List of communal coats of arms with the scallop shell in France

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This article contains the list of communal coats of arms with the scallop shell in France .

As scallops or scallops are two closely related species of mussels referred both to the genus Pecten belong. The name scallop goes back to Saint James , the patron saint of pilgrims , whose distinguishing mark is the shell.

Ain department (01)

location

The Ain department , officially Département de l'Ain, is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and got its name from the river of the same name .
It is divided into the four arrondissements of Belly , Bourg-en-Bresse , Gex and Nantua as well as 23 cantons and 408 municipalities.
The seat of the prefecture is Bourg-en-Bresse .

Arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse

Arrondissement of Gex

Aisne department (02)

location

In the north of France, on the border with Belgium , lies the Aisne department named after the river Aisne .
It is divided into the five arrondissements of Château-Thierry , Laon , Saint-Quentin , Soissons and Vervins as well as 21 cantons and 804 municipalities.
The seat of the prefecture is Laon .

Arrondissement of Château-Thierry

Arrondissement of Laon

Arrondissement of Saint-Quentin

Vervins arrondissement

Allier department (03)

location

In the center of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , lies the Allier department . It is named after the Allier river that flows through the department .
Allier encompasses most of the historic Bourbonnais county , home of the Bourbon family .
The department is divided into the three arrondissements of Montluçon , Moulins and Vichy as well as 19 cantons and 317 communes.
The seat of the prefecture is Moulins .

Arrondissement of Montluçon

Arrondissement of Moulins

Arrondissement of Vichy

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)

location

The Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in south-eastern France.
The department is divided into the four arrondissements of Barcelonnette , Castellane , Digne-les-Bains and Forcalquier with 15 cantons and 198 municipalities.
The seat of the prefecture is Digne-les-Bains .

Arrondissement of Forcalquier

Hautes-Alpes department (05)

location

The Hautes-Alpes department is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region , in south-eastern France, on the Italian border . It was so named because - apart from the peaks of the Mont-Blanc group in the Haute-Savoie department - the highest mountains in France are located here. The department is divided into the two arrondissements Briançon and Gap with 15 cantons and 163 communes. The seat of the prefecture is Gap .

Briançon arrondissement

Arrondissement Gap

Alpes-Maritimes (06)

location

The Alpes-Maritimes department lies on the Mediterranean Sea and extends from the Côte d'Azur into the Alpine hinterland. Alpes Maritimes (German Maritime Alps ) is also the French name of this part of the Alps that forms the border mountains between France and Italy . The department is divided into the two arrondissements of Grasse and Nice with a total of 27 cantons and 163 communes.
The seat of the prefecture is Nice .

Arrondissement of Grasse

Arrondissement of Nice

Ardeche Department (07)

location

The Ardèche is in the Region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes . It was determined by the flow Ardèche named, which rises in the west of the department, cuts through the southern part and Pont Saint Esprit ( Gard ) in the Rhône , which forms the eastern border of the department, opens .
The department is divided into the three arrondissements Largentière , Privas and Tournon-sur-Rhône with a total of 17 cantons and 335 communes.
The seat of the prefecture is Privas .

Arrondissement Largentière

Ardennes department (08)

location

In the north-east of France, in the Grand Est region , lies the Ardennes department . It was named after the low mountain range of the Ardennes .
The department is divided into the four arrondissements Charleville-Mézières , Rethel , Sedan and Vouziers , 19 cantons and 449 communes.
The seat of the prefecture is Charleville-Mézières .

Arrondissement of Rethel

Arrondissement Sedan

Arrondissement of Vouziers

Ariège department (09)

The Ariège department lies on the border with Spain and Andorra in the southeast of the Occitania region . The main town is Foix .

Aube department (10)

The Aube department is located in north-east France, in the Grand Est region . It was named after the river Aube and is home to the largest European cultivation area of industrial hemp .

