^2 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence was known as Basses-Alpes ('Lower Alps') until 1970
^3 Charente-Maritime was known as Charente-Inférieure ('Lower Charente') until 1941
^4 Côtes-d'Armor was known as Côtes-du-Nord ('Coasts of the North') until 1990
^5 Gironde was known as Bec-d'Ambès ('Beak of Ambès') from 1793 until 1795. The Convention eliminated the name to avoid recalling the outlawed Girondin political faction.
^6 Loire-Atlantique was known as Loire-Inférieure ('Loire bassa') nfin al 1957
^7 Maine-et-Loire was known as Mayenne-et-Loire (Mayenne and Loire rufs) until 1791
^8 Pyrénées-Atlantiques was known as Basses-Pyrénées ('Lower Pyrenees') until 1969
^10 Seine-Maritime was known as Seine-Inférieure ('Lower Seine') until 1955
^11 Number 78 was formerly assigned to Seine-et-Oise
^12 Number 91 was formerly assigned to Alger, in French Algeria
^13 Number 92 was formerly assigned to Oran, in French Algeria
^14 Number 93 was formerly assigned to Constantine, in French Algeria
^15 The prefecture of Val-d'Oise was established in Pontoise when the department was created, but moved de facto to the neighbouring commune of Cergy; currently, both part of the ville nouvelle of Cergy-Pontoise
^16 The overseas departments each constitute a region and enjoy a status identical to metropolitan France. They are part of France and the European Union, though special EU rules apply to them.
^17 Mayotte became the 101st department of France on 31 March 2011. The INSEE code of Mayotte is 976 (975 is already assigned to the French overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon)
^18 Metropoles with territorial collectivity statute.
^19Corsica was divided into two departments (Golo and Liamone) from 1793 to 1811, and again into two departments (Corse-du-Sud, number 2A, and Haute-Corse, number 2B) in 1975. As of 2019, Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse are still administrative departments, although they no longer have the status of departmental "territorial collectivities": region and department functions have been managed by a "single territorial collectivity" since 2018.
Regions y dipartimënc de la Franzia metropolitana; i numeri ie chëi dl codesc INSEE (ora de la Corsica, che mostra la divijion de l'ijula nfin al 2018, y la dijivion de la metropoli de Lyon da Rhône che ne ie nia da udëi).I dipartimënc che cunfina cul chemun de Paris; i numeri ie chëi dl codesc INSEE.
Referënzes
↑"Mayotte - Histoire". Ministère des Outre-mer. 25 November 2016. Archivià da l uriginel ai 20 October 2021. Trat ite ai 20 October 2021.