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{{Short description|Type of administrative subdivision in Francophone countries}}
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An '''arrondissement''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|æ|ˈ|r|ɒ|n|d|iː|s|m|ɒ̃|,_|ˌ|æ|r|ɒ|n|ˈ|d|iː|s|m|ɒ̃}},<ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/arrondissement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322182205/https://www.lexico.com/definition/arrondissement |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-03-22 |title=arrondissement |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref><ref name="Cambridge">{{cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/arrondissement|title=ARRONDISSEMENT|work=[[Cambridge English Dictionary]]|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|æ|ˌ|r|ɒ|n|d|iː|s|ˈ|m|ɒ̃|,_|-|ˌ|r|oʊ|n|-|,_|ə|ˈ|r|ɒ|n|d|ɪ|s|m|ə|n|t}},<ref name="Cambridge"/><ref name="MW">{{Cite Merriam-Webster|arrondissement|access-date=12 September 2019}}</ref> {{IPA|fr|aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-arrondissement.wav}}) is any of various [[administrative division]]s of [[France]],<ref name="MW"/> [[Belgium]],<ref name="STAT"/> [[Haiti]],<ref name="IHSI"/> and certain other [[French language|Francophone]] countries, as well as the [[Netherlands]].

==Europe==

===France===

{{Main article|Arrondissements of France}}

The 101 French [[Departments of France|departments]] are divided into 342 ''arrondissements'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=99&ref_id=t_0203R |title=Circonscriptions administratives au 1er janvier 2015 : comparaisons régionales |trans-title=Administrative constituencies of 1 January 2015: regional comparisons |language=fr |publisher=[[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]] |access-date=5 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430033500/http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=99&ref_id=t_0203R |archive-date=30 April 2014 }}</ref> which may be roughly translated into English as '''districts'''. The capital of an arrondissement 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 article|Municipal arrondissements of France}}

A [[municipal arrondissement]] ({{Langx|fr|link=no|arrondissement municipal}}, pronounced {{IPA|fr|aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃ mynisipal|}}), is a subdivision of the [[Communes of France|commune]], used in the three of its 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 "arrondissement", they should not be confused with departmental [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissements]], which are groupings of communes within one ''[[département]]''. The official translation into English is "district".

===Belgium===
{{Main article|Arrondissements of Belgium}}

[[Belgium]] is a [[Federation|federalized]] country which geographically consists of three regions, of which only [[Flanders]] (Flemish Region) and [[Wallonia]] (Walloon Region) are subdivided into five provinces each; the [[Brussels-Capital Region]] is neither a province nor is it part of one.

In Belgium, there are administrative, judicial and electoral arrondissements. These may or may not relate to identical geographical areas.

* The 43 '''administrative arrondissements'''<ref name="STAT">{{Cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ybe.html|title=Belgium Arrondissements (as of 2010)|website=Statoids}}</ref> are an administrative level between the [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipalities]] and the [[Provinces of Belgium|provinces]].
* Belgium has 12 '''judicial arrondissements'''.
* For the elections of the [[Parliament of Wallonia]], 13 '''electoral arrondissements''' (or grouped arrondissements) are used as [[electoral district]]s.
** Until 2002, the electoral districts for the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]] were electoral arrondissements; at present these are provincial constituencies and one for [[Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital|Brussels-Capital]]. The electoral districts [[Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde]] and [[Arrondissement of Leuven|Leuven]] still existed until 2012.
** Electoral arrondissements were also used for the [[Flemish Parliament]] elections, until 2004 when they were changed to provincial electoral districts.

===Netherlands===
{{Main article|nl:Rechterlijke indeling van Nederland}}

In the [[Netherlands]] an ''arrondissement'' is a [[judiciary|judicial]] jurisdiction.

===Switzerland===
[[Subdivisions of the canton of Bern]] include districts since 2010, which are called ''arrondissements administratifs'' in French.

===Post-Soviet states===
In some [[post-Soviet states]], there are cities that are divided into municipal [[raion]]i similar to how some French cities are divided into municipal arrondissements (see e.g. [[Raions of cities in Ukraine]], [[Municipal divisions of Russia]], [[Administrative divisions of Minsk]], [[Tashkent]] in Uzbekistan).

==Francophone Africa==

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Most nations in Africa that have been colonized by France have retained the arrondissement administrative structure. These are normally subunits of a department and may either contain or be coequal with communes (towns). In [[Mali]] the arrondissement is a subunit of a [[Cercle (Mali)|cercle]], while in some places arrondissements are essentially subdistricts of large cities.

*Each of [[Senegal]]'s departments is subdivided into arrondissements. [[Dakar]] is further subdivided into arrondissements; see [[Arrondissements of Senegal]].
*Between 1962 and 2002, each of [[Niger]]'s departments was subdivided into arrondissements; see [[Arrondissements of Niger]]: Since 2002, they have been renamed Departments (with the former Departments renamed Regions).
*Each of Mali's cercles is subdivided into arrondissements; see [[Cercles of Mali]] for maps of arrondissements by cercle.
*Each of [[Benin]]'s departments is subdivided into communes, which are in turn subdivided into arrondissements: they sit above villages in Benin's structure; see [[Communes of Benin]] for maps of communes by Department.
*Each of [[Cameroon]]'s departments is subdivided into arrondissements: they sit above ''subdistricts'' and communes in Cameroon's structure; see [[Departments of Cameroon]] for maps of arrondissements by Department.
*Since 2002, [[Chad]] retains arrondissements only in the city of [[N'Djamena]], which is divided into 10 municipal arrondissements.
*[[Djibouti]] retains arrondissements only in the city of [[Djibouti City]], which is divided into six arrondissements.
*[[Morocco]]'s cercles are subdivided into communes rurales, municipalities, communes urbaines, and arrondissements, depending on the classification of the community.
*The [[Republic of the Congo]] retains arrondissements only in the city of [[Brazzaville]], which is divided into seven arrondissements. See [[Administrative divisions of the Republic of the Congo]].

==North America==
===Haiti===
{{Main article|Arrondissements of Haiti}}
As of 2015, [[Haiti]]'s ten [[Departments of Haiti|departments]] are sub-divided into 42 arrondissements.<ref name=IHSI>{{cite web|title=Mars 2015 Population Totale, Population de 18 ans et Plus Menages et Densites Estimes en 2015 |url=http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf |publisher=Institut Haïtien de Statistique et d’Informatique (IHSI) |access-date=20 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106110552/http://www.ihsi.ht/pdf/projection/Estimat_PopTotal_18ans_Menag2015.pdf |archive-date=6 November 2015 }}</ref>

===Quebec===
{{Main article|List of boroughs in Quebec}}
In the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]], eight cities are divided into arrondissements, known as [[borough]]s in English. In Quebec, boroughs are provincially organized and recognized sub-municipal entities that have mayors and councilors.

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