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Much of what’s happening now—the weather service’s “red alerts” for 20 French départements, for example—is policy that’s a direct result of that summer.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2019

In Haiti, which now imports 80% of its food, the government has focused development on the capital and not rural areas in the surrounding départements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2010

In each département there is a normal school for each sex, though in a few instances two départements combine to maintain one normal school.

From History of Education by Seeley, Levi

In the first place, Montbéliard is one of the most enlightened, best educated, and most Protestant départements of all France.

From Holidays in Eastern France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

It is not without interest here to note that the Federalist leader proposed the very measures which had been adopted in France when the old provinces were divided into départements.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert