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The three Algerian departments in 1848 Departments of French Algeria from 1957 to 1962. Unlike the rest of the French possessions in Africa, Algeria 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 ...
Between 1999 and 2006 all French departments had grown in population with the exception of the following seven departments: Allier and Cantal in Auvergne, Creuse in Limousin, Ardennes and Haute-Marne in Champagne-Ardenne, Nièvre in Burgundy, and Vosges in Lorraine. See population decline for more information.
French subdivisions that have a (limited) freedom of administration are called territorial collectivities. Among them are regions, departments, communes, overseas collectivities, provinces (only present in New Caledonia), and the territorial collectivity of Corsica which belongs to no category (but is usually grouped with the regions).
1 overseas territory ("territoire d'outre-mer") the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (composed of Île Amsterdam and Île Saint-Paul, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen, Adélie Land). 4 small coral islands and an atoll in the Indian Ocean with no permanent population and known as " Îles Éparses " ("Scattered Islands"), Bassas da India , Europa ...
Each overseas department is the sole department in its own overseas region (French: région d'outre-mer) with powers identical to the regions of metropolitan France. Because of the one-to-one correspondence, informal usage does not distinguish the two, and the French media use the term département d'outre-mer (DOM) almost exclusively.
Nord (French department) (9 C, 19 P) O. Oise (10 C, 11 P) Orne (10 C, 6 P) P. Paris (18 C, 3 P) Pas-de-Calais (13 C, 9 P) ... Pages in category "Departments of France"
Gard (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a department in Southern France, located in the region of Occitanie.It had a population of 748,437 as of 2019; [3] its prefecture is Nîmes. ...
The cantons of France (French pronunciation: ⓘ) are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements.. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as constituencies for the election of members of the representative ...