An arrondissement ( UK : / æ ˈ r ɒ n d iː s m ɒ̃ , ˌ æ r ɒ n ˈ d iː s m ɒ̃ / , US : / æ ˌ r ɒ n d iː s ˈ m ɒ̃ , - ˌ r oʊ n -, ə ˈ r ɒ n d ɪ s m ə n t / , French: [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃] ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium , Haiti , certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands .
5-443: Idabato is a commune and arrondissement in the Ndian département , Southwest Province , western Cameroon . This Cameroon location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arrondissement The 101 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements , which may be roughly translated into English as districts . The capital of an arrondissement
10-421: A subdivision of the commune , used in the three largest cities: Paris, Lyon , and Marseille . It functions as an even lower administrative division, with its own mayor. Although usually referred to simply as an "arrondissement", they should not be confused with departmental arrondissements , which are groupings of communes within one département . The official translation into English is "district". Belgium
15-475: Is a federalized country which geographically consists of three regions, of which only Flanders (Flemish Region) and Wallonia (Walloon Region) are subdivided into five provinces each; the Brussels-Capital Region is neither a province nor is it part of one. In Belgium, there are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas. In
20-400: Is called a subprefecture . When an arrondissement contains the prefecture (capital) of the department, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture. Arrondissements are further divided into cantons and communes . A municipal arrondissement (French: arrondissement municipal , pronounced [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃ mynisipal] ), is
25-830: The Netherlands an arrondissement is a judicial jurisdiction. Subdivisions of the canton of Bern include districts since 2010, which are called arrondissements administratifs in French. In some post-Soviet states , there are cities that are divided into municipal raioni similar to how some French cities are divided into municipal arrondissements (see e.g. Raions of cities in Ukraine , Municipal divisions of Russia , Administrative divisions of Minsk , Tashkent in Uzbekistan). Most nations in Africa that have been colonized by France have retained
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