List of subprefectures of France
The subprefectures of France are the chefs-lieux of arrondissements other than those administered by a prefecture. There are 233 subprefectures out of a total of 332 arrondissements.
The list below shows the sub-prefectures by department.
List of subprefectures
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INSEE No. | Department | Subprefecture | Population (2014)[1] | Rank[nb 1] |
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01 | Ain | Belley | 8,983 | 10 |
Gex | 11,141 | 5 | ||
Nantua | 3,534 | 33 | ||
02 | Aisne | Château-Thierry | 14,546 | 4 |
Saint-Quentin | 55,878 | 1 | ||
Soissons | 28,290 | 2 | ||
Vervins | 2,501 | 24 | ||
03 | Allier | Montluçon | 37,289 | 1 |
Vichy | 25,279 | 2 | ||
04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Barcelonnette | 2,698 | 14 |
Castellane | 1,541 | 20 | ||
Forcalquier | 4,910 | 6 | ||
05 | Hautes-Alpes | Briançon | 12,392 | 2 |
06 | Alpes-Maritimes | Grasse | 50,409 | 4 |
07 | Ardèche | Largentière | 1,734 | 43 |
Tournon-sur-Rhône | 10,558 | 4 | ||
08 | Ardennes | Rethel | 7,778 | 3 |
Sedan | 17,829 | 2 | ||
Vouziers[nb 2] | 4,437 | 8 | ||
09 | Ariège | Pamiers | 15,518 | 1 |
Saint-Girons | 6,284 | 3 | ||
10 | Aube | Bar-sur-Aube | 5,014 | 8 |
Nogent-sur-Seine | 5,955 | 7 | ||
11 | Aude | Limoux | 10,275 | 5 |
Narbonne | 52,855 | 1 | ||
12 | Aveyron | Millau | 22,064 | 2 |
Villefranche-de-Rouergue | 11,822 | 4 | ||
13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Aix-en-Provence | 142,149 | 2 |
Arles | 52,697 | 3 | ||
Istres | 43,463 | 7 | ||
14 | Calvados | Bayeux | 13,917 | 5 |
Lisieux | 20,881 | 3 | ||
Vire-Normandie | 17,839 | 4 | ||
15 | Cantal | Mauriac | 3,682 | 5 |
Saint-Flour | 6,643 | 2 | ||
16 | Charente | Cognac | 18,717 | 2 |
Confolens | 2,728 | 22 | ||
17 | Charente-Maritime | Jonzac | 3,447 | 33 |
Rochefort | 24,300 | 3 | ||
Saintes | 25,149 | 2 | ||
Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 7,123 | 10 | ||
18 | Cher | Saint-Amand-Montrond | 10,161 | 3 |
Vierzon | 27,050 | 2 | ||
19 | Corrèze | Brive-la-Gaillarde | 46,961 | 1 |
Ussel | 9,772 | 3 | ||
2A | Corse-du-Sud | Sartène | 3,363 | 5 |
2B | Haute-Corse | Calvi | 5,330 | 6 |
Corte | 7,355 | 4 | ||
21 | Côte-d'Or | Beaune | 21,579 | 2 |
Montbard | 5,350 | 14 | ||
22 | Côtes-d'Armor | Dinan | 10,919 | 6 |
Guingamp | 7,003 | 12 | ||
Lannion | 19,869 | 2 | ||
23 | Creuse | Aubusson | 3,591 | 3 |
24 | Dordogne | Bergerac | 27,764 | 2 |
Nontron | 3,151 | 14 | ||
Sarlat-la-Canéda | 9,127 | 4 | ||
25 | Doubs | Montbéliard | 25,521 | 2 |
Pontarlier | 17,413 | 3 | ||
26 | Drôme | Die | 4,516 | 20 |
Nyons | 6,641 | 12 | ||
27 | Eure | Bernay | 10,435 | 6 |
Les Andelys | 8,186 | 8 | ||
28 | Eure-et-Loir | Châteaudun | 13,264 | 4 |
Dreux | 31,191 | 2 | ||
Nogent-le-Rotrou | 10,130 | 7 | ||
29 | Finistère | Brest | 139,384 | 1 |
Châteaulin | 5,173 | 35 | ||
Morlaix | 14,837 | 5 | ||
30 | Gard | Alès | 39,993 | 2 |
Le Vigan | 3,933 | 40 | ||
31 | Haute-Garonne | Muret | 24,975 | 4 |
Saint-Gaudens | 11,255 | 14 | ||
32 | Gers | Condom | 6,835 | 3 |
Mirande | 3,527 | 7 | ||
33 | Gironde | Arcachon | 10,370 | 24 |
Blaye | 4,769 | 54 | ||
Langon | 7,396 | 36 | ||
Lesparre-Médoc | 5,604 | 47 | ||
Libourne | 24,595 | 10 | ||
34 | Hérault | Béziers | 75,701 | 2 |
Lodève | 7,381 | 22 | ||
35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Fougères | 20,189 | 3 |
Redon | 8,921 | 13 | ||
Saint-Malo | 45,980 | 2 | ||
36 | Indre | Issoudun | 12,270 | 2 |
La Châtre | 4,278 | 8 | ||
Le Blanc | 6,602 | 4 | ||
