Constituency (France)

Image of the 577 legislative circonscriptions or constituencies in France (prior to 2012).

France is divided into 577 constituencies (circonscriptions) for the legislative elections (555 in the Metropolitan France, 22 in the Overseas departments and territories). Members of Parliament to the National Assembly (the lower, directly elected House) are elected in a two round system to a term fixed to a maximum of five years.

In 2009, a new redistricting was adopted, with the dual purpose of ensuring a more equal number of voters per constituency, and of providing seats in the National Assembly to French citizens resident overseas. Thirty-three constituencies were abolished, and thirty-three new ones created. Of the latter, nineteen were in France, while the rest of the world was divided into eleven constituencies for French residents overseas. These constituencies were the ones represented in the June 2012 legislative election.[1] [2]

Metropolitan France: 555 constituencies

Ain (01) - 4 seats

Aisne (02) - 5 seats

Allier (03) - 4 seats

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) - 2 seats

Hautes-Alpes (05) - 2 seats

Alpes-Maritimes (06) - 9 seats

Ardèche (07) - 3 seats

Ardennes (08) - 3 seats

Ariège (09) - 2 seats

Aube (10) - 3 seats

Aude (11) - 3 seats

Aveyron (12) - 3 seats

Bouches-du-Rhône (13) - 16 seats

Calvados (14) - 6 seats

Cantal (15) - 2 seats

Charente (16) - 4 seats

Charente-Maritime (17) - 5 seats

Cher (18) - 3 seats

Corrèze (19) - 3 seats

Haute-Corse (2B) - 2 seats

Corse-du-Sud (2A) - 2 seats

Côte-d'Or (21) - 5 seats

Cotes-d'Armor (22) - 5 seats

Creuse (23) - 2 seats

Dordogne (24) - 4 seats

Doubs (25) - 5 seats

Drôme (26) - 4 seats

Eure (27) - 5 seats

Eure-et-Loir (28) - 4 seats

Finistere (29) - 8 seats

Gard (30) - 5 seats

Haute-Garonne (31) - 8 seats

Gers (32) - 2 seats

Gironde (33) - 11 seats

Hérault (34) - 7 seats

Ille-et-Vilaine (35) - 7 seats

Indre (36) - 3 seats

Indre-et-Loire (37) - 5 seats

Isère (38) - 9 seats

Jura (39) - 3 seats

Landes (40) - 3 seats

Loir-et-Cher (41) - 3 seats

Loire (42) - 7 seats

Haute-Loire (43) - 2 seats

Loire-Atlantique (44) - 10 seats

Loiret (45) - 5 seats

Lot (46) - 2 seats

Lot-et-Garonne (47) - 3 seats

Lozère (48) - 2 seats

Maine-et-Loire (49) - 7 seats

Manche (50) - 5 seats

Marne (51)- 5 seats

Haute-Marne (52) - 2 seats

Mayenne (53) - 3 seats

Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) - 6 seats

Meuse (55) - 2 seats

Morbihan (56) - 6 seats

Moselle (57) - 9 seats

Nièvre (58) - 2 seats

Nord (59) - 21 seats

Oise (60) - 7 seats

Orne (61) - 3 seats

Pas-de-Calais (62) - 12 seats

Puy-de-Dôme (63) - 6 seats

Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) - 6 seats

Hautes-Pyrénées (65) - 3 seats

Pyrénées-Orientales (66) - 4 seats

Bas-Rhin (67) - 9 seats

Haut-Rhin (68) - 6 seats

Rhône (69) - 14 seats

Haute-Saône (70) - 2 seats

Saône-et-Loire (71) - 5 seats

Sarthe (72) - 5 seats

Savoie (73) - 3 seats

Haute-Savoie (74) - 5 seats

Paris (75) - 18 seats

Seine-Maritime (76) - 12 seats

Seine-et-Marne (77) - 11 seats

Yvelines (78) - 12 seats

Deux-Sèvres (79) - 4 seats

Somme (80) - 5 seats

Tarn (81) - 4 seats

Tarn-et-Garonne (82) - 2 seats

Var (83) - 7 seats

Vaucluse (84) - 4 seats

Vendée (85) - 5 seats

Vienne (86) - 4 seats

Haute-Vienne (87) - 4 seats

Vosges (88) - 4 seats

Yonne (89) - 3 seats

Territoire-de-Belfort (90) - 2 seats

Essonne (91) - 10 seats

Hauts-de-Seine (92) - 13 seats

Seine-Saint-Denis (93) - 12 seats

Val-de-Marne (94) - 11 seats

Val-d'Oise (95) - 10 seats

Overseas: 22 constituencies

Guadeloupe (971) - 4 seats

Martinique (972) - 4 seats

Guyane (973) - 2 seats

Réunion (974) - 5 seats

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon (975) - 1 seat

Mayotte (976) - 1 seat

Wallis and Futuna (986) - 1 seat

French Polynesia (987) - 2 seats

New Caledonia (988) - 2 seats

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