CHAPTER III : Subdivisions of the department

Creations and deletions of arrondissements are decided by decree after consultation with the departmental council. Changes to the territorial boundaries of arrondissements are decided by the representative of the State in the region, after consultation with the departmental council. The transfer of the principal town of an arrondissement is decided by decree, after consultation with the departmental council and the municipal councils of the commune in which the principal town…

I.-Changes to the territorial boundaries of cantons and the creation and deletion of cantons are decided by decree in the Conseil d’Etat after consultation with the departmental council, which gives its opinion within six weeks of the matter being referred to it. On expiry of this period, its opinion is deemed to have been given. II.-The status of chef-lieu de canton is maintained for communes that lose it as part…