It is the chief place of the Arrondissement, and the residence of a sub-prefect.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
No Frenchman can quit his Arrondissement unprovided with a passport; and the route he intends to take, and the distance he designs to travel, must also be specified.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
1870 he was elected mayor of the fourteenth Arrondissement of Paris, and was afterwards one of the Municipal Council of that city.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler