List of subprefectures of France

Last updated February 16, 2024

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.

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
03	Allier	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
07	Ardèche	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
09	Ariège	Saint-Girons	6,284	3
10	Aube	Bar-sur-Aube	5,014	8
10	Aube	Nogent-sur-Seine	5,955	7
11	Aude	Limoux	10,275	5
11	Aude	Narbonne	52,855	1
12	Aveyron	Millau	22,064	2
12	Aveyron	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
15	Cantal	Saint-Flour	6,643	2
16	Charente	Cognac	18,717	2
16	Charente	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
18	Cher	Vierzon	27,050	2
19	Corrèze	Brive-la-Gaillarde	46,961	1
19	Corrèze	Ussel	9,772	3
2A	Corse-du-Sud	Sartène	3,363	5
2B	Haute-Corse	Calvi	5,330	6
2B	Haute-Corse	Corte	7,355	4
21	Côte-d'Or	Beaune	21,579	2
21	Côte-d'Or	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
25	Doubs	Pontarlier	17,413	3
26	Drôme	Die	4,516	20
26	Drôme	Nyons	6,641	12
27	Eure	Bernay	10,435	6
27	Eure	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
30	Gard	Le Vigan	3,933	40
31	Haute-Garonne	Muret	24,975	4
31	Haute-Garonne	Saint-Gaudens	11,255	14
32	Gers	Condom	6,835	3
32	Gers	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
34	Hérault	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
37	Indre-et-Loire	Loches	6,321	14
38	Isère	La Tour-du-Pin	7,934	23
38	Isère	Vienne	29,096	4
39	Jura	Dole	23,312	1
39	Jura	Saint-Claude	10,096	3
40	Landes	Dax	20,485	2
41	Loir-et-Cher	Romorantin-Lanthenay	17,459	2
41	Loir-et-Cher	Vendôme	16,879	3
42	Loire	Montbrison	15,689	5
42	Loire	Roanne	35,200	2
43	Haute-Loire	Brioude	6,700	4
43	Haute-Loire	Yssingeaux	7,105	3
44	Loire-Atlantique ^{[nb 3]}	Châteaubriant	11,895	17
44	Loire-Atlantique ^{[nb 3]}	Saint-Nazaire	69,350	2
45	Loiret	Montargis	13,997	8
45	Loiret	Pithiviers	9,054	12
46	Lot	Figeac	9,820	2
46	Lot	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
52	Haute-Marne	Saint-Dizier	25,505	1
53	Mayenne	Château-Gontier	11,528	3
53	Mayenne	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
55	Meuse	Verdun	18,393	1
56	Morbihan	Lorient	57,662	1
56	Morbihan	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
61	Orne	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
64	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	Oloron-Sainte-Marie	10,824	9
65	Hautes-Pyrénées	Argelès-Gazost	3,020	13
65	Hautes-Pyrénées	Bagnères-de-Bigorre	7,602	4
66	Pyrénées-Orientales	Céret	7,663	11
66	Pyrénées-Orientales	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
72	Sarthe	Mamers	5,333	8
73	Savoie	Albertville	18,950	3
73	Savoie	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
76	Seine-Maritime	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
79	Deux-Sèvres	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
83	Var	Draguignan	40,054	5
84	Vaucluse	Apt	11,885	11
84	Vaucluse	Carpentras	28,447	3
85	Vendée	Fontenay-le-Comte	13,609	7
85	Vendée	Les Sables-d'Olonne	14,376	5
86	Vienne	Châtellerault	31,722	2
86	Vienne	Montmorillon	6,155	7
87	Haute-Vienne	Bellac	4,117	15
87	Haute-Vienne	Rochechouart	3,798	16
88	Vosges	Neufchâteau	6,577	7
88	Vosges	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges	20,315	2
89	Yonne	Avallon	7,025	4
89	Yonne	Sens	25,507	2
90	Territoire de Belfort	no subprefecture
91	Essonne	Étampes	24,503	16
91	Essonne	Palaiseau	32,461	6
92	Hauts-de-Seine	Antony	61,603	10
92	Hauts-de-Seine	Boulogne-Billancourt	116,927	1
93	Seine-Saint-Denis	Le Raincy	14,400	34
93	Seine-Saint-Denis	Saint-Denis	110,733	1
94	Val-de-Marne	L'Haÿ-les-Roses	30,772	16
94	Val-de-Marne	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

Notes

↑ Rank, by population, of the commune at the departmental level.
1 2 3 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.

