Departments of France

The départements (or departments) are administrative parts of France and many former French colonies, similar to English counties. Départements are a kind of local government.

The 101 French départements are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and five overseas régions. Their capitals are called préfectures.

French régions and préfecture

Départements (Departments) and Regions of France

№	Département	Préfecture
01	Ain	Bourg-en-Bresse
02	Aisne	Laon
03	Allier	Moulins
04	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence	Digne-les-Bains
05	Hautes-Alpes	Gap
06	Alpes-Maritimes	Nice
07	Ardèche	Privas
08	Ardennes	Charleville-Mézières
09	Ariège	Foix
10	Aube	Troyes
11	Aude	Carcassonne
12	Aveyron	Rodez
13	Bouches-du-Rhône	Marseille
14	Calvados	Caen
15	Cantal	Aurillac
16	Charente	Angoulême
17	Charente-Maritime	La Rochelle
18	Cher	Bourges
19	Corrèze	Tulle
2A	Corse-du-Sud	Ajaccio
2B	Haute-Corse	Bastia
21	Côte-d'Or	Dijon
22	Côtes-d'Armor	Saint-Brieuc
23	Creuse	Guéret
24	Dordogne	Périgueux
25	Doubs	Besançon
26	Drôme	Valence
27	Eure	Évreux
28	Eure-et-Loir	Chartres
29	Finistère	Quimper
30	Gard	Nîmes
31	Haute-Garonne	Toulouse
32	Gers	Auch
33	Gironde	Bordeaux
34	Hérault	Montpellier
35	Ille-et-Vilaine	Rennes
36	Indre	Châteauroux
37	Indre-et-Loire	Tours
38	Isère	Grenoble
39	Jura	Lons-le-Saunier
40	Landes	Mont-de-Marsan
41	Loir-et-Cher	Blois
42	Loire	Saint-Etienne
43	Haute-Loire	Le Puy-en-Velay
44	Loire-Atlantique	Nantes
45	Loiret	Orléans
46	Lot	Cahors
47	Lot-et-Garonne	Agen
48	Lozere	Mende
49	Maine-et-Loire	Angers
50	Manche	Saint-Lô
51	Marne	Châlons-en-Champagne
52	Haute-Marne	Chaumont
53	Mayenne	Laval
54	Meurthe-et-Moselle	Nancy
55	Meuse	Bar-le-Duc
56	Morbihan	Vannes
57	Moselle	Metz
58	Nièvre	Nevers
59	Nord	Lille
60	Oise	Beauvais
61	Orne	Alençon
62	Pas-de-Calais	Arras
63	Puy-de-Dôme	Clermont-Ferrand
64	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Pau
65	Hautes-Pyrénées	Tarbes
66	Pyrénées-Orientales	Perpignan
67	Bas-Rhin	Strasbourg
68	Haut-Rhin	Colmar
69	Rhône	Lyon
70	Haute-Saône	Vesoul
71	Saône-et-Loire	Mâcon
72	Sarthe	Le Mans
73	Savoie	Chambéry
74	Haute-Savoie	Annecy
75	Paris Number assigned formerly to Seine	Paris
76	Seine-Maritime	Rouen
77	Seine-et-Marne	Melun
78	Yvelines Number assigned formerly to Seine-et-Oise	Versailles
79	Deux-Sèvres	Niort
80	Somme	Amiens
81	Tarn	Albi
82	Tarn-et-Garonne	Montauban
83	Var	Toulon
84	Vaucluse	Avignon
85	Vendée	La Roche-sur-Yon
86	Vienne	Poitiers
87	Haute-Vienne	Limoges
88	Vosges	Épinal
89	Yonne	Auxerre
90	Territoire de Belfort	Belfort
91	Essonne	Évry
92	Hauts-de-Seine	Nanterre
93	Seine-Saint-Denis	Bobigny
94	Val-de-Marne	Créteil
95	Val-d'Oise	Cergy/Pontoise¹
971	Guadeloupe²	Basse-Terre
972	Martinique²	Fort-de-France
973	Guyane²	Cayenne
974	La Réunion²	Saint-Denis
976	Mayotte²	Mamoudzou

Notes:

1. The préfecture of Val-d'Oise was established in Pontoise when the department was created, but moved de facto to the neighbouring commune of Cergy; currently, both form the ville nouvelle of Cergy-Pontoise.
2. The overseas departments are former colonies outside France that now enjoy a status similar to European or metropolitan France. They are part of France and of the EU, though special rules apply. Each of them constitutes a région at the same time.