departements

It is almost the same as the map I showed from Liberation two weeks ago except that Segolene Royal did pick up something like a half dozen more "departements".

More on French election results: towards a new parliament 2007

But some of the most expensive services are emergency services, and no citizen wants to die for want of treatment, or be denied the protections of the police or fire departements, ...

The Volokh Conspiracy » Words I never expected to write 2010

But some of the most expensive services are emergency services, and no citizen wants to die for want of treatment, or be denied the protections of the police or fire departements,...

The Volokh Conspiracy » Words I never expected to write 2010

However, these polls do not factor in the sentiment from the overseas departements - Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Tahiti – which swung the vote in the Maastricht referendum.

"Nons" waning? Richard 2005

Of course, these results do not take account of the warehouses full of pre-completed polling slips, or the payroll vote in the French overseas departements – the latter swinging the vote in the Maastricht referendum in 1992 when there was a margin of victory of less than two percent.

"Non" au traité constitutionnel Richard 2005

Research has shown thatBy contrast, OECD figures for 1987 showed that French and German workers were only a third as likely to move between departements and Länder as US citizens between States - let alone between France and Germany themselves!

~ Angry Bear 2004

Like when we did a twelve day tour I had to go around five days before hand and go to each one of those places we're going to play in, and just spend the day there talking to the promoter, the hall manager, and all the electrical heads of departements, going over our rider and all the things that we specify, making sure that they're all organized.

Peter Watts, Pink Floyd's Road Manager, Interview by Frank Torker 1973

Administrative divisions: 7 departments (departements, singular - departement), and 1 capital district* (capitale district); Agadez,

The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Administrative divisions: 7 departments (departements, singular -- departement), and 1 capital district* (capitale district);

The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Administrative divisions: 7 departments (departements, singular - departement), and 1 capital district* (capitale district); Agadez,

The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency