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===Current departments=== Each department has a [[coat of arms]] and a [[flag]] with which it is commonly associated, though not all are officially recognised or used. {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |-valign="top" | {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"|[[INSEE code]] !scope="col"|[[Coat of arms|Arms]] {{ref|1|1}} !scope="col"|Date of establishment !scope="col"|Department !scope="col"|Capital !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Named after |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|01 |[[File:Blason département fr Ain.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 01]] | rowspan="19" |26 February 1790 |[[Ain]] |[[Bourg-en-Bresse]] |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} |[[Ain (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|02 |[[File:Blason département fr Aisne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 02]] |[[Aisne]] |[[Laon]] |{{flag|Hauts-de-France}} |[[Aisne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|03 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Allier.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 03]] |[[Allier]] |[[Moulins, Allier|Moulins]] |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} |[[Allier (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|04 |[[File:Blason departement Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 04]] |[[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] {{ref|2|2}} |[[Digne-les-Bains]] | rowspan="3" |{{flag|Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur}} |[[Alps]] mountains and [[Provence]] region |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|05 |[[File:Blason dpt fr HautesAlpes.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 05]] |[[Hautes-Alpes]] |[[Gap, Hautes-Alpes|Gap]] | rowspan="2" |[[Alps]] mountains |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|06 |[[File:Nice Arms.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 06]] |[[Alpes-Maritimes]] |[[Nice]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|07 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Ardeche.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 07]] |{{sort|Ardeche|[[Ardèche]]}} |[[Privas]] |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} |[[Ardèche (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|08 |[[File:Blason département fr Ardennes.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 08]] |[[Ardennes (department)|Ardennes]] |{{sort|Charleville-Mezieres|[[Charleville-Mézières]]}} |{{flag|Grand Est}} |[[Ardennes Forest]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|09 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Ariège.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 09]] |{{sort|Ariege|[[Ariège (department)|Ariège]]}} |[[Foix]] |{{flag|Occitanie}} |[[Ariège (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|10 |[[File:Blason département fr Aube.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 10]] |[[Aube]] |[[Troyes]] |{{flag|Grand Est}} |[[Aube (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|11 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Aude.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 11]] |[[Aude]] |[[Carcassonne]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Occitanie}} |[[Aude (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|12 |[[File:Blason comtes de Rodez.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 12]] |[[Aveyron]] |[[Rodez]] |[[Aveyron (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|13 |[[File:Blason département fr Bouches-du-Rhône.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 13]] |{{sort|Bouches-Du-Rhone|[[Bouches-du-Rhône]]}} |[[Marseille]] |{{flag|Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur}} |[[Rhône (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|14 |[[File:Blason département fr Calvados.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 14]] |[[Calvados (department)|Calvados]] |[[Caen]] |{{flag|Normandy}} |Latin {{lang|la|calva dorsa}} ("bare backs"), referring to two offshore rocks |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|15 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Cantal.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 15]] |[[Cantal]] |[[Aurillac]] |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} |[[Mounts of Cantal]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|16 |[[File:Blason département fr Charente.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 16]] |[[Charente]] |{{sort|Angouleme|[[Angoulême]]}} | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}} | rowspan="2" |[[Charente (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|17 |[[File:Blason département fr Charente-Maritime.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 17]] |[[Charente-Maritime]] {{ref|3|3}} |[[La Rochelle]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|18 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Cher.