List of subprefectures of France

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

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

See also

• List of arrondissements of France

Notes

1. Rank, by population, of the commune at the departmental level.
2. The municipal populations were established on the basis of the most recent vintage, but taking into account the new perimeter of the commune on 1 January 2017.
3. The decree 2016-1959 of 29 December 2016 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Ancenis merged with that of Châteaubriant starting from 1 January 2017.
4. The decree 2017-453 of 29 March 2017 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould starting from 1 April 2017.
5. The decree 2014-1721 of 29 December 2014 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Boulay-Moselle merged with that of Forbach starting from 1 January 2015, and of the arrondissement of Château-Salins merged with that of Sarrebourg starting from 1 January 2016.
6. The decree 2014-1722 of 29 December 2014 saw the abolition of the arrondissement of Wissembourg merged with that of Haguenau starting from 1 January 2015.
7. The decree 2014-1720 of 29 December 2014 saw the abolition of the arrondissements of Guebwiller merged with that of Thann, and of Ribeauvillé merged with that of Colmar, starting from 1 January 2015.