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Today's Départements in France
|
Number |
Departement |
Main town |
Creation |
| 01 | Ain | Bourg-en-Bresse | 1790 |
| 02 | Aisne | Laon | 1790 |
| 03 | Allier | Moulins | 1790 |
| 04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Digne | 1790 under the name of Basses-Alpes, renamed in 1970 |
| 05 | Hautes-Alpes | Gap | 1790 |
| 06 | Alpes-Maritimes | Nice | 1860 |
| 07 | Ardèche | Privas | 1790 |
| 08 | Ardennes | Charleville-Mézières | 1790 |
| 09 | Ariège | Foix | 1790 |
| 10 | Aube | Troyes | 1790 |
| 11 | Aude | Carcassonne | 1790 |
| 12 | Aveyron | Rodez | 1790 |
| 13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Marseille | 1790 |
| 14 | Calvados | Caen | 1790 |
| 15 | Cantal | Aurillac | 1790 |
| 16 | Charente | Angoulême | 1790 |
| 17 | Charente-Maritime | La Rochelle | 1790 under the name of Charente-Inférieure, renamed in 1941 |
| 18 | Cher | Bourges | 1790 |
| 19 | Corrèze | Tulle | 1790 |
| 2A | Corse-du-Sud | Ajaccio | 1790 (Corsica later formed one single département before being divided again in 1975) |
| 2B | Haute-Corse | Bastia | 1790 (Corsica later formed one single département before being divided again in 1975) |
| 21 | Côte-d'Or | Dijon | 1790 |
| 22 | Côtes d'Armor | St-Brieuc | 1790 under the name of Côtes-du-Nord, renamed in 1990 |
| 23 | Creuse | Guéret | 1790 |
| 24 | Dordogne | Périgueux | 1790 |
| 25 | Doubs | Besançon | 1790 |
| 26 | Drôme | Valence | 1790 |
| 27 | Eure | Evreux | 1790 |
| 28 | Eure-et-Loir | Chartres | 1790 |
| 29 | Finistère | Quimper | 1790 |
| 30 | Gard | Nîmes | 1790 |
| 31 | Haute-Garonne | Toulouse | 1790 |
| 32 | Gers | Auch | 1790 |
| 33 | Gironde | Bordeaux | 1790 |
| 34 | Hérault | Montpellier | 1790 |
| 35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Rennes | 1790 |
| 36 | Indre | Châteauroux | 1790 |
| 37 | Indre-et-Loire | Tours | 1790 |
| 38 | Isère | Grenoble | 1790 |
| 39 | Jura | Lons-le-Saunier | 1790 |
| 40 | Landes | Mont-de-Marsan | 1790 |
| 41 | Loir-et-Cher | Blois | 1790 |
| 42 | Loire | Montbrison (1793) then St-Étienne | 1793 |
| 43 | Haute-Loire | Le Puy | 1790 |
| 44 | Loire-Atlantique | Nantes | 1790 under the name of Loire-Inférieure,
renamed in 1957 |
| 45 | Loiret | Orléans | 1790 |
| 46 | Lot | Cahors | 1790 |
| 47 | Lot-et-Garonne | Agen | 1790 |
| 48 | Lozère | Mende | 1790 |
| 49 | Maine-et-Loire | Angers | 1791 |
| 50 | Manche | St-Lô | 1790 |
| 51 | Marne | Châlons-sur-Marne | 1790 |
| 52 | Haute-Marne | Chaumont | 1790 |
| 53 | Mayenne | Laval | 1790 |
| 54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Nancy | 1871 (part of previous Meurthe, Moselle) |
| 55 | Meuse | Bar-le-Duc | 1790 |
| 56 | Morbihan | Vannes | 1790 |
| 57 | Moselle | Metz | 1790 |
| 58 | Nièvre | Nevers | 1790 |
| 59 | Nord | Lille | 1790 |
| 60 | Oise | Beauvais | 1790 |