37 | Indre-et-Loire | Chinon | 8,073 | 11 |
Loches | 6,321 | 14 | ||
38 | Isère | La Tour-du-Pin | 7,934 | 23 |
Vienne | 29,096 | 4 | ||
39 | Jura | Dole | 23,312 | 1 |
Saint-Claude | 10,096 | 3 | ||
40 | Landes | Dax | 20,485 | 2 |
41 | Loir-et-Cher | Romorantin-Lanthenay | 17,459 | 2 |
Vendôme | 16,879 | 3 | ||
42 | Loire | Montbrison | 15,689 | 5 |
Roanne | 35,200 | 2 | ||
43 | Haute-Loire | Brioude | 6,700 | 4 |
Yssingeaux | 7,105 | 3 | ||
44 | Loire-Atlantique[nb 3] | Châteaubriant | 11,895 | 17 |
Saint-Nazaire | 69,350 | 2 | ||
45 | Loiret | Montargis | 13,997 | 8 |
Pithiviers | 9,054 | 12 | ||
46 | Lot | Figeac | 9,820 | 2 |
Gourdon | 4,297 | 3 | ||
47 | Lot-et-Garonne | Marmande | 17,748 | 3 |
Nérac | 7,085 | 6 | ||
Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 23,263 | 2 | ||
48 | Lozère | Florac-Trois-Rivières | 2,107 | 7 |
49 | Maine-et-Loire | Cholet | 53,853 | 2 |
Saumur | 27,301 | 3 | ||
Segré-en-Anjou Bleu[nb 2] | 17,580 | 8 | ||
50 | Manche | Avranches | 7,813 | 5 |
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 80,959 | 1 | ||
Coutances | 8,789 | 4 | ||
51 | Marne[nb 4] | Épernay | 23,176 | 3 |
Reims | 183,042 | 1 | ||
Vitry-le-François | 13,144 | 4 | ||
52 | Haute-Marne | Langres | 7,850 | 3 |
Saint-Dizier | 25,505 | 1 | ||
53 | Mayenne | Château-Gontier | 11,528 | 3 |
Mayenne | 13,139 | 2 | ||
54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Lunéville | 19,325 | 3 |
Toul | 15,966 | 4 | ||
Val de Briey[nb 2] | 8,210 | 17 | ||
55 | Meuse | Commercy | 5,914 | 3 |
Verdun | 18,393 | 1 | ||
56 | Morbihan | Lorient | 57,662 | 1 |
Pontivy | 13,965 | 6 | ||
57 | Moselle[nb 5] | Forbach | 21,740 | 3 |
Sarrebourg | 12,363 | 14 | ||
Sarreguemines | 21,457 | 5 | ||
Thionville | 41,083 | 2 | ||
58 | Nièvre | Château-Chinon (Ville) | 2,084 | 16 |
Clamecy | 3,889 | 7 | ||
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire | 10,553 | 2 | ||
59 | Nord | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,662 | 116 |
Cambrai | 32,897 | 10 | ||
Douai | 40,736 | 8 | ||
Dunkirk | 89,160 | 4 | ||
Valenciennes | 43,787 | 6 | ||
60 | Oise | Clermont | 10,502 | 12 |
Compiègne | 40,732 | 2 | ||
Senlis | 15,292 | 5 | ||
61 | Orne | Argentan | 13,968 | 3 |
Mortagne-au-Perche | 3,994 | 10 | ||
62 | Pas-de-Calais | Béthune | 25,413 | 7 |
Boulogne-sur-Mer | 42,476 | 2 | ||
Calais | 76,402 | 1 | ||
Lens | 31,398 | 5 | ||
Montreuil | 2,132 | 145 | ||
Saint-Omer | 14,164 | 12 | ||
63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Ambert | 6,794 | 14 |
Issoire | 14,578 | 5 | ||
Riom | 18,749 | 3 | ||
Thiers | 11,588 | 6 | ||
64 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Bayonne | 48,178 | 2 |
Oloron-Sainte-Marie | 10,824 | 9 | ||
65 | Hautes-Pyrénées | Argelès-Gazost | 3,020 | 13 |
Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,602 | 4 | ||
66 | Pyrénées-Orientales | Céret | 7,663 | 11 |
Prades | 5,927 | 16 | ||
67 | Bas-Rhin[nb 6] | Haguenau | 34,761 | 2 |
Molsheim | 9,263 | 15 | ||
Saverne | 11,433 | 10 | ||
Sélestat | 19,546 | 5 | ||
68 | Haut-Rhin[nb 7] | Altkirch | 5,738 | 20 |
Mulhouse | 111,167 | 1 | ||
Thann | 7,915 | 13 | ||
69 | Rhône | Villefranche-sur-Saône | 36,559 | 8 |
70 | Haute-Saône | Lure | 8,324 | 3 |
71 | Saône-et-Loire | Autun | 13,955 | 5 |
Chalon-sur-Saône | 44,985 | 1 | ||
Charolles | 2,757 | 30 | ||
Louhans | 6,349 | 13 | ||
72 | Sarthe | La Flèche | 15,025 | 2 |
Mamers | 5,333 | 8 | ||
73 | Savoie | Albertville | 18,950 | 3 |
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | 7,889 | 6 | ||
74 | Haute-Savoie | Bonneville | 12,575 | 11 |
