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    Luxembourg, Switzerland and many African countries, a chef-lieu (French pronunciation: [ʃɛfljø], pl. chefs-lieux, lit. 'chief place' or 'main place') is a town...
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    [pʁefɛktyʁ] ) may be: the chef-lieu de département, the commune in which the administration of a department is located; the chef-lieu de région, the commune...
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    (commune) and province. Municipal seats (chef-lieu) are shown in the list. Boulouparis Boulouparis (chef-lieu) Bouraké Gilles Kouerga Nassirah Nétéa Ouaméni...
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  • (Chef-lieu de commune) Oulgaret Villenour Bahour Karikal Karikal (Chef-lieu de commune) Grand'Aldee Nedoungadu Chandernagore Chandernagore (Chef-lieu de...
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    "Décret No. 2016-1266 du 28 septembre 2016 portant fixation du nom et du chef-lieu de la région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes" (in French). 28 September 2016. Retrieved...
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    corresponded with that of the present-day Swiss canton of Valais. The chef-lieu of the department was Sion. The department was subdivided into the following...
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  • (chef-lieu) Tahuata Ua Huka Ua Pou Windward Islands (Society Islands) : Arue Faʻaʻā Hitia’a O Te Ra Mahina Moorea-Maiao Paea Papara Papeete (chef-lieu)...
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    chef-lieu (the seat or administrative capital) of an arrondissement: Meaux is the subprefecture of the arrondissement of Meaux. It is also the chef-lieu...
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    names, but the original Duchy lands were not part of this new entity. The Chef-lieu of the department was Maastricht. The department was subdivided into the...
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  • on the island of Guadeloupe. Trois-Rivières, Guadeloupe, a commune and chef-lieu of the Canton of Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Martinique, a village...
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  • deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Mézières, Ardennes, commune and chef-lieu of the Ardennes department of northern France, to be merged in 1965 with...
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    of the department of the Hautes-Pyrénées. From 1800, Tarbes became the chef-lieu and headquarters of a prefecture (an increase of its administrative role...
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    Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Duchies of Brabant and Luxembourg. The Chef-lieu of the department was Namur. The department was subdivided into the following...
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    departmental seat of government is known as the prefecture (préfecture) or chef-lieu de département and is generally a town of some importance roughly at the...
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    after Cherbourg, it remains the prefecture of the department. It is also chef-lieu of an arrondissement and two cantons (Saint-Lô-1 and Saint-Lô-2). The...
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    in the County of Hainaut, and partly in some smaller territories. The Chef-lieu of the department was the City of Brussels (Bruxelles in French). The...
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  • with 254, and the state with the fewest counties is Delaware, with 3. Chef-lieu, administrative centres in Algeria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland...
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    Located to the northeast of Lille, adjacent to Tourcoing, Roubaix is the chef-lieu of two cantons and the third largest city in the French region of Hauts-de-France...
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    gendarmerie headquarters for example, are often situated in the principal town (chef-lieu) of the canton, although there are exceptions, such as cantons Gaillon-Campagne...
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  • in the 2009 census had a population of 7,389. The principal village (chef-lieu) is Daka Fifo. Resultats Provisoires RGPH 2009 (Région de Tombouctou)...
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    North Brabant, itself historically part of the Duchy of Brabant. The Chef-lieu of the department was Antwerp (Anvers in French). The department was subdivided...
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    are identified with "-h". Cantonal capitals (German: Hauptort, French: chef-lieu, Italian: capoluogo) are underlined. Zürich Geneva Basel Lausanne Bern...
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    province after the First World War, under the Treaty of Versailles. The Chef-lieu of the department was Liège. The department was subdivided into the following...
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    the County of Namur (Charleroi) and the Bishopric of Liège (Thuin). The Chef-lieu of the department was Mons. The department was subdivided into the following...
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    department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. It is also the chef-lieu (administrative centre) of the arrondissement of the same name. Sedan...
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    parts of the present French departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie. The Chef-lieu of the department was Geneva. The department was subdivided into the following...
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    this annexation, its territory was part of the County of Flanders. Its Chef-lieu was Bruges. The department was subdivided into the following four arrondissements...
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    San Pietro Mosezzo is divided into four frazioni (wards)—San Pietro (chef-lieu), Cesto, Mosezzo and Nibbia—and three hamlets—Cascinazza, San Stefano...
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    (daïras / " دائرة "). The capital of a district is called a district seat (chef-lieu de daïra). Each District is further divided into one or more municipalities...
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  • the 2009 census had a population of 32,513. The administrative centre (chef-lieu) is the village of Sangha Ogol Leye, one of a cluster of at least 10 small...
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