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 18]] |[[Cher (department)|Cher]] |[[Bourges]] |{{flag|Centre-Val de Loire}} |[[Cher (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|19 |[[File:Blason département fr Corrèze.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 19]] |{{sort|Correze|[[Corrèze]]}} |[[Tulle]] |{{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}} |[[Corrèze (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value=2A|2A | rowspan="2" |[[File:Blason de Corse.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 2A]] | rowspan="2" |1 January 1979 |[[Corse-du-Sud]] {{ref|19|19}} |[[Ajaccio]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Corsica}} |Island of [[Corsica]] and [[South]] cardinal direction |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;" data-sort-value=2B|2B |[[Haute-Corse]] {{ref|19|19}} |[[Bastia]] |Island of [[Corsica]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|21 |[[File:Blason département fr Côte-d'Or.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 21]] | rowspan="21" |26 February 1790 |{{sort|Cote-Dor|[[Côte-d'Or]]}} |[[Dijon]] |{{flag|Bourgogne-Franche-Comté}} | Autumn color of [[Burgundy wine|Burgundy vineyards]] ("Golden Slope"). |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|22 |[[File:Blason département fr Côtes-d'Armor.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 22]] |{{sort|Cotes-Darmor|[[Côtes-d'Armor]] {{ref|4|4}}}} |[[Saint-Brieuc]] |{{flagicon|Brittany}} [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] |coasts of [[Armorica]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|23 |[[File:Blason Bourbon-La Marche.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 23]] |[[Creuse]] |{{sort|Gueret|[[Guéret]]}} | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}} |[[Creuse (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|24 |[[File:Blason Dordogne 1.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 24]] |[[Dordogne]] |{{sort|Perigueux|[[Périgueux]]}} |[[Dordogne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|25 |[[File:Blason département fr Doubs.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 25]] |[[Doubs]] |{{sort|Besancon|[[Besançon]]}} |{{flag|Bourgogne-Franche-Comté}} |[[Doubs (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|26 |[[File:Blason département fr Drôme.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 26]] |{{sort|Drome|[[Drôme]]}} |[[Valence, Drôme|Valence]] |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} |[[Drôme (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|27 |[[File:Blason département fr Eure.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 27]] |[[Eure]] |{{sort|Evreux|[[Évreux]]}} |{{flag|Normandy}} |[[Eure (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|28 |[[File:Blason département fr Eure-et-Loir.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 28]] |[[Eure-et-Loir]] |[[Chartres]] |{{flag|Centre-Val de Loire}} |[[Eure (river)|Eure]] and [[Loir]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|29 |[[File:Blason département fr Finistère.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 29]] |{{sort|Finistere|[[Finistère]]}} |[[Quimper, Finistère|Quimper]] |{{flagicon|Brittany}} [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] |Latin {{lang|la|Finis Terrae}} ("end of earth") |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|30 |[[File:Blason département fr Gard.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 30]] |[[Gard]] |{{sort|Nimes|[[Nîmes]]}} | rowspan="3" |{{flag|Occitanie}} |Occitan name for [[Gardon]] river |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|31 |[[File:Blason département fr Haute-Garonne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 31]] |[[Haute-Garonne]] |[[Toulouse]] |[[Garonne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|32 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Gers.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 32]] |[[Gers]] |[[Auch]] |[[Gers (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|33 |[[File:Blason département fr Gironde.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 33]] |[[Gironde]] {{ref|5|5}} |[[Bordeaux]] |{{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}} |[[Gironde estuary]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|34 |[[File:Blason département fr Hérault.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 34]] |{{sort|Herault|[[Hérault]]}} |[[Montpellier]] |{{flag|Occitanie}} |[[Hérault (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|35 |[[File:Blason département fr Ille-et-Vilaine.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 35]] |[[Ille-et-Vilaine]] |[[Rennes]] |{{flagicon|Brittany}} [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] |[[Ille]] and [[Vilaine]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|36 |[[File:Blason département fr Indre.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 36]] |[[Indre]] |{{sort|Chateauroux|[[Châteauroux]]}} | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Centre-Val de Loire}} |[[Indre (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|37 |[[File:Blason département fr Indre-et-Loire.