savoy  Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia Coat of arms of the département of Savoie Coat of arms of the département of Haute-Savoie |
| Léman | Geneva | 1798–1814 | Formed when the  Coat of arms of Geneva Coat of arms of Geneva Coat of arms of the département of Ain Coat of arms of the département of Haute-Savoie |
| Meurthe | Nancy | 1790–1871 | Meurthe ceased to exist following the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine by the  Flag of the German Empire |
| Seine | Paris | 1790–1967 | On January 1 1968, Seine was divided into four new départements: Coat of arms of the département of Paris Coat of arms of the département of Hauts-de-Seine Coat of arms of the département of Seine-Saint-Denis Coat of arms of the département of Val-de-Marne |
| Seine-et-Oise | Versailles | 1790–1967 | On January 1 1968, Seine-et-Oise was divided into three new départements: Coat of arms of the département of Yvelines Coat of arms of the département of Val-d'Oise Coat of arms of the département of Essonne |
| Corse | Ajaccio | 1811–1975 | On September 15 1975, Corse was redivided in twain, to form Coat of arms of the département of Corse Coat of arms of the département of Corse |
| Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | 1976–1985 |  Unofficial flag of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon |
Name changes
A few departments have changed names, in most cases, to lose the terms "lower" and "inferior":
| Ancient name | Modern name | Date of change |
|---|---|---|
| Mayenne-et-Loire | Maine-et-Loire | 1791 |
| Bec-d'Ambès | Gironde | 1795 |
| Charente-Inférieure | Charente-Maritime | 1941 |
| Seine-Inférieure | Seine-Maritime | 1955 |
| Loire-Inférieure | Loire-Atlantique | 1957 |
| Basses-Pyrénées | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1969 |
| Basses-Alpes | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1970 |
| Côtes-du-Nord | Côtes-d'Armor | 1990 |
French Algeria
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Before 1957
| № | Department | Prefecture | Dates in existence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | Alger | Algiers | (1848–1957) |
| 92 | Oran | Oran | (1848–1957) |
| 93 | Constantine | Constantine | (1848–1957) |
| – | Bône | Annaba | (1955–1957) |
1957–1962
| № | Department | Prefecture | Dates in existence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8A | Oasis | Ouargla | (1957–1962) |
| 8B | Saoura | Bechar | (1957–1962) |
| 9A | Alger | Algiers | (1957–1962) |
| 9B | Batna | Batna | (1957–1962) |
| 9C | Bône | Annaba | (1955–1962) |
| 9D | Constantine | Constantine | (1957–1962) |
| 9E | Médéa | Medea | (1957–1962) |
| 9F | Mostaganem | Mostaganem | (1957–1962) |
| 9G | Oran | Oran | (1957–1962) |
| 9H | Orléansville | Chlef | (1957–1962) |
| 9J | Sétif | Setif | (1957–1962) |
| 9K | Tiaret | Tiaret | (1957–1962) |
| 9L | Tizi-Ouzou | Tizi Ouzou | (1957–1962) |
| 9M | Tlemcen | Tlemcen | (1957–1962) |
| 9N | Aumale | Sour el Ghozlane | (1958–1959) |
| 9P | Bougie | Bejaia | (1958–1962) |
| 9R | Saïda | Saida | (1958–1962) |
In the former colonies of France
| Department | Modern-day location | Dates in existence |
|---|---|---|
| Département du Sud | Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) | 1795–1800 |
| Département de l'Inganne | 1795–1800 | |
| Département du Nord | 1795–1800 | |
| Département de l'Ouest | 1795–1800 | |
| Département de Samana | 1795–1800 | |
| Sainte-Lucie | Saint Lucia, Tobago | 1795–1800 |
| Île de France | Mauritius,  Flag of Rodrigues | 1795–1800 |
| Indes-Orientales | Pondichery, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahe and Chandernagore | 1795–1800 |
Napoleonic Empire
There are a number of former departments in territories conquered by France during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire that are now not part of France:
| Department | Prefecture (French name) | Prefecture (English name) | Current location¹ | Contemporary location² | Dates in existence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Terrible | Porrentruy | .svg) Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★  Flag of Basel | 1793–1800 | ||
| Corcyre | Corfou | Corfu | Venice4 | 1797–1799 | |
| Ithaque | Argostoli | 1797–1798 | |||
| Mer-Égée | Zante | 1797–1798 | |||
| Dyle | Bruxelles | Brussels |  Flag of the Habsburg dynasty ★  Coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant ★  Coat of arms of the County of Hainaut | 1795–1814 | |