Aude department (11)

In the southern French region of Occitania on the western Mediterranean coast , north of the Pyrenees , lies the Aude department . It is flowed through by the eponymous Aude .

Aveyron Department (12)

location

The Aveyron department is located in the Occitania region of southern France and was named after the Aveyron River , a tributary of the Tarn .
The department is divided into the three arrondissements Millau , Rodez and Villefranche-de-Rouergue as well as 23 cantons and 285 communes.
The seat of the prefecture is in Rodez .

Arrondissement of Rodez

Arrondissement of Villefranche-de-Rouergue

Calvados Department (14)

location

The Calvados department is located in northern France, in the Normandy region . It is named after the reefs called Plateau du Calvados , which are off the coast in this area. The seat of the prefecture is Caen .
The department is divided into the four arrondissements of Bayeux , Caen , Lisieux and Vire as well as 25 cantons and 537 communes.

Bayeux arrondissement

Arrondissement of Caen

Arrondissement of Lisieux

Cantal Department (15)

The Cantal department is located in the central region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and is named after the second highest mountain in the Massif Central , the Plomb du Cantal (1858 m). The department gives its name to the Cantal cheese .

Charente Department (16)

The Charente is located in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the west of the country and after the river Charente named. It is divided into 3 arrondissements, 19 cantons and 366 communes.

Charente-Maritime Department (17)

location

The Charente-Maritime department is located in the west of the country in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the Atlantic coast. The seat of the prefecture is the old fortified town of La Rochelle .
The department is divided into the five arrondissements Jonzac , La Rochelle , Rochefort , Saintes and Saint-Jean-d'Angély as well as 27 cantons and 466 communes.

Arrondissement of La Rochelle

Arrondissement of Rochefort

Arrondissement of Saintes

Cher (18)

The Cher department is located in the middle of the country in the Center-Val de Loire region and is named after the Cher river .

Corrèze department (19)

The Corrèze department is named after the Corrèze river . It is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.

Côte-d'Or department (21)

location

The Département Côte-d'Or is located in the east of the country, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, and is named after a geological escarpment that is shaped by viticulture and runs south from Dijon via Beaune . It is divided into the three arrondissements of Beaune , Dijon and Montbard as well as 43 cantons and 704 municipalities.
The seat of the prefecture is Dijon.

Arrondissement of Beaune

Arrondissement of Dijon

Arrondissement of Montbard

Côtes-d'Armor (22)

location

The Département Côtes-d'Armor ( Bret. Aodoù an Arvor ) is one of the four departments of the Brittany region . Until 1990 the department was named Côtes-du-Nord (Bret. Aodoù an Hanternoz ). The seat of the prefecture is Saint-Brieuc .
The department is divided into the four arrondissements of Dinan , Guingamp , Lannion and Saint-Brieuc as well as 27 cantons and 355 communes.

Arrondissement of Dinan

Arrondissement of Guingamp

Arrondissement of Lannion

Arrondissement of Saint-Brieuc

Creuse department (23)

The Creuse department ( Cruesa in Occitan ) is located in central France, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , and is named after the Creuse river .

Dordogne Department (24)

The Dordogne department is located in southwest France, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, and is named after the Dordogne river .

Doubs department (25)

The Doubs department is located in the east of the country, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and is named after the Doubs river .

Drôme Department (26)

The Drôme department is located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and was named after the Drôme river , a tributary of the Rhone .

Department Eure (27)

The Eure department is located in the Normandy region in the north of the country; it is named after the river Eure .

Eure-et-Loir department (28)

The Eure-et-Loir department is located in the middle of the country in the Center-Val de Loire region and is named after the Eure and Loir rivers .

Finistère (29)

The Finistère department is the westernmost continental department of France and part of the Brittany region . This is why it was given the name Finis Terrae (end of the earth) as early as Roman times , the Breton name is Penn ar Bed (beginning, top or head of the world).

Gard (30)

The Gard department is located in the south of the country in the Occitania region and was named after the Gard river , a tributary of the Rhône.