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 37]] |[[Indre-et-Loire]] |[[Tours]] |[[Indre (river)|Indre]] and [[Loire]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|38 |[[File:Blason departement Isere.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 38]] |{{sort|Isere|[[Isère]]}} |[[Grenoble]] |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} |[[Isère (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|39 |[[File:Blason département fr Jura.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 39]] |[[Jura (department)|Jura]] |[[Lons-le-Saunier]] |{{flag|Bourgogne-Franche-Comté}} |[[Jura Mountains]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|40 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Landes.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 40]] |[[Landes (department)|Landes]] |[[Mont-de-Marsan]] |{{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}} |[[Heath]]lands (''lande'') that dominated the region at the time |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|41 |[[File:Blason département fr Loir-et-Cher.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 41]] |[[Loir-et-Cher]] |[[Blois]] |{{flag|Centre-Val de Loire}} |[[Loir]] and [[Cher (river)|Cher]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|42 |[[File:Blason departement Loire.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 42]] |12 August 1793 |[[Loire (department)|Loire]] |{{sort|Saint-Etienne|[[Saint-Étienne]]}} | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} | rowspan="2" |[[Loire (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|43 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Haute-Loire.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 43]] | rowspan="11" |26 February 1790 |[[Haute-Loire]] |[[Le Puy-en-Velay]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|44 |[[File:Blason dpt fr LoireAtlantique dapres Robert Louis.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 44]] |[[Loire-Atlantique]] {{ref|6|6}} |[[Nantes]] |{{flag|Pays de la Loire}} |[[Loire (river)]] and Atlantic Ocean |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|45 |[[File:Blason département fr Loiret.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 45]] |[[Loiret]] |{{sort|Orleans|[[Orléans]]}} |{{flag|Centre-Val de Loire}} |[[Loiret (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|46 |[[File:Blason département fr Lot.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 46]] |[[Lot (department)|Lot]] |[[Cahors]] |{{flag|Occitanie}} |[[Lot (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|47 |[[File:Blason département fr Lot-et-Garonne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 47]] |[[Lot-et-Garonne]] |[[Agen]] |{{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}} |[[Lot (river)|Lot]] and [[Garonne]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|48 |[[File:Blason département fr Lozère.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 48]] |{{sort|Lozere|[[Lozère]]}} |[[Mende, Lozère|Mende]] |{{flag|Occitanie}} |[[Mont Lozère]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|49 |[[File:Blason departement Maine-et-Loire.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 49]] |[[Maine-et-Loire]] {{ref|7|7}} |[[Angers]] |{{flag|Pays de la Loire}} |[[Maine (river)|Maine]] and [[Loire]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|50 |[[File:Blason département fr Manche.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 50]] |[[Manche]] |{{sort|Saint-Lo|[[Saint-Lô]]}} |{{flag|Normandy}} |[[English Channel]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|51 |[[File:Blason departement Marne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 51]] |[[Marne (department)|Marne]] |{{sort|Chalons-en-Champagne|[[Châlons-en-Champagne]]}} | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Grand Est}} | rowspan="2" |[[Marne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|52 |[[File:Blason département fr Haute-Marne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 52]] |[[Haute-Marne]] |[[Chaumont, Haute-Marne|Chaumont]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|53 |[[File:Blason département fr Mayenne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 53]] |[[Mayenne]] |[[Laval, Mayenne|Laval]] |{{flag|Pays de la Loire}} |[[Mayenne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|54 |[[File:Blason Meurthe-et-Moselle.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 54]] |7 September 1871 |[[Meurthe-et-Moselle]] |[[Nancy, France|Nancy]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Grand Est}} |[[Meurthe (river)|Meurthe]] and [[Moselle]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|55 |[[File:Blason Meuse.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 55]] | rowspan="14" |26 February 1790 |[[Meuse (department)|Meuse]] |[[Bar-le-Duc]] |[[Meuse (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|56 |[[File:Blason departement Morbihan.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 56]] |[[Morbihan]] |[[Vannes]] |{{flagicon|Brittany}} [[Brittany (administrative region)|Brittany]] |[[Gulf of Morbihan]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|57 |[[File:Blason Moselle.