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    not arrondissements in the same sense. Prefectures in France List of subprefectures of France List of arrondissements of France "Sous-préfectures : l'État...
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  • The subprefectures of France are the chefs-lieux of arrondissements other than those administered by a prefecture. There are 233 subprefectures out of...
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  • of a subprefecture, the subprefeito, is indicated by the municipality's mayor (in Brazil called prefeito). In São Paulo there are 32 subprefectures. The...
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    Cognac (French pronunciation: [kɔɲak] ; Saintongese: Cougnat; Occitan: Conhac [kuˈɲak] ) is a commune in the Charente department, southwestern France. Administratively...
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    of France Departments of France Regions of France Subprefectures in France National Police (France) "Préfectures". www.interieur.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved...
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    Brest (French pronunciation: [bʁɛst] ; Breton pronunciation: [bʀest]) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay...
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    Albertville (French pronunciation: [albɛʁvil] ; Arpitan: Arbèrtvile) is a subprefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern...
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    Brignoles (redirect from Brignoles, France)
    one of two subprefectures in Var. It was the summer residence of the counts of Provence; their castle dates from the thirteenth century. In 2020, the commune...
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    Dieppe (redirect from Dieppe, France)
    Dieppe (French pronunciation: [djɛp]; Norman: Dgieppe) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France. Dieppe is a seaport...
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    Saint-Malo (redirect from St. Malo, France)
    /sæ̃ ˈmɑːloʊ/, US: /ˌsæ̃ məˈloʊ/, French: [sɛ̃ malo] ; Gallo: Saent-Malô; Breton: Sant-Maloù) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. The...
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    FON-tin-bloh, US also /-bluː/ -⁠bloo, French: [fɔ̃tɛnblo] ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 55.5 kilometres (34.5 mi)...
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    Lorient (redirect from Lorient, France)
    Lorient (French: [lɔʁjɑ̃] ; Breton: An Oriant) is a town (commune) and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France. Beginning around...
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    Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right...
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    Meaux (redirect from Meaux, France)
    of the four subprefectures (sous-préfectures) of the department of Seine-et-Marne, Melun being the prefecture. In France a subprefecture is the chef-lieu...
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    Arles (redirect from Arles, France)
    commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of...
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    13 km (8 mi) from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department. Montbéliard is mentioned as early as 983 as Mons...
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    Verdun (redirect from Verdun, Meuse, France)
    /vɛərˈdʌn/, French: [vɛʁdœ̃] ; official name before 1970: Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an...
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    Reims (redirect from Reims, France)
    REEMZ, French: [ʁɛ̃s] ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France...
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    Dole, Jura (redirect from Dole, France)
    Dole (French: [dɔl], sometimes pronounced [dol]) is a commune in the Jura département, of which it is a subprefecture (sous-préfecture), in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté...
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    Condom, Gers (redirect from Condom, France)
    France in the department of Gers, of which it is a subprefecture. The town of Condom is located in the northern part of the department of Gers, halfway...
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    Compiègne (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃pjɛɲ]; Picard: Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise...
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    city and commune in southern France, about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the subprefecture of the arrondissement...
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    Sarcelles (redirect from Sarcelles, France)
    Sarcelles (French pronunciation: [saʁ.sɛl]) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 16.3 km (10.1 mi) from the centre of Paris...
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    Alès (redirect from Alès, France)
    Alès (French: [alɛs] ) is a commune and subprefecture in the Gard department in the Occitania region in Southern France. Until 1926, it was officially...
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    Grasse (redirect from Grasse, France)
    Grassa) is the only subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region on the French Riviera. In 2017, the commune...
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    (French pronunciation: [ʁədɔ̃] ; Breton pronunciation: [ˈreːdõn]) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. It...
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    department The prefecture of Charente-Maritime is La Rochelle and the subprefectures are alphabetically: Jonzac, Rochefort, Saint-Jean-d'Angély and Saintes...
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    Vendôme (redirect from Vendôme, France)
    Vendôme (/vɒ̃ˈdoʊm/, French: [vɑ̃dom] ) is a subprefecture of the department of Loir-et-Cher, France. It is also the department's third-biggest commune...
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    Latin: Carpentoracte) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. As capital of the Comtat Venaissin...
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  • 101 French departments are divided into 333 arrondissements (including 13 overseas). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture. When...
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