96 departments
Departments of France
Facts: the map of France
- On the map
- 96 departments · 4 are so small they show as a dot (complete level)
- Northernmost capital
- Arras (Pas-de-Calais)
- Southernmost capital
- Ajaccio (Corse-du-Sud)
- Most neighbours
- Seine-et-Marne: 10
Fun facts: Departments of France
- The departments were created in 1790, during the French Revolution.
- Each department has a number, in almost alphabetical order: it starts every postcode.
- Corsica has had two departments since 1976: 2A and 2B.
- Gironde is the largest department of European France, and Paris the smallest.
Test yourself
How many departments does France have?
France has 101 departments: 96 in Europe and 5 overseas.
What is the biggest department in France?
Gironde (9,976 km²).
What is the most populous department in France?
Nord (2.6 million people).
What is the smallest department in France?
Paris (105 km²).
What is the least populous department in France?
Lozère (76,500 people).
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The departments of France
No flags or capitals: those are the answers!
- Ain
- Aisne
- Allier
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Ardèche
- Ardennes
- Ariège
- Aube
- Aude
- Aveyron
- Bas-Rhin
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Calvados
- Cantal
- Charente
- Charente-Maritime
- Cher
- Corrèze
- Corse-du-Sud
- Côte-d’Or
- Côtes-d'Armor
- Creuse
- Deux-Sèvres
- Dordogne
- Doubs
- Drôme
- Essonne
- Eure
- Eure-et-Loir
- Finistère
- Gard
- Gers
- Gironde
- Haut-Rhin
- Haute-Corse
- Haute-Garonne
- Haute-Loire
- Haute-Marne
- Haute-Saône
- Haute-Savoie
- Haute-Vienne
- Hautes-Alpes
- Hautes-Pyrénées
- Hauts-de-Seine
- Hérault
- Ille-et-Vilaine
- Indre
- Indre-et-Loire
- Isère
- Jura
- Landes
- Loir-et-Cher
- Loire
- Loire-Atlantique
- Loiret
- Lot
- Lot-et-Garonne
- Lozère
- Maine-et-Loire
- Manche
- Marne
- Mayenne
- Meurthe-et-Moselle
- Meuse
- Morbihan
- Moselle
- Nièvre
- Nord
- Oise
- Orne
- Paris
- Pas-de-Calais
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Pyrénées-Orientales
- Rhône
- Saône-et-Loire
- Sarthe
- Savoie
- Seine-et-Marne
- Seine-Maritime
- Seine-Saint-Denis
- Somme
- Tarn
- Tarn-et-Garonne
- Territoire de Belfort
- Val-d'Oise
- Val-de-Marne
- Var
- Vaucluse
- Vendée
- Vienne
- Vosges
- Yonne
- Yvelines