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Meanings of département in English
Russian
департамент франции Portuguese
departamento francês Catalan
departament de frança Spanish
departamento frances 
Subdivision of a region of France.
Russian
комунны буркина фасо Portuguese
departamentos de burkina faso Spanish
departamentos de burkina faso 
Administrative division and commune of Burkina Faso.
Synonyms
Examples for "communes"
Examples for "communes"
1
The vitality of the national movement resided entirely in the local communes.
2
The Charter of Amiens served as the model for many other communes.
3
In the twelve provinces there are now sixty-five communes, several comprising cantons.
4
Native communes are organized on the same plan as those last mentioned.
5
The canton is divided into eleven administrative districts, and contains 241 communes.
1
M. Thiers has addressed the following Circular to the Departements:-
2
It is now nationwide except for a few departements in the northeast & a couple in the southwest.
3
Hollande's Socialist party limped in third and was set to lose half of the 61 departements it held before the election.
4
The fifth largest of France's departements, Aveyron is also one the most sparsely populated, with less than 300,000 inhabitants.
5
But that still represents less than 2 percent of the total and the FN did not manage to win control of any of the departements.
Term for an administrative territorial entity in some countries.
Related terms
Usage of département in English
1
Following this year's start in the Netherlands the 2016 race returns to France, with a Grand Départ in the Manche département.
2
We went for two days to "Pout," Casimir Périer's fine place in the département de l'Aube, where we had capital shooting.
3
During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, unrest spread to three more administrative départements in the Paris region.
4
This is quite an achievement for a population estimated at 250 adults, spread over 12 départements.
5
Now there are more than 5,000 spread over at least 58 départements, with half in the Paris area.
6
The left scored just over 50 per cent in the regions, and nearly 52 per cent in the départements.
Translations for département
Russian
Portuguese
Département through the time