List of subprefectures of France

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

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Castellane (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), with 1,541 inhabitants, is the least populated subprefecture in France.

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Reims (Marne), with 183,042 inhabitants, is the most populated subprefecture in France.

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Abbeville (Somme), with 23,559 inhabitants, is the closest to the average population of French subprefectures(23,455 inhabitants).

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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	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.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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.

References

↑ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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

[PERIMETRE-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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