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An arrondissement (French pronunciation: [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃] ⓘ)[1] is a level of administrative division in France generally corresponding to the territory overseen by a subprefect. As of 2019[update], the 101 French departments were divided into 332 arrondissements (including 12 overseas).[2] An additional arrondissement was established in 2022 in French Guiana, bringing the total to 333 with 13 overseas.
The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture. When an arrondissement contains the prefecture (capital) of the department, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into cantons and communes.
The term arrondissement can be roughly translated into English as district.[3]
- ^ "Circonscriptions administratives au 1er janvier 2015 : comparaisons départementales" [Administrative constituencies of 1 January 2015: departmental comparisons] (in French). INSEE. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ Téléchargement - Année 2019: Liste des arrondissements
- ^ André de Laubadère, Jean-Claude Vénézia, Yves Gaudemet, Traité de droit administratif, 12th edition, LGDJ, 1992, vol. 1, nr. 168–169.