List of former cantons of France

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This is a list of former cantons of France .

See List of cantons of France for cantons following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.

CantonDépartement
Abbeville-Nord Somme
Abbeville-Sud Somme
Acheux-en-Amiénois Somme
Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis Charente-Maritime
Aiguilles Hautes-Alpes
Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher Somme
Aix-en-Provence-Centre Bouches-du-Rhône
Aix-en-Provence-Sud-Ouest Bouches-du-Rhône
Albertville-Nord Savoie
Albertville-Sud Savoie
Allos-Colmars Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Angers-Centre Maine-et-Loire
Angers-Nord-Ouest Maine-et-Loire
Anizy-le-Château Aisne
Annot Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Anse-Bertrand Guadeloupe
Antibes-Biot Alpes-Maritimes
Antibes-Centre Alpes-Maritimes
Archiac Charente-Maritime
Ardres Pas-de-Calais
Argelès-sur-Mer Pyrénées-Orientales
Argentré-du-Plessis Ille-et-Vilaine
Argent-sur-Sauldre Cher
Argueil Seine-Maritime
Arles-sur-Tech Pyrénées-Orientales
Arques Pas-de-Calais
Arras-Nord Pas-de-Calais
Arras-Ouest Pas-de-Calais
Arras-Sud Pas-de-Calais
Aspres-sur-Buëch Hautes-Alpes
Aubagne-Est Bouches-du-Rhône
Aubagne-Ouest Bouches-du-Rhône
Aubenton Aisne
Aubigny-en-Artois Pas-de-Calais
Audruicq Pas-de-Calais
Ault Somme
Aumale Seine-Maritime
Auvillar Tarn-et-Garonne
Avignon-Est Vaucluse
Avignon-Nord Vaucluse
Avignon-Ouest Vaucluse
Avignon-Sud Vaucluse
Bacqueville-en-Caux Seine-Maritime
Bâgé-le-Châtel Ain
Baie-Mahault Guadeloupe
Bains-les-Bains Vosges
Balleroy Calvados
Banon Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Barcillonnette Hautes-Alpes
Barlin Pas-de-Calais
Barneville-Carteret Manche
Barrême Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Basse-Pointe Martinique
Bastia-5 Haute-Corse
Bastia-6 Haute-Corse
Baugy Cher
Beaumes-de-Venise Vaucluse
Beaumetz-lès-Loges Pas-de-Calais
Beaumont-Hague Manche
Beaune-la-Rolande Loiret
Bécherel Ille-et-Vilaine
Bédarieux Hérault
Bédarrides Vaucluse
Bellegarde-en-Marche Creuse
Bellencombre Seine-Maritime
Belmont-de-la-Loire Loire
Bénévent-l'Abbaye Creuse
Benfeld Bas-Rhin
Bernaville Somme
Bertincourt Pas-de-Calais
Besançon-Planoise Doubs
Béthune-Est Pas-de-Calais
Béthune-Nord Pas-de-Calais
Béthune-Sud Pas-de-Calais
Bischheim Bas-Rhin
Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime
Bonnieux Vaucluse
Boos Seine-Maritime
Bouillante Guadeloupe
Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Est Pas-de-Calais
Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Ouest Pas-de-Calais
Boulogne-sur-Mer-Sud Pas-de-Calais
Bourg-Argental Loire
Bourg-de-Visa Tarn-et-Garonne
Bourg-en-Bresse-Est Ain
Bourg-en-Bresse-Nord-Centre Ain
Bourg-en-Bresse-Sud Ain
Boves Somme
Braine Aisne
Bray-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne
Bray-sur-Somme Somme
Brénod Ain
Briançon-Sud Hautes-Alpes
Brie-Comte-Robert Seine-et-Marne
Brouvelieures Vosges
Buchy Seine-Maritime
Bulgnéville Vosges
Burie Charente-Maritime
Cadenet Vaucluse
Calais-Centre Pas-de-Calais
Calais-Est Pas-de-Calais
Calais-Nord-Ouest Pas-de-Calais
Calais-Sud-Est Pas-de-Calais
Cambrin Pas-de-Calais
Campagne-lès-Hesdin Pas-de-Calais
Cancale Ille-et-Vilaine
Canet-en-Roussillon Pyrénées-Orientales
Cany-Barville Seine-Maritime
Capesterre-de-Marie-Galante Guadeloupe
Carpentras-Nord Vaucluse
Carpentras-Sud Vaucluse
Case-Pilote-Bellefontaine Martinique
Castelsarrasin-1 Tarn-et-Garonne
Castelsarrasin-2 Tarn-et-Garonne
Caudebec-en-Caux Seine-Maritime
Caumont-l'Éventé Calvados
Céret Pyrénées-Orientales
Cérilly Allier
Cesson-Sévigné Ille-et-Vilaine
Chabanais Charente
Chalamont Ain
Chambéry-Sud Savoie
