![]() (Each of four overseas region being composed of a single department).įrance is divided into 101 departments. This division into departments is between the region and the district ("arrondissement").Įach department belongs to a single region. ![]() The department is the second level of administrative divisions on the map of France. I expected we’d stay a few minutes but instead we stayed well over an hour.01 - Ain - Bourg-en-Bresse 02 - Aisne - Laon 03 - Allier - Moulins 04 - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence - Digne 05 - Hautes-Alpes - Gap 06 - Alpes Maritimes - Nice 07 - Ardèche - Privas 08 - Ardennes - Charleville-Mézières 09 - Ariège - Foix 10 - Aube - Troyes 11 - Aude - Carcassonne 12 - Aveyron - Rodez 13 - Bouches-du-Rhône - Marseille 14 - Calvados - Caen 15 - Cantal - Aurillac 16 - Charente - Angoulême 17 - Charente-Maritime - La Rochelle 18 - Cher - Bourges 19 - Corrèze - Tulle 2A - Corse-du-Sud - Ajaccio 2B - Haute Corse - Bastia 21 - Côte-d'Or - Dijon 22 - Côtes d'Armor - St-Brieuc 23 - Creuse - Guéret 24 - Dordogne - PérigueuxĢ5 - Doubs - Besançon 26 - Drôme - Valence 27 - Eure - Evreux 28 - Eure-et-Loir - Chartres 29 - Finistère - Quimper 30 - Gard - Nîmes 31 - Haute Garonne - Toulouse 32 - Gers - Auch 33 - Gironde - Bordeaux 34 - Hérault - Montpellier 35 - Ille-et-Vilaine - Rennes 36 - Indre - Châteauroux 37 - Indre-et-Loire - Tours 38 - Isère - Grenoble 39 - Jura - Lons-le-Saunier 40 - Landes - Mont-de-Marsan 41 - Loir-et-Cher - Blois 42 - Loire - St-Étienne 43 - Haute Loire - Le Puy 44 - Loire Atlantique - Nantes 45 - Loiret - Orléans 46 - Lot - Cahors 47 - Lot-et-Garonne - Agen 48 - Lozère - Mende 49 - Maine-et-Loire - Angersĥ0 - Manche - St-Lô 51 - Marne - Châlons-sur-Marne 52 - Haute Marne - Chaumont 53 - Mayenne - Laval 54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle - Nancy 55 - Meuse - Bar-le-Duc 56 - Morbihan - Vannes 57 - Moselle - Metz 58 - Nièvre - Nevers 59 - Nord - Lille 60 - Oise - Beauvais 61 - Orne - Alençon 62 - Pas-de-Calais - Arras 63 - Puy-de-Dôme - Clermont-Ferrand 64 - Pyrénées Atlantiques - Pau 65 - Hautes Pyrénées - Tarbes 66 - Pyrénées Orientales - Perpignan 67 - Bas-Rhin - Strasbourg 68 - Haut-Rhin - Colmar 69 - Rhône - Lyon 70 - Haute Saône - Vesoul 71 - Saône-et-Loire - Mâcon 72 - Sarthe - Le Mans 73 - Savoie - Chambéry 74 - Haute Savoie - Annecyħ5 - Paris - Paris 76 - Seine Maritime - Rouen 77 - Seine-et-Marne - Melun 78 - Yvelines - Versailles 79 - Deux-Sèvres - Niort 80 - Somme - Amiens 81 - Tarn - Albi 82 - Tarn-et-Garonne - Montauban 83 - Var - Toulon 84 - Vaucluse - Avignon 85 - Vendée - La Roche-sur-Yon 86 - Vienne - Poitiers 87 - Haute Vienne - Limoges 88 - Vosges - Épinal 89 - Yonne - Auxerre 90 - Territoire de Belfort - Belfort 91 - Essonne - Evry 92 - Hauts-de-Seine - Nanterre 93 - Seine-St-Denis - Bobigny 94 - Val-de-Marne - Créteil 95 - Val-D'Oise - Pontoise 971 - Guadeloupe - Basse-Terre 972 - Martinique - Fort-de-France 973 - Guyane - Cayenne 974 - La Reunion - Saint-Denis 976 - Mayotte - Mamoudzou The walls and ramparts of the castle are intact and thanks to renovations over the past 20 years, it’s remarkably intact. See the great hall, the kitchen and everything else as you tour. There is also a Renaissance staircase and rooms adorned in Renaissance style. You get a better understanding of life in a medieval castle by visiting. The exhibit on Eleanor of Aquitaine and her son, Richard the Lionheart, was excellent. We paid 23 Euro for two to enter and at first I thought that was expensive, but it was in fact a bargain. Note: look for other ways to get to Chateau Parking. Others drove the narrow streets but my rental SUV would have have had a hard time fitting. We parked at the foot of town in P1 and walked the steep incline to the Chateau. Its strategic location above the Dordogne is immediately apparent. This is one of the most complete small Medieval castles in Europe, and is worth a detour.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |