This data set contains the list of all French departments. It can be joined with the french_regions or the french_cities data set. The data set was extracted from the INSEE open data in November 2025. These data are distributed under the French "Open Licence".
Format
A data.frame with 101 rows and 3 columns
- department
The code of the department in the official geographical code of 2025 (OGC)
- region
The code of the region of the city in the OGC (see french_regions)
- name
The name of the department
Source
INSEE Official Geographical Code (2025) https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/code-officiel-geographique-cog/ https://www.data.gouv.fr/api/1/datasets/r/91a95bee-c7c8-45f9-a8aa-f14cc4697545