| 61 | Orne | Alençon | 1790 |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Arras | 1790 |
| 63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Clermont-Ferrand | 1790 |
| 64 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Pau | 1790 under the name of Basses-Pyrénées, renamed in 1969 |
| 65 | Hautes-Pyrénées | Tarbes | 1790 |
| 66 | Pyrénées-Orientales | Perpignan | 1790 |
| 67 | Bas-Rhin | Strasbourg | 1790 |
| 68 | Haut-Rhin | Colmar | 1790 |
| 69 | Rhône | Lyon | 1793 |
| 70 | Haute-Saône | Vesoul | 1790 |
| 71 | Saône-et-Loire | Mâcon | 1790 |
| 72 | Sarthe | Le Mans | 1790 |
| 73 | Savoie | Chambéry | 1790 |
| 74 | Haute-Savoie | Annecy | 1790 |
| 75 | Paris | Paris | 1964 |
| 76 | Seine-Maritime | Rouen | 1790 under the name of Seine-Inférieure, renamed in 1955 |
| 77 | Seine-et-Marne | Melun | 1790 |
| 78 | Yvelines | Versailles | 1964 |
| 79 | Deux-Sèvres | Niort | 1790 |
| 80 | Somme | Amiens | 1790 |
| 81 | Tarn | Albi | 1790 |
| 82 | Tarn-et-Garonne | Montauban | 1808 |
| 83 | Var | Toulon | 1790 |
| 84 | Vaucluse | Avignon | 1793 |
| 85 | Vendée | La Roche-sur-Yon | 1790 |
| 86 | Vienne | Poitiers | 1790 |
| 87 | Haute-Vienne | Limoges | 1790 |
| 88 | Vosges | Épinal | 1790 |
| 89 | Yonne | Auxerre | 1790 |
| 90 | Terr. de Belfort | Belfort | 1871 (the part of Haut-Rhin not annexed by Germany) |
| 91 | Essonne | Evry | 1964 |
| 92 | Hauts-de-Seine | Nanterre | 1964 |
| 93 | Seine-St-Denis | Bobigny | 1964 |
| 94 | Val-de-Marne | Créteil | 1964 |
| 95 | Val-D'Oise | Pontoise | 1964 |
| 971 |
Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | 1946, now a DROM |
| 972 |
Martinique | Fort-de-France | 1946, now a DROM |
| 973 |
Guyane | Cayenne | 1946, now a DROM |
| 974 |
Réunion, formerly île Bourbon |
St-Denis |
1946, now a DROM |
| 975 |
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Saint-Pierre |
1976, now a COM |
| 984 |
Africa and austral lands (TOM) |
1955 |
|
| 985 (was 98 4 02) |
Mayotte |
Mamoudzou | 1976, now a COM |
| 986 |
Wallis and Futuna | Mata-Utu | 1961 |
| 987 |
Polynésie française | Papeete | formerly a TOM, then a POM in 2003 |
| 988 (was 98 6 07) | Nouvelle-Calédonie | Nouméa |
Notes: A DOM was an overseas département while a TOM was an overseas territory. After the 1985 reform, the entities were renamed. A DROM is both an overseas département and region. A COM is an overseas communauty. A POM is an overseas country inside the French Republic. The term of colony is considered as pejorative.
Départements that disappeared or were renamed
The
countries in the table below are those of today. At the time of
change, the map of Europe was very different and many countries were
then a series of smaller independent countries..
The recent change were made in two steps: a vote and the actual change
of the border or of the name.
