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

Castellane (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), with 1,541 inhabitants, is the least populated subprefecture in France.
Reims (Marne), with 183,042 inhabitants, is the most populated subprefecture in France.
Abbeville (Somme), with 23,559 inhabitants, is the closest to the average population of French subprefectures(23,455 inhabitants).
With 2,132 inhabitants, Montreuil (Pas-de-Calais) is only the 145th largest of communes in the department, which constitutes the record for a subprefecture in France.
INSEE
No.
Department Subprefecture Population
(2014)[1]
Rank[nb 1]
01 Ain Belley8,98310
Gex11,1415
Nantua3,53433
02 Aisne Château-Thierry14,5464
Saint-Quentin55,8781
Soissons28,2902
Vervins2,50124
03 Allier Montluçon37,2891
Vichy25,2792
04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Barcelonnette2,69814
Castellane1,54120
Forcalquier4,9106
05 Hautes-Alpes Briançon12,3922
06 Alpes-Maritimes Grasse50,4094
07 Ardèche Largentière1,73443
Tournon-sur-Rhône10,5584
08 Ardennes Rethel7,7783
Sedan17,8292
Vouziers[nb 2]4,4378
09 Ariège Pamiers15,5181
Saint-Girons6,2843
10 Aube Bar-sur-Aube5,0148
Nogent-sur-Seine5,9557
11 Aude Limoux10,2755
Narbonne52,8551
12 Aveyron Millau22,0642
Villefranche-de-Rouergue11,8224
13 Bouches-du-Rhône Aix-en-Provence142,1492
Arles52,6973
Istres43,4637
14 Calvados Bayeux13,9175
Lisieux20,8813
Vire-Normandie17,8394
15 Cantal Mauriac3,6825
Saint-Flour6,6432
16 Charente Cognac18,7172
Confolens2,72822
17 Charente-Maritime Jonzac3,44733
Rochefort24,3003
Saintes25,1492
Saint-Jean-d'Angély7,12310
18 Cher Saint-Amand-Montrond10,1613
Vierzon27,0502
19 Corrèze Brive-la-Gaillarde46,9611
Ussel9,7723
2A Corse-du-Sud Sartène3,3635
2B Haute-Corse Calvi5,3306
Corte7,3554
21 Côte-d'Or Beaune21,5792
Montbard5,35014
22 Côtes-d'Armor Dinan10,9196
Guingamp7,00312
Lannion19,8692
23 Creuse Aubusson3,5913
24 Dordogne Bergerac27,7642
Nontron3,15114
Sarlat-la-Canéda9,1274
25 Doubs Montbéliard25,5212
Pontarlier17,4133
26 Drôme Die4,51620
Nyons6,64112
27 Eure Bernay10,4356
Les Andelys8,1868
28 Eure-et-Loir Châteaudun13,2644
Dreux31,1912
Nogent-le-Rotrou10,1307
29 Finistère Brest139,3841
Châteaulin5,17335
Morlaix14,8375
30 Gard Alès39,9932
Le Vigan3,93340
31 Haute-Garonne Muret24,9754
Saint-Gaudens11,25514
32 Gers Condom6,8353
Mirande3,5277
33 Gironde Arcachon10,37024
Blaye4,76954
Langon7,39636
Lesparre-Médoc5,60447
Libourne24,59510
34 Hérault Béziers75,7012
Lodève7,38122
35 Ille-et-Vilaine Fougères20,1893
Redon8,92113
Saint-Malo45,9802
36 Indre Issoudun12,2702
La Châtre4,2788
Le Blanc6,6024
37 Indre-et-Loire Chinon8,07311
Loches6,32114
38 Isère La Tour-du-Pin7,93423
Vienne29,0964
39 Jura Dole23,3121
Saint-Claude10,0963
40 Landes Dax20,4852
41 Loir-et-Cher Romorantin-Lanthenay17,4592
Vendôme16,8793
42 Loire Montbrison15,6895
Roanne35,2002
43 Haute-Loire Brioude6,7004
Yssingeaux7,1053
44 Loire-Atlantique[nb 3] Châteaubriant11,89517
Saint-Nazaire69,3502
45 Loiret Montargis13,9978
Pithiviers9,05412
46 Lot Figeac9,8202
Gourdon4,2973
47 Lot-et-Garonne Marmande17,7483
Nérac7,0856
Villeneuve-sur-Lot23,2632
48 Lozère Florac-Trois-Rivières2,1077
49 Maine-et-Loire Cholet53,8532
Saumur27,3013
Segré-en-Anjou Bleu[nb 2]17,5808
