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 [ edit ] Castellane (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence ), with 1,541 inhabitants, is the least populated subprefecture in France. Reims (Marne ), with 183,042 inhabitants, is the most populated subprefecture in France. Abbeville (Somme ), with 23,559 inhabitants, is the closest to the average population of French subprefectures(23,455 inhabitants). 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 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 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 Saint-Girons 6,284 3 10 Aube Bar-sur-Aube 5,014 8 Nogent-sur-Seine 5,955 7 11 Aude Limoux 10,275 5 Narbonne 52,855 1 12 Aveyron Millau 22,064 2 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 Saint-Flour 6,643 2 16 Charente Cognac 18,717 2 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 Vierzon 27,050 2 19 Corrèze Brive-la-Gaillarde 46,961 1 Ussel 9,772 3 2A Corse-du-Sud Sartène 3,363 5 2B Haute-Corse Calvi 5,330 6 Corte 7,355 4 21 Côte-d'Or Beaune 21,579 2 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 Pontarlier 17,413 3 26 Drôme Die 4,516 20 Nyons 6,641 12 27 Eure Bernay 10,435 6 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 Le Vigan 3,933 40 31 Haute-Garonne Muret 24,975 4 Saint-Gaudens 11,255 14 32 Gers Condom 6,835 3 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 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 Loches 6,321 14 38 Isère La Tour-du-Pin 7,934 23 Vienne 29,096 4 39 Jura Dole 23,312 1 Saint-Claude 10,096 3 40 Landes Dax 20,485 2 41 Loir-et-Cher Romorantin-Lanthenay 17,459 2 Vendôme 16,879 3 42 Loire Montbrison 15,689 5 Roanne 35,200 2 43 Haute-Loire Brioude 6,700 4 Yssingeaux 7,105 3 44 Loire-Atlantique [nb 3] Châteaubriant 11,895 17 Saint-Nazaire 69,350 2 45 Loiret Montargis 13,997 8 Pithiviers 9,054 12 46 Lot Figeac 9,820 2 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 Saint-Dizier 25,505 1 53 Mayenne Château-Gontier 11,528 3 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 Verdun 18,393 1 56 Morbihan Lorient 57,662 1 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 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 Oloron-Sainte-Marie 10,824 9 65 Hautes-Pyrénées Argelès-Gazost 3,020 13 Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,602 4 66 Pyrénées-Orientales Céret 7,663 11 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 Mamers 5,333 8 73 Savoie Albertville 18,950 3 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 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 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 Draguignan 40,054 5 84 Vaucluse Apt 11,885 11 Carpentras 28,447 3 85 Vendée Fontenay-le-Comte 13,609 7 Les Sables-d'Olonne 14,376 5 86 Vienne Châtellerault 31,722 2 Montmorillon 6,155 7 87 Haute-Vienne Bellac 4,117 15 Rochechouart 3,798 16 88 Vosges Neufchâteau 6,577 7 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 20,315 2 89 Yonne Avallon 7,025 4 Sens 25,507 2 90 Territoire de Belfort no subprefecture 91 Essonne Étampes 24,503 16 Palaiseau 32,461 6 92 Hauts-de-Seine Antony 61,603 10 Boulogne-Billancourt 116,927 1 93 Seine-Saint-Denis Le Raincy 14,400 34 Saint-Denis 110,733 1 94 Val-de-Marne L'Haÿ-les-Roses 30,772 16 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
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