Chambon-sur-Voueize Creuse
Champagne-en-Valromey Ain
Champtoceaux Maine-et-Loire
Chantelle Allier
Charenton-du-Cher Cher
Charly-sur-Marne Aisne
Châteaubourg Ille-et-Vilaine
Château-Landon Seine-et-Marne
Châteauneuf-de-Randon Lozère
Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine
Châteauneuf-sur-Cher Cher
Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe Maine-et-Loire
Châtellerault-Nord Vienne
Châtellerault-Ouest Vienne
Châtellerault-Sud Vienne
Châtel-sur-Moselle Vosges
Châtelus-Malvaleix Creuse
Châtenois Vosges
Chaulnes Somme
Chazelles-sur-Lyon Loire
Chénérailles Creuse
Cherbourg-Octeville-Nord-Ouest Manche
Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Est Manche
Cherbourg-Octeville-Sud-Ouest Manche
Chevagnes Allier
Clères Seine-Maritime
Cloyes-sur-le-Loir Eure-et-Loir
Coligny Ain
Collonges Ain
Combles Somme
Condé-en-Brie Aisne
Conty Somme
Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique Aisne
Courçon Charente-Maritime
Courrières Pas-de-Calais
Coussey Vosges
Craonne Aisne
Crécy-en-Ponthieu Somme
Crécy-la-Chapelle Seine-et-Marne
Crécy-sur-Serre Aisne
Criquetot-l'Esneval Seine-Maritime
Crocq Creuse
Croisilles Pas-de-Calais
Cusset-Nord Allier
Cusset-Sud Allier
Dainville Pas-de-Calais
Dammartin-en-Goële Seine-et-Marne
Delme Moselle
Dieppe-Est Seine-Maritime
Dieppe-Ouest Seine-Maritime
Digne-les-Bains-Est Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Digne-les-Bains-Ouest Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Dinard Ille-et-Vilaine
Divion Pas-de-Calais
Domart-en-Ponthieu Somme
Domérat-Montluçon-Nord-Ouest Allier
Dompaire Vosges
Donnemarie-Dontilly Seine-et-Marne
Doudeville Seine-Maritime
Duclair Seine-Maritime
Ducos Martinique
Elne Pyrénées-Orientales
Entrevaux Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Envermeu Seine-Maritime
Escurolles Allier
Ébreuil Allier
Évreux-Est Eure
Évreux-Nord Eure
Évreux-Ouest Eure
Évreux-Sud Eure
Excideuil Dordogne
Fauquembergues Pas-de-Calais
Fauville-en-Caux Seine-Maritime
Ferney-Voltaire Ain
Florensac Hérault
Fontaine-le-Dun Seine-Maritime
Forges-les-Eaux Seine-Maritime
Fougères-Nord Ille-et-Vilaine
Fougères-Sud Ille-et-Vilaine
Fraize Vosges
Gaillon-Campagne Eure
Gap-Campagne Hautes-Alpes
Gap-Centre Hautes-Alpes
Gap-Nord-Est Hautes-Alpes
Gap-Nord-Ouest Hautes-Alpes
Gap-Sud-Est Hautes-Alpes
Gap-Sud-Ouest Hautes-Alpes
Gentioux-Pigerolles Creuse
Givors Rhône
Goderville Seine-Maritime
Gonfreville-l'Orcher Seine-Maritime
Gordes Vaucluse
Gourbeyre Guadeloupe
Goyave Guadeloupe
Graçay Cher
Grand-Bourg Guadeloupe
Grand-Couronne Seine-Maritime
Grand-Fougeray Ille-et-Vilaine
Gros-Morne Martinique
Guéret-Nord Creuse
Guéret-Sud-Est Creuse
Guéret-Sud-Ouest Creuse
Guillon Yonne
Guînes Pas-de-Calais
Hallencourt Somme
Hédé Ille-et-Vilaine
Hénin-Beaumont Pas-de-Calais
Henrichemont Cher
Hérisson Allier
Hesdin Pas-de-Calais
Heuchin Pas-de-Calais
Hochfelden Bas-Rhin
Hornoy-le-Bourg Somme
Houdain Pas-de-Calais
Hucqueliers Pas-de-Calais
Isigny-sur-Mer Calvados
Izernore Ain
Jarnages Creuse
La Bâtie-Neuve Hautes-Alpes
La Capelle Aisne
La Chapelle-d'Angillon Cher
La Chapelle-la-Reine Seine-et-Marne
La Conca-d'Oro Haute-Corse
La Côte Radieuse Pyrénées-Orientales
La Courtine Creuse
La Désirade Guadeloupe
La Fère Aisne
La Ferté-Gaucher Seine-et-Marne
La Grand-Croix Loire
La Grave Hautes-Alpes
La Javie Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
La Motte-du-Caire Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
La Pacaudière Loire
La Trinité Martinique
L'Aigle-Est Orne
L'Ajoupa-Bouillon Martinique
Lamarche Vosges
Lanouaille Dordogne
Laon-Nord Aisne
Laon-Sud Aisne
Laruns Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Latour-de-France Pyrénées-Orientales