Haute-Garonne department (31)

The Haute-Garonne department is located in the south of the country in the Occitania region , on the border with Spain , and was named after the upper reaches of the Garonne River.

Gers Department (32)

The Gers department is located in southwest France, in the Occitanie region , and was named after the Gers River , a tributary of the Garonne .

Gironde Department (33)

location

The Gironde department is located in the west of the country in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and is named after the Gironde estuary , which is created in the department by the confluence of the Dordogne and Garonne rivers . With an area of ​​9,975 km², it is the second largest French department after French Guiana . The department is divided into the six arrondissements of Arcachon , Blaye , Bordeaux , Langon , Lesparre-Médoc and Libourne as well as 33 cantons and 538 communes . The seat of the prefecture is Bordeaux .

Arcachon arrondissement

Arrondissement of Blaye

Arrondissement of Bordeaux

Arrondissement of Langon

Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc

Arrondissement of Libourne

Department of Hérault (34)

The Hérault department is located in the south of the country in the Occitanie region and was named after the Hérault river . The main town of the department is Montpellier .

Department Ille-et-Vilaine (35)

The French department of Ille-et-Vilaine ( Breton : Il-ha-Gwilen ) is the 35th department in alphabetical order. It is located in the north-west of France and forms the easternmost department of the Brittany region .

Indre Department (36)

The Indre département with the capital Châteauroux is located in the middle of the country, in the Center-Val de Loire region , and was named after the Indre river .

Indre-et-Loire department (37)

The Indre-et-Loire department is located in the center of France, in the Center-Val de Loire region, and was named after the Indre and Loire rivers . The department includes the historic Touraine region .

Isère (38)

The Isère department is located in the south-east of the country, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and is named after the Isère river .

Jura Department (39)

Location of the department

The Jura is located in the east of the country in the Region Bourgogne Franche-Comté on the border between France and Switzerland and is named after the mountain Jura named.

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Évans in the canton of Mont-sous-Vaudrey in the Arrondissement of Dole .

Landes (40)

The Landes department is located in southwest France, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region . The name is a plural ( les Landes , département des Landes ; Gascognisch las Lanas ) and is derived from the name of the formerly dominant heathland (French: land ), which has become the largest contiguous forest area in Western Europe since the great reforestation on the orders of Napoleon , known as Les Landes (the Landes) .

Loir-et-Cher department (41)

The Loir-et-Cher department is located in the middle of the country, in the Center-Val de Loire region , and is named after the Cher and Loir rivers .

Loire Department (42)

The Loire department is located in the south-east of the country, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , and was named after the Loire river .

Haute-Loire Department (43)

The Haute-Loire department is located in the center of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , and is named after the upper reaches of the Loire , whose headwaters are located here.

Loire-Atlantique (44)

The Loire-Atlantique department ( Breton : Liger-Atlantel ) belongs to the Pays de la Loire region and historic Brittany , but not to the modern administrative region of the same name, from which it was separated by the Vichy regime in 1941.

Loiret Department (45)

The Loiret department is located in the middle of France, in the Center-Val de Loire region , and is named after the Loiret river .

Lot (46)

The Lot department is located in the south of the country in the Occitanie region and was named after the Lot , a tributary of the Garonne .

Lot-et-Garonne department (47)

The Lot-et-Garonne department is located in the south-west of the country, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , and is named after the Lot and Garonne rivers .

Lozère department (48)

The Lozère department, which is over 5,000 km² in size, is located in the south of France, in the Occitanie region , and is named after the Mont Lozère mountain range in the Cevennes National Park .

Maine-et-Loire Department (49)

The Maine-et-Loire department is located in the west of the country, in the Pays de la Loire region , and essentially comprises the historic Anjou region .

Manche (50)

The department of Manche, created in the context of the French Revolution on March 4, 1790 as part of the historical province of Normandy , is located in northern France, in the Normandy region, and was named after the English Channel ( French: La Manche ).

