Back Département Afrikaans Département ALS Departamentos de Francia AN أقاليم فرنسا Arabic اقاليم فرنسا ARZ Departamentos de Francia AST Fransa departamentləri Azerbaijani Departemén ring Prancis BAN Дэпартаменты Францыі Byelorussian Дэпартамэнты Францыі BE-X-OLD
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The départements (or departments) are administrative parts of France and many French colonies, similar to English counties. Départements are a kind of local government.
The 101 French départements are now grouped into 13 metropolitan and five overseas régions. Their capitals are called préfectures.