Vehicle registration plates of France
Vehicle registration plates are mandatory number plates used to display the registration mark of a vehicle registered in France. They have existed in the country since 1901. It is compulsory for most motor vehicles used on public roads to display them.
A registration plate on a National Police patrol car with the code for Val-d'Oise (95) and the logo of Île-de-France region.
Registration plate of the National Gendarmerie.
Pre-2003 pair of RATP bus plates.
A pair of 1949 Ille-et-Vilaine department license plates.
In the administrative divisions of France, the department is one of the three levels of government under the national level, between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, with an additional five constituting overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 333 arrondissements and 2,054 cantons. These last two levels of government have no political autonomy, instead serving as the administrative basis for the local organisation of police, fire departments as well as, in certain cases, elections.
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The three Algerian departments in 1848