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There are 101 prefectures in France, one for each department.The official in charge is the prefect (French: préfet).The prefecture is an administration that belongs to the Ministry of the Interior; it is therefore in charge of the delivery of identity cards, driving licenses, passports, residency and work permits for foreigners, vehicle registration, registration of associations (creation ...
In continental France (metropolitan France, excluding Corsica), the median land area of a department is 5,965 km 2 (2,303 sq mi), which is two-and-a-half times the median land area of the ceremonial counties of England and the preserved counties of Wales and slightly more than three-and-half times the median land area of a county of the United ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Prefectures in France (72 C, 102 P) + Overseas departments of France ...
Pages in category "Prefectures in France" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
20 prefectures (préfectures) 84 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) 198 communes: 1 autonomous commune (commune autonome): Bangui: 4 sub-prefectures (sous-préfectures) 8 urban districts (arrondissements) 16 groups (groupements) 205 neighbourhoods (quartiers) 2 communes: Chad: Unitary 23 regions (régions) 67 departments (départements) [ab]
English: Blank administrative map of France for geo-location purpose, with regions and departements distinguished. Approximate scale : 1:3,000,000 Français : Carte administrative vierge de la France destinée à la géolocalisation, avec régions et départements distingués.
Castellane (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), with 1,541 inhabitants, is the least populated subprefecture in France. Reims ( Marne ), with 183,042 inhabitants, is the most populated subprefecture in France. Abbeville ( Somme ), with 23,559 inhabitants, is the closest to the average population of French subprefectures(23,455 inhabitants).
France is currently divided into 26 "régions"; 22 of these form metropolitan France, which includes the continental nation and the island of Corsica, and 4 are overseas. Régions are further subdivided into 100 " départements ", including the 4 départements d'outre-mer ("Overseas Departments") or "DOMs".