Arrondissement
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The city of Paris, in France is divided into 20 arrondissements.
On January 1, 1860, new territory was defined to be within the city, and the previous 12 arrondissements were rearranged with the new territory to become the present 20. The arrangement is in the form of a clockwise spiral, starting with the 1st arrondissement in the middle of the city on the right bank (north bank) of the Seine River.
The list below indicates Right Bank (R) or Left Bank (L) bank:
The French cities Marseille and Lyon are also divided into arrondissements.
Arrondissement is also the name of the subdivisions of the French départements (but the word is barely used in this meaning). The capital city of an arrondissement is the sous-préfecture - see French arrondissements.
See also: Administrative divisions of France
In Belgium, the nation is divided into provinces, which are in turn subdivided into arrondissements. Each arrondissement comprised of communes.
In Canada's province of Québec, the cities of Gatineau, Montréal, Québec, Saguenay, Longueuil and Sherbrooke are divided into arrondissements (called boroughs in English).France
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