The prefecture is not necessarily the largest city in the department: for instance, in Saône-et-Loire department the capital is Mâcon, but the largest city is Chalon-sur-Saône.
Prefektura jo domosdoshmerisht duhet te jete qyteti me i madh, pp. sh prefektura e Saône-et–Loire eshte Mâcon për, qyteeti me i madh është Chalon-sur-Saône.