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The five arrondissements of the Bas-Rhin department are:

Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg, with 141 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 240,807 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Molsheim, with 77 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 103,633 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Saverne, with 162 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 129,095 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein, with 101 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 156,463 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Strasbourg, with 33 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 491,409 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Ariège department are:

Arrondissement of Foix, with 115 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 47,572 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Pamiers, with 90 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 64,938 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Saint-Girons, with 121 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 40,557 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Aude department are:

Arrondissement of Carcassonne, with 186 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 159,539 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Limoux, with 138 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 42,546 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Narbonne, with 109 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 165,940 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Aveyron department are:

Arrondissement of Millau, with 110 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 79,346 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Rodez, with 79 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 111,180 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, with 96 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 88,171 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Côte-d'Or department are:

Arrondissement of Beaune, with 222 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 111,295 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Dijon, with 224 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 361,844 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Montbard, with 252 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 60,074 in 2016.

The four arrondissements of the Côtes-d'Armor department are:

Arrondissement of Dinan, with 67 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 102,698 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Guingamp, with 111 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 125,567 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Lannion, with 57 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 99,903 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc, with 113 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 270,785 in 2016.

The 4 arrondissements of the Dordogne department are:

Arrondissement of Bergerac, with 130 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 102,859 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Nontron, with 94 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 54,758 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Périgueux, with 143 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 175,309 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda, with 138 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 81,863 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Drôme department are:

Arrondissement of Die, with 113 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 67,063 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Nyons, with 149 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 148,049 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Valence, with 102 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 292,921 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Gard department are:

Arrondissement of Alès, with 97 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 148,139 in 2013.
Arrondissement of Nîmes, with 180 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 554,624 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Le Vigan, with 74 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 39,243 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Guyane department are:

Arrondissement of Cayenne, with 10 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 177,716 in 2019.
Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, with 8 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 96,757 in 2019.
Arrondissement of Saint-Georges, with 4 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 7,205 in 2019. This arrondissement was created by a government decree of October 26, 2022.

The five arrondissements of the Moselle department are:

Arrondissement of Forbach-Boulay-Moselle, with 169 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 243,054 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Metz, with 139 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 344,203 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins, with 230 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 92,282 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Sarreguemines, with 83 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 99,226 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Thionville, with 104 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 266,506 in 2016.

The four arrondissements of the Haut-Rhin department are:

Arrondissement of Altkirch, with 108 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 69,793 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé, with 98 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 211,668 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Mulhouse, with 79 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 351,012 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Thann-Guebwiller, with 81 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 130,270 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Hautes-Pyrénées department are:

Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost, with 87 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 38,002 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, with 170 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 48,866 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Tarbes, with 212 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 140,961 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Loire department are:

Arrondissement of Montbrison, with 135 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 181,551 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Roanne, with 113 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 157,160 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Saint-Étienne, with 75 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 423,286 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Lot department are:

Arrondissement of Cahors, with 98 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 71,865 in 2015.
Arrondissement of Figeac, with 118 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 54,468 in 2015.
Arrondissement of Gourdon, with 97 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 47,067 in 2015.

The 3 arrondissements of the Pyrénées-Orientales department are:

Arrondissement of Céret, with 64 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 129,464 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Perpignan, with 39 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 285,077 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Prades, with 123 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 59,828 in 2016.

The two arrondissements of the Rhône department are:

Arrondissement of Lyon, with 135 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 1,585,411 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône, with 132 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 250,492 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Seine-Maritime department are:

Arrondissement of Dieppe, with 343 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 237,203 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Le Havre, with 149 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 387,520 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Rouen, with 216 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 631,032 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Val-d'Oise department are:

Arrondissement of Argenteuil, with 17 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 412,334 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Pontoise, with 105 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 338,425 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Sarcelles, with 62 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 471,164 in 2016.

The 3 arrondissements of the Eure department are:

Arrondissement of Les Andelys, with 185 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 235,732 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Bernay, with 297 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 227,054 in 2016.
Arrondissement of Évreux, with 103 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 140,039 in 2016.

References

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[2] Rank, by population, of the commune at the departmental level.

[PERIMETRE-3] 1 2 3 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.

[4] 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.

[5] The decree 2017-453 of 29 March 2017 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould starting from 1 April 2017.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[8] 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.

[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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