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France is a country in Western Europe bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Spain, and Andorra. The French Republic was established in 1792. The official language is French.[1]
France Map
Click on the specific department name either on the maps above or in the list below to access the FamilySearch Wiki article for that department.
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Jurisdictions
Departments
Today France is divided into 96 departments and 5 overseas departments. This number has changed over the years. In 1790 there were 83 and at the height of Napoleon's reign there were as many as 130. Records are kept on the town level, but it is necessary to know which department the town is located.
Note: The numbers in parentheses following the department name correspond to the numbers on the map above. Territoire-de-Belfort does not have a number on the map; it is located immediately below Haut-Rhin (68). The (1) on the map corresponds to the Paris area shown on the left inset.
- Ain (01)
- Aisne (02)
- Allier (03)
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)
- Hautes-Alpes (05)
- Alpes-Maritimes (06)
- Ardèche (07)
- Ardennes (08)
- Ariège (09)
- Aube (10)
- Aude (11)
- Aveyron (12)
- Bas-Rhin (67)
- Bouches-du-Rhône (13)
- Calvados (14)
- Cantal (15)
- Charente (16)
- Charente-Maritime (17)
- Cher (18)
- Corrèze (19)
- Corse-du-Sud(2A)
- Haute-Corse (2B)
- Côte d'Or (21)
- Côtes d'Armor (22)
- Creuse (23)
- Dordogne (24)
- Doubs (25)
- Drôme (26)
- Eure (27)
- Eure-et-Loir (28)
- Finistère (29)
- Gard (30)
- Haute-Garonne (31)
- Gers (32)
- Gironde(33)
- Hérault (34)
- Haut-Rhin (68)
- Ille-et-Vilaine (35)
- Indre (36)
- Indre-et-Loire (37)
- Isère (38)
- Jura (39)
- Landes (40)
- Loir-et-Cher (41)
- Loire (42)
- Haute-Loire (43)
- Loire-Atlantique (44)
- Loiret (45)
- Lot (46)
- Lot-et-Garonne (47)
- Lozère (48)
- Maine-et-Loire (49)
- Manche (50)
- Marne (51)
- Haute-Marne (52)
- Mayenne (53)
- Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)
- Meuse (55)
- Morbihan (56)
- Moselle (57)
- Nièvre (58)
- Nord (59)
- Oise (60)
- Orne (61)
- Pas-de-Calais (62)
- Puy-de-Dôme (63)
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)
- Hautes-Pyrénées (65)
- Pyrénées-Orientales(66)
- Rhône (69)
- Haute-Saône (70)
- Saône-et-Loire (71)
- Sarthe (72)
- Savoie (73)
- Haute-Savoie (74)
- Paris (75)
- Seine-Maritime (76)
- Seine-et-Marne (77)
- Yvelines (78)
- Deux-Sèvres (79)
- Somme (80)
- Tarn (81)
- Tarn-et-Garonne (82)
- Var (83)
- Vaucluse (84)
- Vendée (85)
- Vienne (86)
- Haute-Vienne (87)
- Vosges (88)
- Yonne (89)
- Territoire-de-Belfort (90)
- Essonne (91)
- Hauts-de-Seine (92)
- Seine-St.Denis (93)
- Val-de-Marne (94)
- Val-d’Oise (95)
On 1 January 2021, the departments of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin were merged and became known as the European Collectivity of Alsace.
Territories
Many of the records of the French overseas territories are on-line at Les Archives nationales d’outre-mer (the Overseas National Archives).
Historic Provinces and their Capitols
References
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "France," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France, accessed 23 March 2016.