| Escaut | Gand | Ghent | | Flag of the Habsburg dynasty ★  Coat of arms of the County of Flanders  Flag of the Dutch Republic ★  Unofficial flag of Zeelandic Flanders | 1795–1814 |
| Forêts | Luxembourg | | Flag of the Habsburg dynasty ★  Coat of arms of the Duchy of Bouillon ★  Coat of arms of Luxembourg | 1795–1814 | |
| Jemmape | Mons | Flag of the Habsburg dynasty ★ Coat of arms of the County of Hainaut ★  Coat of arms of Tournai ★  Coat of arms of Namur Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★  Coat of arms of the Bishopric of Liège | 1795–1814 | ||
| Lys | Bruges | Flag of the Habsburg dynasty ★ Coat of arms of the County of Flanders | 1795–1814 | ||
| Meuse-Inférieure | Maëstricht | Maastricht | | Flag of the Habsburg dynasty ★  Coat of arms of the Duchy of Guelders ★  Coat of arms of the Duchy of Limburg Flag of the Dutch Republic ★ Coat of arms of the Duchy of Guelders ★  Flag of Limburg Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★ Coat of arms of the Bishopric of Liège ★ ★  Missing coat of arms ★ ★  Coat of arms of the County of Loon ★  Missing coat of arms  Flag of Maastricht | 1795–1814 |
| Deux-Nèthes | Anvers | Antwerp | Flag of the Habsburg dynasty ★ Coat of arms of Brabant Flag of the Dutch Republic ★ Coat of arms of Brabant | 1795–1814 | |
| Ourthe | Liège | | Flag of the Habsburg dynasty ★ Coat of arms of Brabant ★ Coat of arms of the Duchy of Limburg ★ Coat of arms of Luxembourg ★ Coat of arms of Namur Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★ Coat of arms of the Bishopric of Liège ★ Missing coat of arms | 1795–1814 | |
| Sambre-et-Meuse | Namur | Flag of the Habsburg dynasty ★ Coat of arms of Brabant ★ Coat of arms of Luxembourg Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★ Coat of arms of the Bishopric of Liège | 1795–1814 | ||
| Mont-Tonnerre | Mayence | Mainz | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★  Coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Mainz ★  Coat of arms of the Electoral Palatinate ★  Coat of arms of Speyer | 1801–1814 | |
| Rhin-et-Moselle | Coblence | Koblenz | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★  Coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Cologne ★ Coat of arms of the Electoral Palatinate ★  Coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Trier | 1801–1814 | |
| Roer | Aix-la-Chapelle | Aachen | | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★  Coat of arms of Aachen ★ Coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Cologne ★ Coat of arms of the Electoral Palatinate ★ ★  Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Berg ★ ★  Coat of arms of Jülich ★ Kingdom of Prussia: ★ ★ Coat of arms of the Duchy of Guelders ★  Coat of arms of Wesel | 1801–1814 |
| Sarre | Trèves | Trier | | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★ Coat of arms of the Electoral Palatinate ★ ★  Coat of arms of Veldenz ★ ★  Coat of arms of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken ★ Coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Trier | 1801–1814 |
| Doire | Ivrée | Ivrea | Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia ★ Flag of the Duchy of Savoy | 1802–1814 | |
| Marengo | Alexandrie | Alessandria | 1802–1814 | ||
| Pô | Turin | 1802–1814 | |||
| Sésia | Verceil | Vercelli | 1802–1814 | ||
| Stura | Coni | Cuneo | 1802–1814 | ||
| Tanaro6 | Asti | 1802–1805 | |||
| Apennins | Chiavari |  Flag of the Republic of Genoa | 1805–1814 | ||
| Gênes | Gênes | Genoa | 1805–1814 | ||
| Montenotte | Savone | Savona | 1805–1814 | ||
| Arno | Florence |  Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany | 1808–1814 | ||
| Méditerranée | Livourne | Livorno | 1808–1814 | ||
| Ombrone | Sienne | Siena | 1808–1814 | ||
| Taro | Parme | Parma | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★  Flag of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza | 1808–1814 | |
| Rome10 | Rome |  Coat of arms of the Papal States | 1809–1814 | ||
| Trasimène | Spolète | Spoleto | 1809–1814 | ||
| Bouches-du-Rhin | Bois-le-Duc | 's-Hertogenbosch | Flag of the Dutch Republic ★ Coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant ★  Coat of arms of the Duchy of Guelders | 1810–1814 | |
| Bouches-de-l'Escaut | Middelbourg | Middelburg | Flag of the Dutch Republic ★  Coat of arms of the County of Zeeland | 1810–1814 | |
| Simplon | Sion |  Coat of arms of the Valais | 1810–1814 | ||
