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
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