# 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

| INSEE No. | Department | Subprefecture | Population (2014) | Rank |
| 01 | Ain | Belley | 8,983 | 10 |
| 01 | Ain | Gex | 11,141 | 5 |
| 01 | Ain | Nantua | 3,534 | 33 |
| 02 | Aisne | Château-Thierry | 14,546 | 4 |
| 02 | Aisne | Saint-Quentin | 55,878 | 1 |
| 02 | Aisne | Soissons | 28,290 | 2 |
| 02 | Aisne | Vervins | 2,501 | 24 |
| 03 | Allier | Montluçon | 37,289 | 1 |
| 03 | Allier | Vichy | 25,279 | 2 |
| 04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Barcelonnette | 2,698 | 14 |
| 04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Castellane | 1,541 | 20 |
| 04 | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Forcalquier | 4,910 | 6 |
| 05 | Hautes-Alpes | Briançon | 12,392 | 2 |
| 06 | Alpes-Maritimes | Grasse | 50,409 | 4 |
| 07 | Ardèche | Largentière | 1,734 | 43 |
| 07 | Ardèche | Tournon-sur-Rhône | 10,558 | 4 |
| 08 | Ardennes | Rethel | 7,778 | 3 |
| 08 | Ardennes | Sedan | 17,829 | 2 |
| 08 | Ardennes | Vouziers | 4,437 | 8 |
| 09 | Ariège | Pamiers | 15,518 | 1 |
| 09 | Ariège | Saint-Girons | 6,284 | 3 |
| 10 | Aube | Bar-sur-Aube | 5,014 | 8 |
| 10 | Aube | Nogent-sur-Seine | 5,955 | 7 |
| 11 | Aude | Limoux | 10,275 | 5 |
| 11 | Aude | Narbonne | 52,855 | 1 |
| 12 | Aveyron | Millau | 22,064 | 2 |
| 12 | Aveyron | Villefranche-de-Rouergue | 11,822 | 4 |
| 13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Aix-en-Provence | 142,149 | 2 |
| 13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Arles | 52,697 | 3 |
| 13 | Bouches-du-Rhône | Istres | 43,463 | 7 |
| 14 | Calvados | Bayeux | 13,917 | 5 |
| 14 | Calvados | Lisieux | 20,881 | 3 |
| 14 | Calvados | Vire-Normandie | 17,839 | 4 |
| 15 | Cantal | Mauriac | 3,682 | 5 |
| 15 | Cantal | Saint-Flour | 6,643 | 2 |
| 16 | Charente | Cognac | 18,717 | 2 |
| 16 | Charente | Confolens | 2,728 | 22 |
| 17 | Charente-Maritime | Jonzac | 3,447 | 33 |
| 17 | Charente-Maritime | Rochefort | 24,300 | 3 |
| 17 | Charente-Maritime | Saintes | 25,149 | 2 |
| 17 | Charente-Maritime | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 7,123 | 10 |
| 18 | Cher | Saint-Amand-Montrond | 10,161 | 3 |
| 18 | Cher | Vierzon | 27,050 | 2 |
| 19 | Corrèze | Brive-la-Gaillarde | 46,961 | 1 |
| 19 | Corrèze | Ussel | 9,772 | 3 |
| 2A | Corse-du-Sud | Sartène | 3,363 | 5 |
| 2B | Haute-Corse | Calvi | 5,330 | 6 |
| 2B | Haute-Corse | Corte | 7,355 | 4 |
| 21 | Côte-d'Or | Beaune | 21,579 | 2 |
| 21 | Côte-d'Or | Montbard | 5,350 | 14 |
| 22 | Côtes-d'Armor | Dinan | 10,919 | 6 |
| 22 | Côtes-d'Armor | Guingamp | 7,003 | 12 |
| 22 | Côtes-d'Armor | Lannion | 19,869 | 2 |
| 23 | Creuse | Aubusson | 3,591 | 3 |
| 24 | Dordogne | Bergerac | 27,764 | 2 |
| 24 | Dordogne | Nontron | 3,151 | 14 |
| 24 | Dordogne | Sarlat-la-Canéda | 9,127 | 4 |
| 25 | Doubs | Montbéliard | 25,521 | 2 |
