department
Département (French-speaking area) or Department (English-speaking area) stands for:
political-territorial units in the following states:
- Benin, see Departments of Benin
- Burkina Faso, see administrative division of Burkina Faso
- Ivory Coast, see Départements of Ivory Coast
- France, see Département
- Haiti, see Départements of Haiti
- Republic of the Congo, see Departments of the Republic of the Congo
- Niger, see Niger's administrative structure
- Senegal, see Départements des Senegal
- Chad, see administrative structure of Chad
historically also in:
- Grand Duchy of Berg, see administrative units in the Grand Duchy of Berg
- Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
- Kingdom of Westphalia, see list of departments in the Kingdom of Westphalia
Organs of the state executive - today:
- in Switzerland the federal departments, ministries of the federal government (since 1848), some cantons and some municipalities.
- for the federal departments, see Federal Council (Switzerland) , Federal Administration (Switzerland) , Federal Department (in general, see Ministry )
- For departments of the cantons, see the respective canton article, for an overview see canton (Switzerland)
- USA, Department , see List of United States Departments
and in the story:
- 1723–1808 the War and Domain Chamber Department in Prussia , see General-Ober-Finanz-War- und Domainen -directory
- 1848–1918 the Grand Ducal Military Department in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg as the highest administrative authority of the Mecklenburg military
See also:
Wiktionary: Department - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: Department - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
