^2 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence was known as Basses-Alpes ('Lower Alps') until 1970
^3 Charente-Maritime was known as Charente-Inférieure ('Lower Charente') until 1941
^4 Côtes-d'Armor was known as Côtes-du-Nord ('Coasts of the North') until 1990
^5 Gironde was known as Bec-d'Ambès ('Beak of Ambès') from 1793 until 1795. The Convention eliminated the name to avoid recalling the outlawed Girondin political faction.
^6 Loire-Atlantique was known as Loire-Inférieure ('Loire bassa') nfin al 1957
^7 Maine-et-Loire was known as Mayenne-et-Loire (Mayenne and Loire rufs) until 1791
^8 Pyrénées-Atlantiques was known as Basses-Pyrénées ('Lower Pyrenees') until 1969
^13 Number 92 was formerly assigned to Oran, in French Algeria
^14 Number 93 was formerly assigned to Constantine, in French Algeria
^15 The prefecture of Val-d'Oise was established in Pontoise when the department was created, but moved de facto to the neighbouring commune of Cergy; currently, both part of the ville nouvelle of Cergy-Pontoise
^19Corsica was divided into two departments (Golo and Liamone) from 1793 to 1811, and again into two departments (Corse-du-Sud, number 2A, and Haute-Corse, number 2B) in 1975. As of 2019, Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse are still administrative departments, although they no longer have the status of departmental "territorial collectivities": region and department functions have been managed by a "single territorial collectivity" since 2018.
Regions y dipartimënc de la Franzia metropolitana; i numeri ie chëi dl codesc INSEE (ora de la Corsica, che mostra la divijion de l'ijula nfin al 2018, y la dijivion de la metropoli de Lyon da Rhône che ne ie nia da udëi).I dipartimënc che cunfina cul chemun de Paris; i numeri ie chëi dl codesc INSEE.