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 57]] |[[Moselle (department)|Moselle]] |[[Metz]] |{{flag|Grand Est}} |[[Moselle (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|58 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Nievre.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 58]] |{{sort|Nievre|[[Nièvre]]}} |[[Nevers]] |{{flag|Bourgogne-Franche-Comté}} |[[Nièvre (Loire)|Nièvre]] (river) |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|59 |[[File:Blason Nord-Pas-De-Calais.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 59]] |[[Nord (French department)|Nord]] |[[Lille]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Hauts-de-France}} |[[North]] cardinal direction |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|60 |[[File:Blason département fr Oise.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 60]] |[[Oise]] |[[Beauvais]] |[[Oise (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|61 |[[File:Blason département fr Orne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 61]] |[[Orne]] |{{sort|Alencon|[[Alençon]]}} |{{flag|Normandy}} |[[Orne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|62 |[[File:Pas de Calais Arms.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 62]] |[[Pas-de-Calais]] |[[Arras]] |{{flag|Hauts-de-France}} |[[Strait of Dover]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|63 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Puy-de-Dome.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 63]] |{{sort|Puy-de-Dome|[[Puy-de-Dôme]]}} |[[Clermont-Ferrand]] |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} |[[Puy de Dôme]] volcano |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|64 |[[File:Blason des Pyrénées-Atlantiques.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 64]] |{{sort|Pyrenees-Atlantiques|[[Pyrénées-Atlantiques]] {{ref|8|8}}}} |[[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] |{{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}} |[[Pyrenees]] mountains and Atlantic Ocean |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|65 |[[File:Blason dpt fr HautesPyrenees.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 65]] |{{sort|Hautes-Pyrenees|[[Hautes-Pyrénées]]}} |[[Tarbes]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Occitanie}} |[[Pyrenees]] mountains |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|66 |[[File:Arms of the Pyrénées-Orientales.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 66]] |{{sort|Pyrenees-Orientales|[[Pyrénées-Orientales]]}} |[[Perpignan]] |[[Pyrenees]] mountains and [[East]] cardinal direction |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|67 |[[File:Blason département fr Bas-Rhin.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 67]] |[[Bas-Rhin]] |[[Strasbourg]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Grand Est}} | rowspan="2" |[[Rhine (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|68 |[[File:Blason Haut Rhin.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 68]] |[[Haut-Rhin]] |[[Colmar]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|69D |[[File:Blason dpt fr Rhone.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 69]] |12 August 1793 |{{sort|Rhone|[[Rhône (department)|Rhône]]}} |[[Lyon]] {{small|(provisional)}} | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} |[[Rhône (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|69M |[[File:Blason Ville fr Lyon.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of Lyon]] |1 January 2015 |{{sort|Lyon|[[Lyon Metropolis]]}} {{ref|18|18}} |[[Lyon]] |commune of [[Lyon]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|70 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Haute-Saone.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 70]] | rowspan="3" |26 February 1790 |{{sort|Haute-Saone|[[Haute-Saône]]}} |[[Vesoul]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Bourgogne-Franche-Comté}} |[[Saône (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|71 |[[File:Blason département fr Saône-et-Loire.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 71]] |{{sort|Saone-et-Loire|[[Saône-et-Loire]]}} |{{sort|Macon|[[Mâcon]]}} |[[Saône]] and [[Loire]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|72 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Sarthe.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 72]] |[[Sarthe]] |[[Le Mans]] |{{flag|Pays de la Loire}} |[[Sarthe (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|73 |[[File:Savoie Blason.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 73]] | rowspan="2" |15 June 1860 |[[Savoie]] |{{sort|Chambery|[[Chambéry]]}} | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes}} | rowspan="2" |region of [[Savoy]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|74 |[[File:Haute Savoie blason.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 74]] |[[Haute-Savoie]] |[[Annecy]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|75 |[[File:Blason paris 75.