Editing Subprefectures in France

{{Short description|Administrative division of France}}
[[Image:Verdun sous-prefecture 4juni2006 045.jpg|thumb|200px|Subprefecture building in [[Verdun]], Meuse]]
[[Image:Langon 009.jpg|thumb|200px|Subprefecture building in [[Langon, Gironde]]]]
In [[France]], a '''subprefecture''' ({{langx|fr|sous-préfecture}}) is the [[Communes of France|commune]] which is the administrative centre of a [[Arrondissements in France|departmental arrondissement]] that does not contain the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] for its [[Departments of France|department]]. The term also applies to the building that houses the administrative headquarters for an arrondissement.<ref>[http://www.senat.fr/rap/r16-420/r16-42010.html "Sous-préfectures : l'État à proximité"], [[Senate (France)|Senate]] (in French).</ref>

The [[civil servant]] in charge of a subprefecture is the [[subprefect]], assisted by a [[Secretary (title)|general secretary]]. Between May 1982 and February 1988, subprefects were known instead by the title Deputy Commissioner of the Republic (''commissaire adjoint de la République''). Where the administration of an arrondissement is carried out from a prefecture, the general secretary to the prefect carries out duties equivalent to those of the subprefect.

The [[Municipal arrondissement in France|municipal arrondissements]] of [[Paris]], [[Lyon]] and [[Marseille]] are divisions of the [[Communes of France|commune]] rather than the prefecture. They are not arrondissements in the same sense.

==See also==
*[[Prefectures in France]]
*[[List of subprefectures of France]]
*[[List of arrondissements of France]]

==References==
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