For the French term, see Préfecture.

The term prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circonscription of a Prefect. In English the term prefecture is also used to refer to offices deemed equivalent in other languages' cultural traditions.

Literal prefectures

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Antiquity

For subsequent types of praefectura, see Praefectus. It has been used most prominently to denote a somewhat self-governing body or area since the tetrarchy, when emperor Diocletian divided the Roman Empire into 4 districts (each divided into dioceses, grouping under a Vicarius a number of Roman provinces, listed under that article), although he maintained two pretorian prefectures as an administrative level above the also surviving dioceses (a few of which got split).

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Classement des préfectures d'Ile de France : 75, 92, 78, 77, 95, 94, 91
antoineboy (antoine boy) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:27:50 -0000
Classement des préfectures d'Ile de France : 75, 92, 78, 77, 95, 94, 91
RT @BoloMichelin: Il va avoir aussi des débats sur l'identité nationale aux Antilles dans les préfectures ?
alaingabriel (alaingabriel) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:47:56 -0000
RT @BoloMichelin: Il va avoir aussi des débats sur l'identité nationale aux Antilles dans les préfectures ?
Il va avoir aussi des débats sur l'identité nationale aux Antilles dans les préfectures ?
BoloMichelin (Bolo Michelin) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:39:29 -0000
Il va avoir aussi des débats sur l'identité nationale aux Antilles dans les préfectures ?
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