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 75]] |1 January 1968 |[[Paris]] {{ref|9|9}} |[[Paris]] |{{flag|Île-de-France}} |commune of [[Paris]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|76 |[[File:Blason76.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 76]] | rowspan="2" |26 February 1790 |[[Seine-Maritime]] {{ref|10|10}} |[[Rouen]] |{{flag|Normandy}} |[[Seine (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|77 |[[File:Blason département fr Seine-et-Marne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 77]] |[[Seine-et-Marne]] |[[Melun]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Île-de-France}} |[[Seine]] and [[Marne (river)|Marne]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|78 |[[File:Blason département fr Yvelines.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 78]] |1 January 1968 |[[Yvelines]] {{ref|11|11}} |[[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]] |[[Forest of Yvelines]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|79 |[[File:Blason département fr Deux-Sèvres.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 79]] | rowspan="3" |26 February 1790 |{{sort|Deux-Sevres|[[Deux-Sèvres]]}} |[[Niort]] |{{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}} |[[Sèvre Nantaise]] and [[Sèvre Niortaise]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|80 |[[File:Blason département fr Somme.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 80]] |[[Somme (department)|Somme]] |[[Amiens]] |{{flag|Hauts-de-France}} |[[Somme (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|81 |[[File:Blason dpt fr Tarn.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 81]] |[[Tarn (department)|Tarn]] |[[Albi]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Occitanie}} |[[Tarn (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|82 |[[File:Blason département fr Tarn-et-Garonne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 82]] |4 November 1808 |[[Tarn-et-Garonne]] |[[Montauban]] |[[Tarn (river)|Tarn]] and [[Garonne]] rivers |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|83 |[[File:Blason departement Var.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 83]] |26 February 1790 |[[Var (department)|Var]] |[[Toulon]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur}} |[[Var (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|84 |[[File:Blason département fr Vaucluse.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 84]] |25 June 1793 |[[Vaucluse]] |[[Avignon]] |[[Fontaine de Vaucluse (spring)|Fontaine de Vaucluse]] spring |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|85 |[[File:Blason dpt fr 85 Vendée.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 85]] | rowspan="5" |26 February 1790 |{{sort|Vendee|[[Vendée]]}} |[[La Roche-sur-Yon]] |{{flag|Pays de la Loire}} |[[Vendée (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|86 |[[File:Blason département fr Vienne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 86]] |[[Vienne (department)|Vienne]] |[[Poitiers]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Nouvelle-Aquitaine}} | rowspan="2" |[[Vienne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|87 |[[File:Blason département fr Haute-Vienne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 87]] |[[Haute-Vienne]] |[[Limoges]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|88 |[[File:Blason département fr Vosges.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 88]] |[[Vosges (department)|Vosges]] |{{sort|Epinal|[[Épinal]]}} |{{flag|Grand Est}} |[[Vosges Mountains]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|89 |[[File:Blason département fr Yonne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 89]] |[[Yonne]] |[[Auxerre]] | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Bourgogne-Franche-Comté}} |[[Yonne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|90 |[[File:Blason département fr Territoire de Belfort.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 90]] |11 March 1922 |[[Territoire de Belfort]] |[[Belfort]] |commune of [[Belfort]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|91 |[[File:Blason département fr Essonne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 91]] | rowspan="5" |1 January 1968 |[[Essonne]] {{ref|12|12}} |[[Évry-Courcouronnes]] | rowspan="5" |{{flag|Île-de-France}} |[[Essonne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|92 |[[File:Blason département fr Hauts-de-Seine.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 92]] |[[Hauts-de-Seine]] {{ref|13|13}} |[[Nanterre]] |[[Seine (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|93 |[[File:Blason département fr Seine-Saint-Denis.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 93]] |[[Seine-Saint-Denis]] {{ref|14|14}} |[[Bobigny]] |[[Seine (river)]] and commune of [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|94 |[[File:Blason département fr Val-de-Marne.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 94]] |[[Val-de-Marne]] |[[Créteil]] |[[Marne (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|95 |[[File:Blason département fr Val-d'Oise.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of department 95]] |[[Val-d'Oise]] |[[Pontoise]] {{ref|15|15}} |[[Oise (river)]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|971 |[[File:Coat of arms of Guadeloupe.