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois | 13,253 | 10 | ||
Thonon-les-Bains | 34,973 | 2 | ||
75 | Paris | no subprefecture | ||
76 | Seine-Maritime | Dieppe | 30,086 | 3 |
Le Havre | 172,807 | 1 | ||
77 | Seine-et-Marne | Fontainebleau | 14,637 | 22 |
Meaux | 53,526 | 2 | ||
Provins | 11,736 | 30 | ||
Torcy | 23,609 | 9 | ||
78 | Yvelines | Mantes-la-Jolie | 44,985 | 3 |
Rambouillet | 25,755 | 16 | ||
Saint-Germain-en-Laye | 39,540 | 4 | ||
79 | Deux-Sèvres | Bressuire | 19,300 | 2 |
Parthenay | 10,367 | 3 | ||
80 | Somme | Abbeville | 23,559 | 2 |
Montdidier | 6,195 | 7 | ||
Péronne | 7,676 | 4 | ||
81 | Tarn | Castres | 41,382 | 2 |
82 | Tarn-et-Garonne | Castelsarrasin | 13,765 | 2 |
83 | Var | Brignoles | 16,690 | 11 |
Draguignan | 40,054 | 5 | ||
84 | Vaucluse | Apt | 11,885 | 11 |
Carpentras | 28,447 | 3 | ||
85 | Vendée | Fontenay-le-Comte | 13,609 | 7 |
Les Sables-d'Olonne | 14,376 | 5 | ||
86 | Vienne | Châtellerault | 31,722 | 2 |
Montmorillon | 6,155 | 7 | ||
87 | Haute-Vienne | Bellac | 4,117 | 15 |
Rochechouart | 3,798 | 16 | ||
88 | Vosges | Neufchâteau | 6,577 | 7 |
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 20,315 | 2 | ||
89 | Yonne | Avallon | 7,025 | 4 |
Sens | 25,507 | 2 | ||
90 | Territoire de Belfort | no subprefecture | ||
91 | Essonne | Étampes | 24,503 | 16 |
Palaiseau | 32,461 | 6 | ||
92 | Hauts-de-Seine | Antony | 61,603 | 10 |
Boulogne-Billancourt | 116,927 | 1 | ||
93 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Le Raincy | 14,400 | 34 |
Saint-Denis | 110,733 | 1 | ||
94 | Val-de-Marne | L'Haÿ-les-Roses | 30,772 | 16 |
Nogent-sur-Marne | 31,292 | 14 | ||
95 | Val-d'Oise | Argenteuil | 108,865 | 1 |
Pontoise | 29,766 | 7 | ||
Sarcelles | 56,828 | 3 | ||
971 | Guadeloupe | Pointe-à-Pitre | 16,261 | 10 |
972 | Martinique | La Trinité | 12,973 | 9 |
Le Marin | 8,883 | 16 | ||
Saint-Pierre | 4,229 | 23 | ||
973 | Guyane | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni | 44,169 | 2 |
974 | Réunion | Saint-Benoît | 37,738 | 7 |
Saint-Paul | 104,634 | 2 | ||
Saint-Pierre | 81,583 | 3 | ||
976 | Mayotte | no subprefecture |
See also
Notes
- ^ Rank, by population, of the commune at the departmental level.
- ^ a b c The municipal populations were established on the basis of the most recent vintage, but taking into account the new perimeter of the commune on 1 January 2017.
- ^ The decree 2016-1959 of 29 December 2016 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Ancenis merged with that of Châteaubriant starting from 1 January 2017.
- ^ The decree 2017-453 of 29 March 2017 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould starting from 1 April 2017.
- ^ The decree 2014-1721 of 29 December 2014 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Boulay-Moselle merged with that of Forbach starting from 1 January 2015, and of the arrondissement of Château-Salins merged with that of Sarrebourg starting from 1 January 2016.
- ^ The decree 2014-1722 of 29 December 2014 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Wissembourg merged with that of Haguenau starting from 1 January 2015.
- ^ The decree 2014-1720 of 29 December 2014 saw the abolition of the arrondissements of Guebwiller merged with that of Thann, and of Ribeauvillé merged with that of Colmar, starting from 1 January 2015.
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2014, en vigueur depuis le 1er janvier 2017" [Legal Populations 2014, in force since 1 January 2017]. INSEE (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2017.