What is Subprefectures in France?
[[Image:Verdun sous-prefecture 4juni2006 045.jpg|thumb|200px|A subprefecture in [[Verdun]], [[Meuse (department)|Meuse]]]] [[Image:Langon 009.jpg|thumb|200px|A subprefecture in [[Langon, Gironde|Langon]], [[Gironde]]]] In France, a '''subprefecture''' ({{lang-fr|sous-préfecture}}) is the administrative center 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. The [[civil servant]] in charge of a subprefecture is the subprefect, assisted by a [[general secretary]]. Between May 1982 and February 1988, subprefects were known instead by the title ''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 city (or [[commune in France|commune]]) rather than the prefecture, and so are not arrondissements in the same sense. ==Related pages== {{commons category|Subprefectures in France}} *[[List of arrondissements of France]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Subprefectures In France}} [[Category:Subprefectures in France| ]]