|
Département |
Main town |
Creation |
Origin |
Disappearance |
Destiny |
| Apennins | Chiavari | 1805 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Arno | Florence | 1808 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Basses-Alpes | Digne | 1790 | First name | 13-04-1970 (1990 selon Karolus) | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) |
| Basses-Pyrénées | Pau | 1790 | First name | 10-10-1969 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) |
| Bouches-de-la-Meuse | La Haye | 1811 | part of Netherland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Netherland (and more?) |
| Bouches-de-l'Elbe | Hambourg | 1811 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany (and more?) |
| Bouches-de-l'Escaut | Middelbourg | 1811 | part of Netherland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Netherland (and more?) |
| Bouches-de-l'Yssel | Zwolle | 1811 | part of Netherland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Netherland (and more?) |
| Bouches-du-Rhin | Bois-le-Duc | 1811 | part of Netherland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Netherland (and more?) |
| Bouches-du-Weser | Brême | 1811 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany (and more?) |
| Charente-Inférieure | La Rochelle | 1790 | First name | 04-09-1941 | Charente-Maritime (17) |
| Corse | Ajaccio | 1811 | Golo and Liamone | Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud | |
| Côtes-du-Nord | St-Brieuc | 1790 | First name | 27-02-1990 | Côtes d'Armor (22)
|
| Deux-Nèthes | Anvers | 1795 | part of Belgium (and more?) | 1814 | part of Belgium (and more?) |
| Doire | Ivrea | 1802 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Dyle | Bruxelles | 1795 | part of Belgium (and more?) | 1814 | part of Belgium (and more?) |
| Ems-Occidental | Groningue | 1811 | part of Netherland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Netherland (and more?) |
| Ems-Oriental | Aurich | 1811 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany (and more?) |
| Ems-Supérieur | Osnabrück | 1811 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany (and more?) |
| Escaut | Gand | 1795 | part of Belgium (and more?) | 1814 | part of Belgium (and more?) |
| Forêts | Luxembourg | 1795 | part of Luxemburg (and more?) | 1814 | part of Luxemburg (and more?) |
| Frise | Leuwarden | 1811 | part of Netherland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Netherland (and more?) |
| Gênes | Gênes | 1805 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Golo | Bastia | 1793 | Dép. of Corse (1792) | 1811 | Corse (20) |
| Jemmapes | Mons | 1795 | part of Belgium (and more?) | 1814 | part of Belgium (and more?) |
| Léman | Genève | 1798 | part of Switzerland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Switzerland (and more?) |
| Liamone | Ajaccio | 1793 | Dép. of Corse (1792) | 1811 | Corse (20) |
| Lippe | Munster | 1811 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany (and more?) |
| Loire-Inférieure | Nantes | 1790 | First name | 09-03-1957 | Loire-Atlantique (44) |
| Lys | Bruges | 1795 | part of Belgium (and more?) | 1814 | part of Belgium (and more?) |
| Marengo | Alexandrie | 1802 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Mayenne-et-Loire | Angers | 1790 | First name | 12-02-1791 | Maine-et-Loire (49) |
| Méditerranée | Livourne | 1808 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Meurthe | 1790 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany and Meurthe-et-Moselle (1871) | |
| Meuse-Inférieure | Maestricht | 1795 | part of Netherland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Netherland (and more?) |
| Mont-Blanc | Chambéry | 1793 | Savoie | 1814 | part of Italy or independent; later dép. of Savoie (73) and part of Haute-Savoie (74) |
| Montenotte | Savone | 1805 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Mont-Terrible | Porrentruy | 1793 | country of Montbeliard a part the Swiss canton of Jura | 1800 | part of Haut-Rhin and Doubs |
| Mont-Tonnerre | Mayence | 1798 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany (and more?) |
| Ombrone | Sienne | 1808 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Ourthe | Liège | 1795 | part of Belgium (and more?) | 1814 | part of Belgium (and more?) |
| Pô | Turin | 1802 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Rhin-et-Moselle | Coblence | 1798 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany (and more?) |
| Rhône-et-Loire | Lyon | 1790 | First name | 1793 | Rhône (69), Loire (42) |
| Roër | Aix-la-Chapelle | 1798 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany (and more?) |
| Sambre-et-Meuse | Namur | 1795 | part of Belgium (and more?) | 1814 | part of Belgium (and more?) |
| Sarre | Trèves | 1798 | part of Germany (and more?) | 1814 | part of Germany (and more?) |
| Seine | Paris | 1790 | First name |
voted 1964, actual changed in 1968 | 75, 78, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 |
| Seine-et-Oise | Versailles | 1790 | First name | voted 1964, actual changed in 1968 | 75, 78, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 |
| Seine-Inférieure | Rouen | 1790 | First name | 18-01-1955 | Seine-Maritime (76) |
| Sésia | Verceil | 1802 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Simplon | Sion | 1810 | part of Switzerland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Switzerland (and more?) |
| Stura | Cuneo | 1802 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Taro | Parme | 1808 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Tibre | Rome | 1810 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Trasimène | Spoleto | 1810 | part of Italy (and more?) | 1814 | part of Italy (and more?) |
| Yssel-Supérieur | Arnhem | 1811 | part of Netherland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Netherland (and more?) |
| Zuyderzee | Amsterdam | 1811 | part of Netherland (and more?) | 1814 | part of Netherland (and more?) |
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Map of modern France with numbers of départements  Source : IGN
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Genealogy of the French in North America
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