| 25 | Doubs | Pontarlier | 17,413 | 3 |
| 26 | Drôme | Die | 4,516 | 20 |
| 26 | Drôme | Nyons | 6,641 | 12 |
| 27 | Eure | Bernay | 10,435 | 6 |
| 27 | Eure | Les Andelys | 8,186 | 8 |
| 28 | Eure-et-Loir | Châteaudun | 13,264 | 4 |
| 28 | Eure-et-Loir | Dreux | 31,191 | 2 |
| 28 | Eure-et-Loir | Nogent-le-Rotrou | 10,130 | 7 |
| 29 | Finistère | Brest | 139,384 | 1 |
| 29 | Finistère | Châteaulin | 5,173 | 35 |
| 29 | Finistère | Morlaix | 14,837 | 5 |
| 30 | Gard | Alès | 39,993 | 2 |
| 30 | Gard | Le Vigan | 3,933 | 40 |
| 31 | Haute-Garonne | Muret | 24,975 | 4 |
| 31 | Haute-Garonne | Saint-Gaudens | 11,255 | 14 |
| 32 | Gers | Condom | 6,835 | 3 |
| 32 | Gers | Mirande | 3,527 | 7 |
| 33 | Gironde | Arcachon | 10,370 | 24 |
| 33 | Gironde | Blaye | 4,769 | 54 |
| 33 | Gironde | Langon | 7,396 | 36 |
| 33 | Gironde | Lesparre-Médoc | 5,604 | 47 |
| 33 | Gironde | Libourne | 24,595 | 10 |
| 34 | Hérault | Béziers | 75,701 | 2 |
| 34 | Hérault | Lodève | 7,381 | 22 |
| 35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Fougères | 20,189 | 3 |
| 35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Redon | 8,921 | 13 |
| 35 | Ille-et-Vilaine | Saint-Malo | 45,980 | 2 |
| 36 | Indre | Issoudun | 12,270 | 2 |
| 36 | Indre | La Châtre | 4,278 | 8 |
| 36 | Indre | Le Blanc | 6,602 | 4 |
| 37 | Indre-et-Loire | Chinon | 8,073 | 11 |
| 37 | Indre-et-Loire | Loches | 6,321 | 14 |
| 38 | Isère | La Tour-du-Pin | 7,934 | 23 |
| 38 | Isère | Vienne | 29,096 | 4 |
| 39 | Jura | Dole | 23,312 | 1 |
| 39 | Jura | Saint-Claude | 10,096 | 3 |
| 40 | Landes | Dax | 20,485 | 2 |
| 41 | Loir-et-Cher | Romorantin-Lanthenay | 17,459 | 2 |
| 41 | Loir-et-Cher | Vendôme | 16,879 | 3 |
| 42 | Loire | Montbrison | 15,689 | 5 |
| 42 | Loire | Roanne | 35,200 | 2 |
| 43 | Haute-Loire | Brioude | 6,700 | 4 |
| 43 | Haute-Loire | Yssingeaux | 7,105 | 3 |
| 44 | Loire-Atlantique | Châteaubriant | 11,895 | 17 |
| 44 | Loire-Atlantique | Saint-Nazaire | 69,350 | 2 |
| 45 | Loiret | Montargis | 13,997 | 8 |
| 45 | Loiret | Pithiviers | 9,054 | 12 |
| 46 | Lot | Figeac | 9,820 | 2 |
| 46 | Lot | Gourdon | 4,297 | 3 |
| 47 | Lot-et-Garonne | Marmande | 17,748 | 3 |
| 47 | Lot-et-Garonne | Nérac | 7,085 | 6 |
| 47 | Lot-et-Garonne | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 23,263 | 2 |
| 48 | Lozère | Florac-Trois-Rivières | 2,107 | 7 |
| 49 | Maine-et-Loire | Cholet | 53,853 | 2 |
| 49 | Maine-et-Loire | Saumur | 27,301 | 3 |
| 49 | Maine-et-Loire | Segré-en-Anjou Bleu | 17,580 | 8 |
| 50 | Manche | Avranches | 7,813 | 5 |
| 50 | Manche | Cherbourg-en-Cotentin | 80,959 | 1 |
| 50 | Manche | Coutances | 8,789 | 4 |
| 51 | Marne | Épernay | 23,176 | 3 |
| 51 | Marne | Reims | 183,042 | 1 |
| 51 | Marne | Vitry-le-François | 13,144 | 4 |
| 52 | Haute-Marne | Langres | 7,850 | 3 |
| 52 | Haute-Marne | Saint-Dizier | 25,505 | 1 |