Marne Department (51)

The Marne department is located in north-eastern France, in the Grand Est region . It was named after the Marne River. The capital is Châlons-en-Champagne , the most culturally important city is Reims . In the department lies the Champagne , which is world famous for the champagne produced there .

Haute-Marne department (52)

The Haute-Marne department is located in the Grand Est region and is named after the Marne River.

Mayenne Department (53)

The Mayenne department with the capital Laval is located in the western region of the Pays de la Loire .

Meurthe-et-Moselle (54)

location

The Meurthe-et-Moselle department is located in the Grand Est region and is named after the Meurthe and Moselle rivers . The capital ( prefecture , French préfecture ) is Nancy , sub-prefectures are Briey , Lunéville and Toul .

Arrondissement of Briey

The Arrondissement of Briey is divided into ten cantons and 130 municipalities.

Arrondissement of Lunéville

The Arrondissement of Lunéville is divided into nine cantons and 164 municipalities.

Nancy arrondissement

The Arrondissement of Nancy consists of 20 cantons and 188 communes.

Arrondissement of Toul

The arrondissement of Toul with the main town of Toul consists of five cantons and 112 municipalities.

Meuse department (55)

location

The Meuse department is also located in the Grand Est region and is named after the Meuse (Maas) river of the same name . Its prefecture is Bar-le-Duc , sub-prefectures are Commercy and Verdun .
The department is divided into 3 arrondissements, 17 cantons and 501 communes

Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc

The Arrondissement Bar-le-Duc with the prefecture Bar-le-Duc is divided into nine cantons and 109 municipalities.

Arrondissement of Commercy

The Arrondissement Commercy with the sub-prefecture Commercy consists of seven cantons and 136 municipalities.

Arrondissement of Verdun

The arrondissement of Verdun with the seat of the sub-prefecture is Verdun consists of 15 cantons and 255 communes.

Morbihan Department (56)

location

The Morbihan department was named after the Breton name of the gulf of the same name, Mor Bihan (little sea) ( Gulf of Morbihan ). It is in the south of Brittany . The small sea is separated from the Atlantic by the Locmariaquer peninsula and the Rhuys peninsula . The Morbihan department is divided into 3 arrondissements, 21 cantons and 253 communes.

Arrondissement of Vannes

The arrondissement of Vannes is located in the south-east of the Brittany region, the administrative seat (prefecture) is Vannes . It is divided into 10 cantons and 123 municipalities.

Moselle Department (57)

location

The Moselle department is located in the east of France, in the Grand Est region, and is named after the river Moselle (French spelling: Moselle ); The capital of the department is Metz .
It is divided into five arrondissements, 27 cantons and 727 municipalities.

Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle

In the north, the arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle borders on the German Saarland, in the east on the arrondissement Sarreguemines, in the south on the arrondissement Sarrebourg-Château-Salins, in the west on the arrondissement Metz and in the northwest on the arrondissement Thionville; The location of the sub-prefecture is the city of Forbach .

Arrondissement of Metz

Arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins

The Arrondissement of Sarrebourg-Château-Salins includes large parts of the Lorraine Regional Nature Park from the valley of the Seille in the west over the lake area around the Étang de Gondrexange and the Linderweiher and the upper Saar valley to the northwestern foothills of the Vosges in the east. In the north the arrondissement borders on the arrondissements Forbach-Boulay-Moselle and Sarreguemines, in the east on the Alsatian department Bas-Rhin, in the south and southwest on the department Meurthe-et-Moselle and in the north-west on the arrondissement Metz. The location of the sub-prefecture is the city of Sarrebourg .

Sarreguemines arrondissement

The Arrondissement of Sarreguemines consists of three cantons, which are divided into 83 municipalities.

Arrondissement of Thionville

The Arrondissement Thionville comprises the north-western area of ​​the Moselle department with the Moselle as the central river. In the east it extends to the lowlands on the border with Saarland, in the north to the Luxembourg border. The area around Thionville and Hayange was the center of the Lorraine coal and steel industry for a long time, but it has lost its former importance. In the southeast, the Arrondissement Thionville borders on the Arrondissement Forbach-Boulay-Moselle, in the south on the Arrondissement Metz and in the west on the Arrondissement Briey in the Department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. The location of the sub-prefecture is the city of Thionville .

Nièvre Department (58)

The Nièvre department is located in the center of the country, in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté and after the river Nièvre named. The seat of the prefecture is Nevers .

North Department (59)

The Nord department is located in the Hauts-de-France region in the north of the country on the Belgian border and is the most populous department in France. In the far northwest is the coast of the North Sea at the entrance to the English Channel .

Oise department (60)

The Oise department is located in the Picardy region in the north of the country and is named after the river Oise . The official name is formed according to French language usage with a genitive: Département de l'Oise .

Orne Department (61)

location

The Orne department was named after the Orne river . It is located in the north of the country, in the region of Normandy , and is divided into three arrondissements, 21 cantons and 394 municipalities.

Argentan arrondissement

The Arrondissement Argentan is located in the north of the department, it is divided into eleven cantons and 226 municipalities.

Arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche

The arrondissement of Mortagne-au-Perche is located in the southwest of the Orne department and is divided into seven cantons and 146 communes.

Pas-de-Calais (62)

The Pas-de-Calais is located in the north of the country in the region Hauts-de-France and by the Straits Dover Straits (Straits of Calais, pas stands for passage ), the France of England separates named. Its administrative seat is in Arras .

Puy-de-Dôme Department (63)

The Puy-de-Dome is located in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and is named after the mountain de Puy Dôme in the Massif Central named.

Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64)

The department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques is the department with the serial number 64. It is located in the extreme southwest of the country in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and is named after the Pyrenees and the Atlantic Ocean .

Hautes-Pyrénées (65)

The Hautes-Pyrénées department is located in the south of the country on the Spanish border in the Occitania region in the Central Pyrenees .

Pyrénées-Orientales (66)

The Pyrénées-Orientales department with the serial number 66 is located in the southwest of the country in the Occitania region on the Spanish border and was named after its location on the eastern edge of the Pyrenees .

Bas-Rhin department (67)

location

The Bas-Rhin (German: Lower Rhine ) department is located in eastern France and, together with the Haut-Rhin (German: Upper Rhine ) department, forms the Alsace . The names of both departments come from the course of the Rhine in France, which forms its state border with Germany . In German, Bas-Rhin is also known as Lower Alsace . According to a survey, 46 percent of the population still speak an indigenous Alemannic dialect. This means that the dialect is more widespread here than in the Haut-Rhin department.
The département is divided into 5 arrondissements, 23 cantons and 526 communes

Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg

The Arrondissement Haguenau-Wissembourg was created on January 1, 2015 through the merger of the Arrondissements Wissembourg and Haguenau.

Arrondissement of Saverne

Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein

The Arrondissement of Sélestat-Erstein is divided into three cantons. The administrative seat of the arrondissement is Sélestat (Eng .: Schlettstadt ).

Arrondissement of Strasbourg

The arrondissement of Strasbourg is divided into the cantons of Hœnheim , Illkirch-Graffenstaden , Lingolsheim , Schiltigheim , Strasbourg-1 , Strasbourg-2 , Strasbourg-3 , Strasbourg-4 , Strasbourg-5 and Strasbourg-6 ; in addition, the three municipalities in the canton of Brumath , Eckwersheim , Vendenheim and La Wantzenau , belong to the arrondissement, as they belong to the Eurométropole de Strasbourg .

Haut-Rhin (68)

location

The department Haut-Rhin ( Upper Rhine , literally Upper Rhine ) is the department with the ordinal number 68. It is located in Alsace in the east of the country and is adjacent to the other Alsatian department Bas-Rhin (German Lower Rhine ), named after its location closer to the source on the Rhine , which forms the border with Germany .