50 Manche Avranches7,8135
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin80,9591
Coutances8,7894
51 Marne[nb 4] Épernay23,1763
Reims183,0421
Vitry-le-François13,1444
52 Haute-Marne Langres7,8503
Saint-Dizier25,5051
53 Mayenne Château-Gontier11,5283
Mayenne13,1392
54 Meurthe-et-Moselle Lunéville19,3253
Toul15,9664
Val de Briey[nb 2]8,21017
55 Meuse Commercy5,9143
Verdun18,3931
56 Morbihan Lorient57,6621
Pontivy13,9656
57 Moselle[nb 5] Forbach21,7403
Sarrebourg12,36314
Sarreguemines21,4575
Thionville41,0832
58 Nièvre Château-Chinon (Ville)2,08416
Clamecy3,8897
Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire10,5532
59 Nord Avesnes-sur-Helpe4,662116
Cambrai32,89710
Douai40,7368
Dunkirk89,1604
Valenciennes43,7876
60 Oise Clermont10,50212
Compiègne40,7322
Senlis15,2925
61 Orne Argentan13,9683
Mortagne-au-Perche3,99410
62 Pas-de-Calais Béthune25,4137
Boulogne-sur-Mer42,4762
Calais76,4021
Lens31,3985
Montreuil2,132145
Saint-Omer14,16412
63 Puy-de-Dôme Ambert6,79414
Issoire14,5785
Riom18,7493
Thiers11,5886
64 Pyrénées-Atlantiques Bayonne48,1782
Oloron-Sainte-Marie10,8249
65 Hautes-Pyrénées Argelès-Gazost3,02013
Bagnères-de-Bigorre7,6024
66 Pyrénées-Orientales Céret7,66311
Prades5,92716
67 Bas-Rhin[nb 6] Haguenau34,7612
Molsheim9,26315
Saverne11,43310
Sélestat19,5465
68 Haut-Rhin[nb 7] Altkirch5,73820
Mulhouse111,1671
Thann7,91513
69 Rhône Villefranche-sur-Saône36,5598
70 Haute-Saône Lure8,3243
71 Saône-et-Loire Autun13,9555
Chalon-sur-Saône44,9851
Charolles2,75730
Louhans6,34913
72 Sarthe La Flèche15,0252
Mamers5,3338
73 Savoie Albertville18,9503
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne7,8896
74 Haute-Savoie Bonneville12,57511
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois13,25310
Thonon-les-Bains34,9732
75 Parisno subprefecture
76 Seine-Maritime Dieppe30,0863
Le Havre172,8071
77 Seine-et-Marne Fontainebleau14,63722
Meaux53,5262
Provins11,73630
Torcy23,6099
78 Yvelines Mantes-la-Jolie44,9853
Rambouillet25,75516
Saint-Germain-en-Laye39,5404
79 Deux-Sèvres Bressuire19,3002
Parthenay10,3673
80 Somme Abbeville23,5592
Montdidier6,1957
Péronne7,6764
81 Tarn Castres41,3822
82 Tarn-et-Garonne Castelsarrasin13,7652
83 Var Brignoles16,69011
Draguignan40,0545
84 Vaucluse Apt11,88511
Carpentras28,4473
85 Vendée Fontenay-le-Comte13,6097
Les Sables-d'Olonne14,3765
86 Vienne Châtellerault31,7222
Montmorillon6,1557
87 Haute-Vienne Bellac4,11715
Rochechouart3,79816
88 Vosges Neufchâteau6,5777
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges20,3152
89 Yonne Avallon7,0254
Sens25,5072
90 Territoire de Belfortno subprefecture
91 Essonne Étampes24,50316
Palaiseau32,4616
92 Hauts-de-Seine Antony61,60310
Boulogne-Billancourt116,9271
93 Seine-Saint-Denis Le Raincy14,40034
Saint-Denis110,7331
94 Val-de-Marne L'Haÿ-les-Roses30,77216
Nogent-sur-Marne31,29214
95 Val-d'Oise Argenteuil108,8651
Pontoise29,7667
Sarcelles56,8283
971 Guadeloupe Pointe-à-Pitre16,26110
972 Martinique La Trinité12,9739
Le Marin8,88316
Saint-Pierre4,22923
973 Guyane Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni44,1692
974 Réunion Saint-Benoît37,7387
Saint-Paul104,6342
Saint-Pierre81,5833
976 Mayotteno subprefecture

See also

Notes

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