Arrondissement
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An arrondissement is an administrative division in some francophone countries:
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France
Paris
Main article: Arrondissements of Paris
The city of Paris, in France is divided into 20 arrondissements.
Marseille and Lyon
The French cities Marseille and Lyon are also divided into arrondissements.
Administrative division of France
Main article: Arrondissement in France
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
Belgium
In Belgium, the nation is divided into provinces, which are in turn subdivided into arrondissements. Each arrondissement comprised of communes.
Canada
In Canada's province of Québec, the cities of Gatineau, Montréal, Québec City, Saguenay, Longueuil and Sherbrooke are divided into arrondissements (called boroughs in English).
Montreal
| Borough | Borough | Borough |
| Ahuntsic/Cartierville | LaSalle | Rivière-des-Prairies/Pointe-aux-Trembles/Montréal-Est
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| Anjou | L'Île-Bizard/Sainte-Geneviève/Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue | Rosemont/Petite-Patrie |
| Beaconsfield/Baie-d'Urfé | Mercier/Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | Saint-Laurent
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| Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Montréal-Nord | Saint-Léonard |
| Côte-Saint-Luc/Hampstead/Montréal-Ouest | Mont-Royal | Sud-Ouest (consisting of Point-Saint-Charles, Saint-Henri, Ville-Émard, Côte-Saint-Paul & Petite-Bourgogne) |
| Dollard-des-Ormeaux/Roxboro | Outremont | Verdun |
| Dorval/L'Île-Dorval | Pierrefonds/Senneville | Ville-Marie (consisting of Downtown, Old Montreal, & the Gay Village) |
| Kirkland | Plateau Mont-Royal | Villeray/Saint-Michel/Parc-Extension |
| Lachine | Pointe-Claire | Westmount |
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