| 53 | Mayenne | Château-Gontier | 11,528 | 3 |
| 53 | Mayenne | Mayenne | 13,139 | 2 |
| 54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Lunéville | 19,325 | 3 |
| 54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Toul | 15,966 | 4 |
| 54 | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Val de Briey | 8,210 | 17 |
| 55 | Meuse | Commercy | 5,914 | 3 |
| 55 | Meuse | Verdun | 18,393 | 1 |
| 56 | Morbihan | Lorient | 57,662 | 1 |
| 56 | Morbihan | Pontivy | 13,965 | 6 |
| 57 | Moselle | Forbach | 21,740 | 3 |
| 57 | Moselle | Sarrebourg | 12,363 | 14 |
| 57 | Moselle | Sarreguemines | 21,457 | 5 |
| 57 | Moselle | Thionville | 41,083 | 2 |
| 58 | Nièvre | Château-Chinon (Ville) | 2,084 | 16 |
| 58 | Nièvre | Clamecy | 3,889 | 7 |
| 58 | Nièvre | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire | 10,553 | 2 |
| 59 | Nord | Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 4,662 | 116 |
| 59 | Nord | Cambrai | 32,897 | 10 |
| 59 | Nord | Douai | 40,736 | 8 |
| 59 | Nord | Dunkirk | 89,160 | 4 |
| 59 | Nord | Valenciennes | 43,787 | 6 |
| 60 | Oise | Clermont | 10,502 | 12 |
| 60 | Oise | Compiègne | 40,732 | 2 |
| 60 | Oise | Senlis | 15,292 | 5 |
| 61 | Orne | Argentan | 13,968 | 3 |
| 61 | Orne | Mortagne-au-Perche | 3,994 | 10 |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Béthune | 25,413 | 7 |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Boulogne-sur-Mer | 42,476 | 2 |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Calais | 76,402 | 1 |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Lens | 31,398 | 5 |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Montreuil | 2,132 | 145 |
| 62 | Pas-de-Calais | Saint-Omer | 14,164 | 12 |
| 63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Ambert | 6,794 | 14 |
| 63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Issoire | 14,578 | 5 |
| 63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Riom | 18,749 | 3 |
| 63 | Puy-de-Dôme | Thiers | 11,588 | 6 |
| 64 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Bayonne | 48,178 | 2 |
| 64 | Pyrénées-Atlantiques | Oloron-Sainte-Marie | 10,824 | 9 |
| 65 | Hautes-Pyrénées | Argelès-Gazost | 3,020 | 13 |
| 65 | Hautes-Pyrénées | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 7,602 | 4 |
| 66 | Pyrénées-Orientales | Céret | 7,663 | 11 |
| 66 | Pyrénées-Orientales | Prades | 5,927 | 16 |
| 67 | Bas-Rhin | Haguenau | 34,761 | 2 |
| 67 | Bas-Rhin | Molsheim | 9,263 | 15 |
| 67 | Bas-Rhin | Saverne | 11,433 | 10 |
| 67 | Bas-Rhin | Sélestat | 19,546 | 5 |
| 68 | Haut-Rhin | Altkirch | 5,738 | 20 |
| 68 | Haut-Rhin | Mulhouse | 111,167 | 1 |
| 68 | Haut-Rhin | 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 |
| 71 | Saône-et-Loire | Chalon-sur-Saône | 44,985 | 1 |
| 71 | Saône-et-Loire | Charolles | 2,757 | 30 |
| 71 | Saône-et-Loire | Louhans | 6,349 | 13 |
| 72 | Sarthe | La Flèche | 15,025 | 2 |
