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An '''arrondissement''' is an [[administrative division]] in some [[French language|French]] or [[Dutch language|Dutch]]-speaking countries:
==France==
{{main|Arrondissements of France}}
The 100 [[France|French]] [[Departments of France|departments]] are divided into 342 '''''arrondissements''''', which may be translated into English as '''districts'''.
The capital of an arrondissement/district is called a [[Subprefectures in France|subprefecture]]. When an arrondissement contains the [[Prefectures in France|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 of France|cantons]] and [[Communes of France|communes]].
=== Municipal arrondissement ===
{{main|municipal arrondissement}}
A [[municipal arrondissement]] ({{lang-fr|arrondissement municipal}}, pronounced {{IPA|/aʀɔ̃dismɑ̃ mynisipal/}}), is a subdivision of the [[commune in France|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 "arrondissements", they should not be confused with departmental [[Arrondissement in France|arrondissements]], which are groupings of communes within one ''[[département]]''.
==Belgium==
{{main|Arrondissements of Belgium}}
The federalized country [[Belgium]] geographically consists of three regions, of which only [[Flemish region|Flanders (the Flemish region)]] and [[Wallonia]] are subdivided into five [[province]]s each; the [[Brussels Capital Region]] is neither a province nor is it part of one.
:The remainder of this chapter was unambiguously translated on 2006-05-22 from the [[Dutch language]] Wikipedia (last changed 2006-05-05):
In [[Belgium]] there are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas.
*The 43 administrative arrondissements are an administrative level between the [[commune (subnational entity)|municipalities]] and the provinces. Per region an overview of its municipalities (''gemeenten/communes'') and the district or administrative arrondissement these belong to can be found in the [[Municipalities of Belgium]] page; for these administrative arrondissements also more [[Arrondissements of Belgium|technical references]] are available.
*Belgium has 27 judicial arrondissements.
*Until a short while ago the ''electoral circles for the parliaments'' were ''electoral arrondissements''; at present these circles are the ''provinces'', except for the arrondissements [[arrondissement Brussels-Capital|Brussels-Capital]] (geographically coinciding with the [[Brussels Capital Region]]) and [[Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement|Halle-Vilvoorde]] (one of the two districts in the province [[Flemish Brabant]] in the Flemish region), which together still form the electoral circle [[Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde]] (in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] ''kieskring [[Brussel-Halle-Vilvoorde]]'', in [[French language|French]] ''cercle'' or ''circonscription électoral [[Bruxelles-Hal-Vilvorde]]'').
**For the elections of the [[Walloon Parliament]], 13 arrondissements (or grouped arrondissements) are still being used as electoral circles:
***[[arrondissement Arlon|Arlon]] - [[arrondissement Marche-en-Famenne|Marche-en-Famenne]] - [[arrondissement Bastogne|Bastogne]]
***[[arrondissement Mons|Mons]]
***[[arrondissement Charleroi|Charleroi]]
***[[arrondissement Dinant|Dinant]] - [[arrondissement Philippeville|Philippeville]]
***[[arrondissement Tournai|Tournai]] - [[arrondissement Ath|Ath]] - [[arrondissement Mouscron|Mouscron]]
***[[arrondissement Huy|Huy]] - [[arrondissement Waremme|Waremme]]
***[[arrondissement Liège|Liège]]
***[[arrondissement Namur|Namur]]
***[[arrondissement Neufchâteau|Neufchâteau]] - [[arrondissement Virton|Virton]]
***[[arrondissement Nivelles|Nivelles]]
***[[arrondissement Thuin|Thuin]]
***[[arrondissement Verviers|Verviers]]
***[[arrondissement Soignies|Soignies]]
==Netherlands==
In the [[Netherlands]] an ''arrondissement'' is a [[judiciary|judicial]] jurisdiction, comprising a number of communes.
==Canada==
===Quebec===
{{further|[[Montreal borough]], [[List of Quebec City boroughs]], [[Boroughs of Longueuil]], [[List of boroughs in Quebec]]}}
In [[Quebec]], the cities of [[Montreal]], [[Quebec City]], [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]], [[Longueuil, Quebec|Longueuil]], [[Sherbrooke, Quebec|Sherbrooke]], and the municipality of [[Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Quebec|Grenville-sur-la-Rouge]] are divided into ''arrondissements'' (called [[borough]]s in English).
==Haiti==
Each of [[Haiti]]'s ten [[Departments of Haiti|departments]] is sub-divided into arrondissements.
==Africa==
Most nations which had been colonised by the French in Africa have retained the arrondissment administrative structure. These are normally subunits of a Department, and may contain or be coequal with Communes (towns). In [[Mali]] the arrondissment is a subunit of a [[Cercle (Mali)|Cercle]], while in some places arrondissements are essentially subdistricts of large cities.
*Each of [[Senegal]]'s departments are subdivided into arrondissments. [[Dakar]] is further subdivided into arrondissements; see [[Arrondissements of Senegal]].
*Between 1962 and 2002, each of [[Niger]]'s departments are subdivided into arrondissments; see [[Arrondissements of Niger]]: Since 2002 they have been renamed Departments (with the foremr Departments renamed Regions]].
*Each of Mali's Cercles are subdivided into arrondissments; see [[Cercles of Mali]] for maps of arrondissments by Cercle.
*Each of [[Benin]]'s departments are subdivided into communes, which are in turn subdivided into arrondissments: they sit above villages in Benin's structure; see [[Communes of Benin]] for maps of communes by Department.
*Each of [[Cameroon]]'s departments are subdivided into arrondissments: they sit above ''subdistricts'' and communes in Cameroon's structure; see [[Departments of Cameroon]] for maps of arrondissments by Department.
*Following a restructure in 2002, Chad retains arrondissments only in the city of [[N'Djamena]], which is divided into 10 arrondissements.
*The [[Republic of the Congo]] retains arrondissments only in the city of [[Brazzaville]], which is divided into 7 arrondissements. See [[Administrative divisions of the Republic of the Congo]].
*[[Djibouti]] retains arrondissments only in the city of [[Djibouti City]], which is divided into 6 arrondissements.
*[[Morocco]]'s Cercles are subdivided into communes rurales, municipalities, communes urbaines, and arrondissements, depending on the classification of the community.
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