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

INSEE
No. 		Department Subprefecture Population
(2014)[1] 		Rank[nb 1]
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

  1. ^ Rank, by population, of the commune at the departmental level.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ The decree 2017-453 of 29 March 2017 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould starting from 1 April 2017.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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

  1. ^ "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.
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