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of Guadeloupe]] | rowspan="4" |19 March 1946 |[[Guadeloupe]] {{ref|16|16}} |[[Basse-Terre]] |{{flag|Guadeloupe|local}} |Island of [[Geography of Guadeloupe|Guadeloupe]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|972 |[[File:Coat of arms of Martinique.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of Martinique]] |[[Martinique]] {{ref|16|16|noid=noid}} |[[Fort-de-France]] |{{flag|Martinique|local}} |Island of [[Martinique]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|973 |[[File:Blason de la Guyane.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of Guyane]] |[[French Guiana|Guyane]] {{ref|16|16|noid=noid}} |[[Cayenne]] |{{flag|French Guiana|local}} |[[The Guianas]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|974 |[[File:Blason Réunion DOM.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of Réunion]] |{{sort|Reunion|[[Réunion|La Réunion]] {{ref|16|16|noid=noid}}}} |[[Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint-Denis]] |{{flag|Réunion|local}} |Island of [[Réunion]] |- !scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|976 |[[File:BlasonMayotte.svg|22x20px|Coat of arms of Mayotte]] |9 August 2009<br />31 March 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=https://outre-mer.gouv.fr/mayotte-histoire |title=Mayotte - Histoire |date=25 November 2016 |publisher=Ministère des Outre-mer |access-date=20 October 2021 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020141831/https://outre-mer.gouv.fr/mayotte-histoire |url-status=dead }}</ref> |[[Mayotte]] {{ref|17|17|noid=noid}} |[[Mamoudzou]] |{{flag|Mayotte|local}} |Island of [[Geography of Mayotte|Mayotte]] |} {{smalldiv|1=Notes: * {{note|1|1}} Most of the coats of arms are unofficial * {{note|2|2}} Alpes-de-Haute-Provence was known as {{lang|fr|Basses-Alpes}} ('Lower Alps') until 1970 * {{note|3|3}} Charente-Maritime was known as {{lang|fr|Charente-Inférieure}} ('Lower [[Charente (river)|Charente]]') until 1941 * {{note|4|4}} Côtes-d'Armor was known as {{lang|fr|Côtes-du-Nord}} ('Coasts of the North') until 1990 * {{note|5|5}} Gironde was known as {{lang|fr|Bec-d'Ambès}} ('[[Bec d'Ambès|Beak of Ambès]]') from 1793 until 1795. The Convention eliminated the name to avoid recalling the outlawed [[Girondin]] political faction. * {{note|6|6}} Loire-Atlantique was known as {{lang|fr|Loire-Inférieure}} ('Lower [[Loire]]') until 1957 * {{note|7|7}} Maine-et-Loire was known as {{lang|fr|Mayenne-et-Loire}} ([[Mayenne (river)|Mayenne]] and Loire rivers) until 1791 * {{note|8|8}} Pyrénées-Atlantiques was known as {{lang|fr|Basses-Pyrénées}} ('Lower Pyrenees') until 1969 * {{note|9|9}} Number 75 was formerly assigned to [[Seine (department)|Seine]] * {{note|10|10}} Seine-Maritime was known as {{lang|fr|Seine-Inférieure}} ('Lower Seine') until 1955 * {{note|11|11}} Number 78 was formerly assigned to [[Seine-et-Oise]] * {{note|12|12}} Number 91 was formerly assigned to [[Alger (department)|Alger]], in [[French Algeria]] * {{note|13|13}} Number 92 was formerly assigned to [[Oran (department)|Oran]], in French Algeria * {{note|14|14}} Number 93 was formerly assigned to [[Constantine (department)|Constantine]], in French Algeria * {{note|15|15}} 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 part of the {{lang|fr|ville nouvelle}} of [[Cergy-Pontoise]] * {{note|16|16}} The [[overseas department]]s each constitute a [[regions of France|region]] and enjoy a status identical to ''metropolitan'' France. They are part of France and the [[European Union]], though [[special member state territories and the European Union|special EU rules apply]] to them. * {{note|17|17}} [[Mayotte]] became the 101st department of France on 31 March 2011. The [[INSEE code]] of Mayotte is 976 (975 is already assigned to the French [[overseas collectivities|overseas collectivity]] of [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]) * {{note|18|18}} Metropoles with [[territorial collectivity]] statute. * {{note|19|19}} [[Corsica]] was divided into two departments ([[Golo (department)|Golo]] and [[Liamone]]) from 1793 to 1811, and again into two departments ([[Corse-du-Sud]], number 2A, and [[Haute-Corse]], number 2B) in 1975. As of 2019, Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse are still administrative departments, although they no longer have the status of departmental "[[territorial collectivity|territorial collectivities]]": region and department functions have been managed by a "[[single territorial collectivity]]" since 2018. }} | [[File:Départements de France English.svg|right|thumb|Regions and departments of metropolitan France; the numbers are those of the first column (except for Corsica, which shows the division of the island until 2018, and the division of the Metropolis of Lyon from Rhône is not shown).]] [[File:Petite couronne-2.svg|right|thumb|The departments in the immediate vicinity of Paris; the numbers are those of the first column.]] |}
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