Lauzerte Tarn-et-Garonne
Laventie Pas-de-Calais
Lavit Tarn-et-Garonne
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin Dordogne
Le Carbet Martinique
Le Catelet Aisne
Le Chambon-Feugerolles Loire
Le Châtelet Cher
Le Châtelet-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne
Le Diamant Martinique
Le Donjon Allier
Le Lauzet-Ubaye Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Le Lorrain Martinique
Le Marigot Martinique
Le Marin Martinique
Le Mée-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne
Le Monêtier-les-Bains Hautes-Alpes
Le Montet Allier
Le Morne-Rouge Martinique
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache Aisne
Le Parcq Pas-de-Calais
Le Portel Pas-de-Calais
Le Prêcheur Martinique
Le Vauclin Martinique
Leforest Pas-de-Calais
Lemberg Moselle
Lens-Est Pas-de-Calais
Lens-Nord-Est Pas-de-Calais
Lens-Nord-Ouest Pas-de-Calais
Léré Cher
Les Aix-d'Angillon Cher
Les Anses-d'Arlet Martinique
Les Mées Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Les Saintes Guadeloupe
Les Trois-Îlets Martinique
Levet Cher
Lhuis Ain
Liévin-Nord Pas-de-Calais
Liévin-Sud Pas-de-Calais
Lignières Cher
Lillebonne Seine-Maritime
Lizy-sur-Ourcq Seine-et-Marne
Londinières Seine-Maritime
Longueville-sur-Scie Seine-Maritime
Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux Seine-et-Marne
Louvigné-du-Désert Ille-et-Vilaine
Lurcy-Lévis Allier
Lury-sur-Arnon Cher
Macouba Martinique
Malaucène Vaucluse
Marcillat-en-Combraille Allier
Marcq-en-Barœul Nord
Maromme Seine-Maritime
Marquion Pas-de-Calais
Marquise Pas-de-Calais
Marseille – Notre-Dame-du-Mont Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille – Notre-Dame-Limite Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille – Saint-Barthélemy Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille – Sainte-Marguerite Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille – Saint-Giniez Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille – Saint-Just Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille – Saint-Lambert Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille – Saint-Marcel Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille – Saint-Mauront Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Belsunce Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-La Belle-de-Mai Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-La Blancarde Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-La Capelette Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-La Pointe-Rouge Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-La Pomme Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-La Rose Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Le Camas Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Les Cinq-Avenues Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Les Grands-Carmes Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Les Olives Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Les Trois Lucs Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Mazargues Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Montolivet Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Vauban Bouches-du-Rhône
Marseille-Verduron Bouches-du-Rhône
Maure-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine
Meaux-Nord Seine-et-Marne
Meaux-Sud Seine-et-Marne
Melun-Nord Seine-et-Marne
Melun-Sud Seine-et-Marne
Merville Nord
Mézel Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Millas Pyrénées-Orientales
Mirambeau Charente-Maritime
Moissac-1 Tarn-et-Garonne
Moissac-2 Tarn-et-Garonne
Molliens-Dreuil Somme
Montaigu-de-Quercy Tarn-et-Garonne
Montauban-4 Tarn-et-Garonne
Montauban-5 Tarn-et-Garonne
Montauban-6 Tarn-et-Garonne
Montdidier Somme
Montfaucon-Montigné Maine-et-Loire
Montfort-l'Amaury Yvelines
Monthureux-sur-Saône Vosges
Montigny-en-Gohelle Pas-de-Calais
Montivilliers Seine-Maritime
Montlieu-la-Garde Charente-Maritime
Mont-Louis Pyrénées-Orientales
Montluçon-Est Allier
Montluçon-Nord-Est Allier
Montluçon-Ouest Allier
Montluçon-Sud Allier
Montluel Ain
Montmarault Allier
Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard Charente
Montréal, Gers Gers
Montreuil Pas-de-Calais
Montrevel-en-Bresse Ain
Mordelles Ille-et-Vilaine
Moret-sur-Loing Seine-et-Marne
Mormant Seine-et-Marne
Mormoiron Vaucluse
Moulins-Sud Allier
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Moÿ-de-l'Aisne Aisne
Moyenneville Somme
Néronde Loire
Nérondes Cher
Nesle Somme
Neuf-Brisach Haut-Rhin
Neufchâtel-sur-Aisne Aisne
Neuilly-le-Réal Allier
Neuilly-Saint-Front Aisne
Noirétable Loire
Noisiel Seine-et-Marne
Nontron Dordogne
Norrent-Fontes Pas-de-Calais
Nouvion Somme
Novion-Porcien Ardennes
Noyelles-sous-Lens Pas-de-Calais
Noyers-sur-Jabron Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Offranville Seine-Maritime
Oisemont Somme
Olargues Hérault
Olette Pyrénées-Orientales
Orange-Est Vaucluse
Orange-Ouest Vaucluse
Orcières Hautes-Alpes
Orpierre Hautes-Alpes
Oulchy-le-Château Aisne
Ourville-en-Caux Seine-Maritime
Oyonnax-Nord Ain
Oyonnax-Sud Ain
Pas-en-Artois Pas-de-Calais
Pavilly Seine-Maritime
Péronnas Ain
Perreux Loire
Perthes Seine-et-Marne
Peyruis Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Picquigny Somme
Pipriac Ille-et-Vilaine
Pleine-Fougères Ille-et-Vilaine
Plélan-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine
Pleumartin Vienne
Plombières-les-Bains Vosges
Pointe-Noire Guadeloupe
Poncin Ain
Pontarion Creuse
Pont-de-Vaux Ain
Pont-de-Veyle Ain
Prades Pyrénées-Orientales
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste Pyrénées-Orientales
Preuilly-sur-Claise Indre-et-Loire
Provenchères-sur-Fave Vosges
Puiseaux Loiret
Quillebeuf-sur-Seine Eure
Rambervillers Vosges
Rebais Seine-et-Marne
Rémuzat Drôme
Rennes-Brequigny Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-Centre Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-Centre-Ouest Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-Centre-Sud Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-Est Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-le-Blosne Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-Nord Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-Nord-Est Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-Nord-Ouest Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-Sud-Est Ille-et-Vilaine
Rennes-Sud-Ouest Ille-et-Vilaine
Retiers Ille-et-Vilaine
Reyrieux Ain
Ribiers Hautes-Alpes
Rivesaltes Pyrénées-Orientales
Rivière-Pilote Martinique
Rivière-Salée Martinique
Roanne-Nord Loire
Roanne-Sud Loire
Roisel Somme
Roissy-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne
Romilly-sur-Seine-1 Aube
Romilly-sur-Seine-2 Aube
Roquevaire Bouches-du-Rhône
Rosans Hautes-Alpes
Rosières-en-Santerre Somme
Roubaix-Est Nord
Roujan Hérault
Rouvroy Pas-de-Calais
Royère-de-Vassivière Creuse
Rozay-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne
Rozoy-sur-Serre Aisne
Ryes Calvados
Saillagouse Pyrénées-Orientales
Sains-en-Gohelle Pas-de-Calais
Sains-Richaumont Aisne
Saint-André-les-Alpes Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val Tarn-et-Garonne
Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné Ille-et-Vilaine
Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier Ille-et-Vilaine
Saint-Benoît-du-Sault Indre
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château Loire
Saint-Brice-en-Coglès Ille-et-Vilaine
Saint-Chamond-Nord Loire
Saint-Chamond-Sud Loire
