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S.No.,Department,Capital,Region,Date of establishment,INSEE code,Named after1,Ain,Bourg-en-Bresse,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,26 February 1790,1,Ain (river)2,Aisne,Laon,Hauts-de-France,26 February 1790,2,Aisne (river)3,Allier,Moulins,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,26 February 1790,3,Allier (river)4,Alpes-de-Haute-Provence,Digne-les-Bains,Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur,26 February 1790,4,Alps mountains and Provence region5,Hautes-Alpes,Gap,Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur,26 February 1790,5,Alps mountains6,Alpes-Maritimes,Nice,Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur,26 February 1790,6,Alps mountains7,Ardche,Privas,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,26 February 1790,7,Ardche (river)8,Ardennes,Charleville-Mzires,Grand Est,26 February 1790,8,Ardennes Forest9,Arige,Foix,Occitanie,26 February 1790,9,Arige (river)10,Aube,Troyes,Grand Est,26 February 1790,10,Aube (river)11,Aude,Carcassonne,Occitanie,26 February 1790,11,Aude (river)12,Aveyron,Rodez,Occitanie,26 February 1790,12,Aveyron (river)13,Bouches-du-Rhne,Marseille,Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur,26 February 1790,13,Rhne (river)14,Calvados,Caen,Normandy,26 February 1790,14,"Latin calva dorsa (""bare backs""), referring to two offshore rocks"15,Cantal,Aurillac,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,26 February 1790,15,Mounts of Cantal16,Charente,Angoulme,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,16,Charente (river)17,Charente-Maritime,La Rochelle,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,17,Charente (river)18,Cher,Bourges,Centre-Val de Loire,26 February 1790,18,Cher (river)19,Corrze,Tulle,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,19,Corrze (river)20,Corse-du-Sud,Ajaccio,Corsica,01-Jan-79,2A,Island of Corsica and South cardinal direction21,Haute-Corse,Bastia,Corsica,01-Jan-79,2B,Island of Corsica22,Cte-d'Or,Dijon,Bourgogne-Franche-Comt,26 February 1790,21,"Autumn color of Burgundy vineyards (""Golden Slope"")."23,Ctes-d'Armor,Saint-Brieuc,Brittany,26 February 1790,22,coasts of Armorica24,Creuse,Guret,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,23,Creuse (river)25,Dordogne,Prigueux,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,24,Dordogne (river)26,Doubs,Besanon,Bourgogne-Franche-Comt,26 February 1790,25,Doubs (river)27,Drme,Valence,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,26 February 1790,26,Drme (river)28,Eure,vreux,Normandy,26 February 1790,27,Eure (river)29,Eure-et-Loir,Chartres,Centre-Val de Loire,26 February 1790,28,Eure and Loir rivers30,Finistre,Quimper,Brittany,26 February 1790,29,"Latin Finis Terrae (""end of earth"")"31,Gard,Nmes,Occitanie,26 February 1790,30,Occitan name for Gardon river32,Haute-Garonne,Toulouse,Occitanie,26 February 1790,31,Garonne (river)33,Gers,Auch,Occitanie,26 February 1790,32,Gers (river)34,Gironde,Bordeaux,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,33,Gironde estuary35,Hrault,Montpellier,Occitanie,26 February 1790,34,Hrault (river)36,Ille-et-Vilaine,Rennes,Brittany,26 February 1790,35,Ille and Vilaine rivers37,Indre,Chteauroux,Centre-Val de Loire,26 February 1790,36,Indre (river)38,Indre-et-Loire,Tours,Centre-Val de Loire,26 February 1790,37,Indre and Loire rivers39,Isre,Grenoble,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,26 February 1790,38,Isre (river)40,Jura,Lons-le-Saunier,Bourgogne-Franche-Comt,26 February 1790,39,Jura Mountains41,Landes,Mont-de-Marsan,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,40,Heathlands (lande) that dominated the region at the time42,Loir-et-Cher,Blois,Centre-Val de Loire,26 February 1790,41,Loir and Cher rivers43,Loire,Saint-tienne,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,12 August 1793,42,Loire (river)44,Haute-Loire,Le Puy-en-Velay,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,26 February 1790,43,Loire (river)45,Loire-Atlantique,Nantes,Pays de la Loire,26 February 1790,44,Loire (river) and Atlantic Ocean46,Loiret,Orlans,Centre-Val de Loire,26 February 1790,45,Loiret (river)47,Lot,Cahors,Occitanie,26 February 1790,46,Lot (river)48,Lot-et-Garonne,Agen,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,47,Lot and Garonne rivers49,Lozre,Mende,Occitanie,26 February 1790,48,Mont Lozre50,Maine-et-Loire,Angers,Pays de la Loire,26 February 1790,49,Maine and Loire rivers51,Manche,Saint-L,Normandy,26 February 1790,50,English Channel52,Marne,Chlons-en-Champagne,Grand Est,26 February 1790,51,Marne (river)53,Haute-Marne,Chaumont,Grand Est,26 February 1790,52,Marne (river)54,Mayenne,Laval,Pays de la Loire,26 February 1790,53,Mayenne (river)55,Meurthe-et-Moselle,Nancy,Grand Est,7 September 1871,54,Meurthe and Moselle rivers56,Meuse,Bar-le-Duc,Grand Est,26 February 1790,55,Meuse (river)57,Morbihan,Vannes,Brittany,26 February 1790,56,Gulf of Morbihan58,Moselle,Metz,Grand Est,26 February 1790,57,Moselle (river)59,Nivre,Nevers,Bourgogne-Franche-Comt,26 February 1790,58,Nivre (river)60,Nord,Lille,Hauts-de-France,26 February 1790,59,North cardinal direction61,Oise,Beauvais,Hauts-de-France,26 February 1790,60,Oise (river)62,Orne,Alenon,Normandy,26 February 1790,61,Orne (river)63,Pas-de-Calais,Arras,Hauts-de-France,26 February 1790,62,Strait of Dover64,Puy-de-Dme,Clermont-Ferrand,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,26 February 1790,63,Puy de Dme volcano65,Pyrnes-Atlantiques,Pau,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,64,Pyrenees mountains and Atlantic Ocean66,Hautes-Pyrnes,Tarbes,Occitanie,26 February 1790,65,Pyrenees mountains67,Pyrnes-Orientales,Perpignan,Occitanie,26 February 1790,66,Pyrenees mountains and East cardinal direction68,Bas-Rhin,Strasbourg,Grand Est,26 February 1790,67,Rhine (river)69,Haut-Rhin,Colmar,Grand Est,26 February 1790,68,Rhine (river)70,Rhne,Lyon (provisional),Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,12 August 1793,69D,Rhne (river)71,Lyon Metropolis,Lyon,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,01-Jan-15,69M,commune of Lyon72,Haute-Sane,Vesoul,Bourgogne-Franche-Comt,26 February 1790,70,Sane (river)73,Sane-et-Loire,Mcon,Bourgogne-Franche-Comt,26 February 1790,71,Sane and Loire rivers74,Sarthe,Le Mans,Pays de la Loire,26 February 1790,72,Sarthe (river)75,Savoie,Chambry,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,15 June 1860,73,region of Savoy76,Haute-Savoie,Annecy,Auvergne-Rhne-Alpes,15 June 1860,74,region of Savoy77,Paris,Paris,le-de-France,01-Jan-68,75,commune of Paris78,Seine-Maritime,Rouen,Normandy,26 February 1790,76,Seine (river)79,Seine-et-Marne,Melun,le-de-France,26 February 1790,77,Seine and Marne rivers80,Yvelines,Versailles,le-de-France,01-Jan-68,78,Forest of Yvelines81,Deux-Svres,Niort,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,79,Svre Nantaise and Svre Niortaise rivers82,Somme,Amiens,Hauts-de-France,26 February 1790,80,Somme (river)83,Tarn,Albi,Occitanie,26 February 1790,81,Tarn (river)84,Tarn-et-Garonne,Montauban,Occitanie,4 November 1808,82,Tarn and Garonne rivers85,Var,Toulon,Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur,26 February 1790,83,Var (river)86,Vaucluse,Avignon,Provence-Alpes-Cte d'Azur,25 June 1793,84,Fontaine de Vaucluse spring87,Vende,La Roche-sur-Yon,Pays de la Loire,26 February 1790,85,Vende (river)88,Vienne,Poitiers,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,86,Vienne (river)89,Haute-Vienne,Limoges,Nouvelle-Aquitaine,26 February 1790,87,Vienne (river)90,Vosges,pinal,Grand Est,26 February 1790,88,Vosges Mountains91,Yonne,Auxerre,Bourgogne-Franche-Comt,26 February 1790,89,Yonne (river)92,Territoire de Belfort,Belfort,Bourgogne-Franche-Comt,11-Mar-22,90,commune of Belfort93,Essonne,vry,le-de-France,01-Jan-68,91,Essonne (river)94,Hauts-de-Seine,Nanterre,le-de-France,01-Jan-68,92,Seine (river)95,Seine-Saint-Denis,Bobigny,le-de-France,01-Jan-68,93,Seine (river) and commune of Saint-Denis96,Val-de-Marne,Crteil,le-de-France,01-Jan-68,94,Marne (river)97,Val-d'Oise,Pontoise,le-de-France,01-Jan-68,95,Oise (river)98,Guadeloupe,Basse-Terre,Guadeloupe,19-Mar-46,971,Island of Guadeloupe99,Martinique,Fort-de-France,Martinique,19-Mar-46,972,Island of Martinique100,Guyane,Cayenne,French Guiana,19-Mar-46,973,The Guianas101,La Runion,Saint-Denis,Runion,19-Mar-46,974,Island of Runion102,Mayotte,Mamoudzou,Mayotte,"9 August 200931 March 2011",976,Island of Mayotte,,,,,,https://www.downloadexcelfiles.com/,,,,,,