Arrondissement Altkirch

Arrondissement of Colmar-Ribeauvillé

Rhône department (69)

The Rhône department is located in the southeast of the country in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and was named after the Rhone river .

Haute-Saône (70)

The Haute-Saône department is located in eastern France, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . Its name is derived from the Saône river .

Saône-et-Loire (71)

The Saône-et-Loire department is the department with serial number 71. It is located in eastern France, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region , and is named after the Saône and Loire rivers .

Sarthe Department (72)

The Sarthe department , named after the Sarthe river , is located in the north-west of the country, in the Pays de la Loire region .

Department of Savoie (73)

The Savoie department, named after the Savoy landscape , is located in eastern France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , on the border with Italy .

Haute-Savoie (74)

The Haute-Savoie department ( dt. Haute Savoie and Haute Savoie ) is located in the east of the country, in the region Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and is also named after the landscape Savoy. The capital of the department is Annecy .

Seine-Maritime Department (76)

The Seine-Maritime department is located in the north of the country in the Normandy region and is named after the Seine River and its maritime location.

Seine-et-Marne department (77)

The Seine-et-Marne department is located in the Île-de-France region of France , east of Paris , and is named after the Seine and Marne rivers .

Yvelines Department (78)

The Yvelines department is located in the western part of the Île-de-France region, in the greater Paris area, and is named after the former name of the Rambouillet forest .

Deux-Sèvres (79)

The Deux-Sèvres department is located in the west of the country, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , and is named after the Sèvre Niortaise and Sèvre Nantaise rivers .

Somme department (80)

The Somme department is the department with serial number 80. It is located in northern France, in the Picardy region, and is named after the Somme river .

Tarn (81)

The Tarn department is named after the Tarn river and is located in the agricultural region of Occitania in the south of the country. The capital of the department is Albi , the birthplace of the painter Toulouse-Lautrec .

Tarn-et-Garonne department (82)

The Tarn-et-Garonne department is located in the south of France, in the Occitanie region . It is named after the Tarn and Garonne rivers .

Var department (83)

The Var department is located in the southeast of the country, in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur and is after the river Var named, which no longer belongs to the department but since 1859th

Vaucluse department (84)

The Département Vaucluse, named after the place of the same name (today: Fontaine-de-Vaucluse ), is located in the southeastern region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur .

Vendée (85)

The Vendée department is located in western France, in the Pays de la Loire region, and is named after the Vendée river .

Vienne Department (86)

The Vienne department is located in the west of the country in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and is named after the Vienne river .

Vosges department (88)

The Vosges department is located in the east of the country in the Grand Est region and is named after the Vosges low mountain range (French: Vosges ). Its prefecture is in Épinal , sub-prefectures are Neufchâteau and Saint-Dié-des-Vosges .

Yonne Department (89)

The Yonne department is located in the north-east of the country, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and is named after the Yonne river ; In Gallic times this bore the name of the river goddess Icauna .

Territoire de Belfort (90)

The Territoire de Belfort is a department in the east of the country, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . The main town is Belfort .

Essonne Department (91)

The Essonne department is located in the Île-de-France region . It is named after the Essonne River.

Val-d'Oise department (95)

location

The Val-d'Oise department The Val-d'Oise department is located in the Île-de-France region in the greater Paris area and is named after the river Oise (Oise Valley) , it is divided into 5 arrondissements, 23 cantons and 526 Communities

Arrondissement of Pontoise

The Arrondissement Pontoise with administrative headquarters in Pontoise is located in the north-west of the department. It is divided into eleven cantons and 117 municipalities.

Sarcelles arrondissement

The Arrondissement Sarcelles is located in the east of the department and is divided into ten cantons and 61 municipalities.

See also

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Etude sur le dialecte alsacien. Accessed February 4, 2014