Saint-Chinian Hérault
Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
Saint-Cyprien Dordogne
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges-Est Vosges
Sainte-Anne Martinique
Sainte-Luce Martinique
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Bouches-du-Rhône
Saint-Esprit Martinique
Saint-Étienne-en-Dévoluy Hautes-Alpes
Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Saint-Étienne-Nord-Est-1 Loire
Saint-Étienne-Sud-Est-1 Loire
Saint-Étienne-Sud-Est-2 Loire
Saint-Étienne-Sud-Est-3 Loire
Saint-Étienne-Sud-Ouest-1 Loire
Saint-Étienne-Sud-Ouest-2 Loire
Saint-Firmin Hautes-Alpes
Saint-Galmier Loire
Saint-Genest-Malifaux Loire
Saint-Gengoux-le-National Saône-et-Loire
Saint-Georges-en-Couzan Loire
Saint-Germain-Laval Loire
Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare Hérault
Saint-Haon-le-Châtel Loire
Saint-Héand Loire
Saint-Jean-Soleymieux Loire
Saint-Joseph Martinique
Saint-Just-en-Chevalet Loire
Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque Pyrénées-Orientales
Saint-Laurent-du-Var-Cagnes-sur-Mer-Est Alpes-Maritimes
Saint-Louis, Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
Saint-Malo-Nord Ille-et-Vilaine
Saint-Malo-Sud Ille-et-Vilaine
Saint-Martin-de-Ré Charente-Maritime
Saint-Méen-le-Grand Ille-et-Vilaine
Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave Tarn-et-Garonne
Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche Yvelines
Saint-Omer-Nord Pas-de-Calais
Saint-Omer-Sud Pas-de-Calais
Saint-Paul-de-Fenouillet Pyrénées-Orientales
Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Drôme
Saint-Pierre Martinique
Saint-Quentin-Centre Aisne
Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey Ain
Saint-Saëns Seine-Maritime
Saint-Savinien Charente-Maritime
Saint-Sever-Calvados Calvados
Saint-Simon Aisne
Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs Creuse
Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay Loire
Saint-Thégonnec Finistère
Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes Ain
Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans Ain
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Somme
Samer Pas-de-Calais
Sancergues Cher
Sancoins Cher
Sault Vaucluse
Saulxures-sur-Moselotte Vosges
Saulzais-le-Potier Cher
Savines-le-Lac Hautes-Alpes
Séderon Drôme
Senones Vosges
Seyssel, Ain Ain
Sissonne Aisne
Sotteville-lès-Rouen-Est Seine-Maritime
Sotteville-lès-Rouen-Ouest Seine-Maritime
Soultz-Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin
Sournia Pyrénées-Orientales
Tarascon Bouches-du-Rhône
Thann Haut-Rhin
Thoissey Ain
Thorigny-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne
Thuir Pyrénées-Orientales
Tinténiac Ille-et-Vilaine
Tonnay-Boutonne Charente-Maritime
Tôtes Seine-Maritime
Toulouges Pyrénées-Orientales
Tournan-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne
Tournon-Saint-Martin Indre
Treffort-Cuisiat Ain
Troyes-6 Aube
Troyes-7 Aube
Turriers Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Vailly-sur-Aisne Aisne
Vailly-sur-Sauldre Cher
Vaires-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne
Valmont Seine-Maritime
Vénissieux-Nord Rhône
Vénissieux-Sud Rhône
Vermand Aisne
Vigeois (Limousin) Corrèze
Vihiers Maine-et-Loire
Villebois-Lavalette Charente
Villefranche-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes
Villeneuve-l'Archevêque Yonne
Villers-Bocage, Calvados Calvados
Villers-Bocage, Somme Somme
Villiers-Saint-Georges Seine-et-Marne
Vimy Pas-de-Calais
Vinça Pyrénées-Orientales
Viriat Ain
Virieu-le-Grand Ain
Vitré-Est Ille-et-Vilaine
Vitré-Ouest Ille-et-Vilaine
Vitry-en-Artois Pas-de-Calais
Volonne Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Wassigny Aisne
Yerville Seine-Maritime