| Bouches-de-la-Meuse | La Haye | The Hague | Flag of the Dutch Republic ★  Coat of arms of the County of Holland | 1811–1814 | |
| Bouches-de-l'Yssel | Zwolle | Flag of the Dutch Republic ★  Coat of arms of Overijssel | 1811–1814 | ||
| Ems-Occidental | Groningue | Groningen | | Flag of the Dutch Republic ★ Coat of arms of the Duchy of Guelders | 1811–1814 |
| Ems-Oriental | Aurich | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★ Kingdom of Prussia: ★ ★  Flag of the County of East Frisia | 1811–1814 | ||
| Frise | Leuwarden | Leeuwarden | Flag of the Dutch Republic ★  Coat of arms of Friesland | 1811–1814 | |
| Yssel-Supérieur | Arnhem | Flag of the Dutch Republic ★ Coat of arms of the Duchy of Guelders | 1811–1814 | ||
| Zuyderzée | Amsterdam | Flag of the Dutch Republic ★ Coat of arms of the County of Holland ★  Coat of arms of the Lordship of Utrecht | 1811–1814 | ||
| Bouches-de-l'Elbe | Hambourg | Hamburg | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★  Coat of arms of Hamburg ★  Coat of arms of the Electorate of Hanover ★  Coat of arms of Duchy of Holstein ★  Coat of arms of Lübeck | 1811–1814 | |
| Bouches-du-Weser | Brême | Bremen | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★ .svg) Coat of arms of Bremen ★ Coat of arms of the Electorate of Hanover ★  Flag of Oldenberg | 1811–1814 | |
| Ems-Supérieur | Osnabrück | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★ Coat of arms of the Electorate of Hanover ★  Coat of arms of Osnabrück ★ Kingdom of Prussia: ★ ★  Coat of arms of Lingen ★ ★  Coat of arms of Minden ★ ★  Coat of arms of Ravensberg | 1811–1814 | ||
| Lippe12 | Munster | Münster | Flag of the Holy Roman Empire ★  Coat of arms of the Bishopric of Münster ★ Coat of arms of the Electoral Palatinate ★ ★ Coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Berg | 1811–1814 | |
| Bouches-de-l'Èbre | Lérida | Lleida | Kingdom of Spain: ★  Flag of Catalonia | 1812–1813 | |
| Montserrat | Barcelone | Barcelona | 1812–1813 | ||
| Sègre | Puigcerda | Puigcerdà | 1812–1813 | ||
| Ter | Gérone | Girona | 1812–1813 | ||
| Bouches-de-l'Èbre–Montserrat | Barcelone | Barcelona | ''Previously the départements of Bouches-de-l'Èbre and Montserrat'' | 1813–1814 | |
| Sègre–Ter | Gérone | Girona | ''Previously the département of Sègre and Ter'' | 1813–1814 | |
Notes:
# Where a Napoleonic ''département'' 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 ''département''.
# Territories that were a part of
Flag of the Habsburg dynasty
Flag of the Holy Roman Empire
# The
Flag of Basel
Flag of Basel
# The territories of the Venice were lost to France, becoming the Septinsular Republic, a nominal protectorate of the Ottoman Empire, from 1800–07. After reverting to France as the Illyrian Provinces, these territories then became a British protectorate, as the
Flag of the United States of the Ionian Islands
# Maastricht was a condominium of the
Flag of the Dutch Republic
Coat of arms of the Bishopric of Liège
# On 6 June 1805, as a result of the annexation of the
Flag of the Republic of Genoa
Flag of the Republic of Genoa
# Before becoming the ''département'' of Apennins, the
Flag of the Republic of Genoa
Flag of the Republic of Genoa
# Before becoming the ''département'' of Arno, the
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Flag of the Kingdom of Etruria
# Before becoming the ''département'' of Taro, the
Flag of the Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
Flag of the Cisalpine Republic
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Flag of the Napoleonic Italian Republic
Flag of the napoleonic Kingdom of Italy
# Rome was known as the ''département du Tibre'' until 1810.
# Before becoming the ''départements'' of Bouches-du-Rhin, Bouches-de-l'Escaut, Bouches-de-la-Meuse, Bouches-de-l'Yssel, Ems-Occidental, Frise, Yssel-Supérieur and Zuyderzée, these territories of the
Flag of the Dutch Republic
Flag of the Batavian Republic
Flag of the County of East Frisia
Flag of the Netherlands
# Before becoming the ''département'' of Simplon, the
Coat of arms of the Valais
Flag of the Helvetic Republic
# In the months before Lippe was formed, the ''arrondissements'' of Rees and Münster were part of Yssel-Supérieur, the ''arrondissement'' of Steinfurt was part of Bouches-de-l'Yssel and the ''arrondissement'' of Neuenhaus was part of Ems-Occidental.
See also: The 130 departments of the Napoleonic Empire
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