| 72 | Sarthe | Mamers | 5,333 | 8 |
| 73 | Savoie | Albertville | 18,950 | 3 |
| 73 | Savoie | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne | 7,889 | 6 |
| 74 | Haute-Savoie | Bonneville | 12,575 | 11 |
| 74 | Haute-Savoie | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois | 13,253 | 10 |
| 74 | Haute-Savoie | Thonon-les-Bains | 34,973 | 2 |
| 75 | Paris | no subprefecture | | |
| 76 | Seine-Maritime | Dieppe | 30,086 | 3 |
| 76 | Seine-Maritime | Le Havre | 172,807 | 1 |
| 77 | Seine-et-Marne | Fontainebleau | 14,637 | 22 |
| 77 | Seine-et-Marne | Meaux | 53,526 | 2 |
| 77 | Seine-et-Marne | Provins | 11,736 | 30 |
| 77 | Seine-et-Marne | Torcy | 23,609 | 9 |
| 78 | Yvelines | Mantes-la-Jolie | 44,985 | 3 |
| 78 | Yvelines | Rambouillet | 25,755 | 16 |
| 78 | Yvelines | Saint-Germain-en-Laye | 39,540 | 4 |
| 79 | Deux-Sèvres | Bressuire | 19,300 | 2 |
| 79 | Deux-Sèvres | Parthenay | 10,367 | 3 |
| 80 | Somme | Abbeville | 23,559 | 2 |
| 80 | Somme | Montdidier | 6,195 | 7 |
| 80 | Somme | Péronne | 7,676 | 4 |
| 81 | Tarn | Castres | 41,382 | 2 |
| 82 | Tarn-et-Garonne | Castelsarrasin | 13,765 | 2 |
| 83 | Var | Brignoles | 16,690 | 11 |
| 83 | Var | Draguignan | 40,054 | 5 |
| 84 | Vaucluse | Apt | 11,885 | 11 |
| 84 | Vaucluse | Carpentras | 28,447 | 3 |
| 85 | Vendée | Fontenay-le-Comte | 13,609 | 7 |
| 85 | Vendée | Les Sables-d'Olonne | 14,376 | 5 |
| 86 | Vienne | Châtellerault | 31,722 | 2 |
| 86 | Vienne | Montmorillon | 6,155 | 7 |
| 87 | Haute-Vienne | Bellac | 4,117 | 15 |
| 87 | Haute-Vienne | Rochechouart | 3,798 | 16 |
| 88 | Vosges | Neufchâteau | 6,577 | 7 |
| 88 | Vosges | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 20,315 | 2 |
| 89 | Yonne | Avallon | 7,025 | 4 |
| 89 | Yonne | Sens | 25,507 | 2 |
| 90 | Territoire de Belfort | no subprefecture | | |
| 91 | Essonne | Étampes | 24,503 | 16 |
| 91 | Essonne | Palaiseau | 32,461 | 6 |
| 92 | Hauts-de-Seine | Antony | 61,603 | 10 |
| 92 | Hauts-de-Seine | Boulogne-Billancourt | 116,927 | 1 |
| 93 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Le Raincy | 14,400 | 34 |
| 93 | Seine-Saint-Denis | Saint-Denis | 110,733 | 1 |
| 94 | Val-de-Marne | L'Haÿ-les-Roses | 30,772 | 16 |
| 94 | Val-de-Marne | Nogent-sur-Marne | 31,292 | 14 |
| 95 | Val-d'Oise | Argenteuil | 108,865 | 1 |
| 95 | Val-d'Oise | Pontoise | 29,766 | 7 |
| 95 | Val-d'Oise | Sarcelles | 56,828 | 3 |
| 971 | Guadeloupe | Pointe-à-Pitre | 16,261 | 10 |
| 972 | Martinique | La Trinité | 12,973 | 9 |
| 972 | Martinique | Le Marin | 8,883 | 16 |
| 972 | Martinique | Saint-Pierre | 4,229 | 23 |
| 973 | Guyane | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni | 44,169 | 2 |
| 974 | Réunion | Saint-Benoît | 37,738 | 7 |
| 974 | Réunion | Saint-Paul | 104,634 | 2 |
| 974 | Réunion | Saint-Pierre | 81,583 | 3 |
| 976 | Mayotte | no subprefecture | | |