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Valais ,,(German; Wallis) more formally the Canton of Valais/Canton of Wallis is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion. The flag of the canton is made of thirteen stars representing the districts, on a white-red background.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vaud</span> Canton of Switzerland

Vaud ,(German; Kanton Waad) more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts, and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms bears the motto "Liberté et patrie" on a white-green bicolour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canton of Fribourg</span> Canton of Switzerland

The canton of Fribourg, also canton of Freiburg is located in western Switzerland. The canton is bilingual, with French spoken by more than two thirds of the citizens and German by a little more than a quarter. Both are official languages in the canton. The canton takes its name from its capital city of Fribourg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Council (Switzerland)</span> Lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland

The National Council is the lower house of the Federal Assembly, and the upper house being the Council of States. With 200 seats, the National Council is the larger of the two houses.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Council of States (Switzerland)</span> Upper house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland

The Council of States is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, and the lower house being the National Council. It comprises 46 members.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cantons of France</span> French Republic regional department

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Helvetic Republic</span> Swiss state allied to the French Republic (1798–1803)

The Helvetic Republic was a sister republic of France that existed between 1798 and 1803, during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was created following the French invasion and the consequent dissolution of the Old Swiss Confederacy, marking the end of the ancien régime in Switzerland. Throughout its existence, the republic incorporated most of the territory of modern Switzerland, excluding the cantons of Geneva and Neuchâtel and the old Prince-Bishopric of Basel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Municipalities of Switzerland</span> Smallest government division in Switzerland

Municipalities are the lowest level of administrative division in Switzerland. Each municipality is part of one of the Swiss cantons, which form the Swiss Confederation. In most cantons, municipalities are also part of districts or other sub-cantonal administrative divisions.

The 12 cantons of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg are areas of local government at the first level of local administrative unit (LAU-1) in the European Union's Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics for Eurostat purposes. They were subdivisions of the three districts of Luxembourg until 2015, when the district level of government was abolished. The cantons are in turn subdivided into 100 communes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Swiss Federal Constitution</span> Constitution of the Swiss Confederation

The Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation of 18 April 1999 is the third and current federal constitution of Switzerland.

The following is a list of the 45 former cantons of the Martinique department, an overseas department of France, sorted by arrondissement. The cantons were abolished in 2015, when the Assembly of Martinique replaced the General Council of Martinique and the Regional Council of Martinique.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Le Vernet, Allier</span> Commune in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Le Vernet is a commune in the Allier department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ampriani</span> Commune in Corsica, France

Ampriani is a commune in the Haute-Corse department on the island of Corsica, France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ille-et-Vilaine's 3rd constituency</span> Constituency of the National Assembly of France

The 3rd constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine is a French legislative constituency in the Ille-et-Vilaine département. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one MP using the two-round system, with a run-off if no candidate receives over 50% of the vote in the first round.