France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, the Operational Defence of the Territory (Défense opérationnelle du territoire, DOT) is according to the Code of Defence, the participation of the

French Armed Forces The French Armed Forces (french: Forces armées françaises) encompass the Army, the Navy, the Air and Space Force and the Gendarmerie of the French Republic. The President of France heads the armed forces as Chief of the Armed Forces. Franc ...

"To maintain the freedom and continuity of action of the Government, as well as to safeguard the organs essential to the defense of the nation." The integrated civil-military concept was first put in place in 1959. It is defined as the mission entrusted to the Armed Forces on French territory: * Protection of military installations at all times * Ensure the protection of the national territory and oppose a possible enemy inside it * Organize military resistance operations in the event of an invasion. In 1984, Isby and Kamps wrote that the ''Défense Opérationnelle du Territoire'' term remained in use despite the command having been disbanded in the 1970s.

Cold War structure

''information is circa 1989''

1st Military Region

* Headquarters

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

http://www.tanaka-world.net/?cat=7&annee=1988, dated 1988. **GMR 1 (Saint-Germain-en-Laye) **101RT (Montlhï¿½ry) ** 6^e Régiment de Chasseurs (Réserve) (6^e RCh),

Rambouillet Rambouillet (, , ) is a subprefecture of the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region of France. It is located beyond the outskirts of Paris, southwest of its centre. In 2018, the commune had a population of 26,933. Rambouillet lies ...

, (with AML-60 and AML-90) ** 12^e Régiment de Dragons (Réserve) (12^e RD),

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Les Mureaux Les Mureaux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France. It is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zer ...

** 102e Brigade de Zone (Réserve) (102e BZ),

Saint-Germain-en-Laye Saint-Germain-en-Laye () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, from the centre of Paris. Inhabitants are called ''Saint-Germanois'' or ''Saint-Ge ...

*** 102^e Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien (102^e RCS),

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...

*** 8e Régiment de Chasseurs (8e RCh), Olivet, (with AML-60 and AML-90) *** 70e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine (70^e RIMa),

Montlhéry Montlhéry () is a Communes of France, commune in the Essonne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located from Paris. History Montlhéry lay on the strategically important road from Paris to Orléans. U ...

*** 93e Régiment d'Infanterie (93e RI), Beynes *** 152^e Compagnie du Génie (152e CG), Versailles *** 162^e Compagnie du Génie (162e CG), Versailles ** 12e Division Militaire Territoriale (Versailles) ** 54e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine (Réserve) (54e RIMa), Pontoise **CM 5 (Pontoise) - CM 421 (Les-Lilas) ** 13e Division Militaire Territoriale (Tours) *** 32e Régiment (RCD) ( Le-Ruchard) ***CM 32 (Le-Ruchard) - CM 90 (Chateauroux) - CM 108 (Pannes)

2nd Military Region

* 2^e Région militaire (2^e RM),

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

** 5^e Régiment de Hussards (Réserve) (5^e RH),

Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. In ...

, (with AML-60 and AML-90) ** 28^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (28^e RI), Évreux ** 33^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (33^e RI), Saint-Omer ** 73^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (73^e RI),

Aire-sur-la-Lys Aire-sur-la-Lys (, literally ''Aire on the Lys''; vls, Ariën-aan-de-Leie) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography The commune is located 16 kilometres (10 mi) southeast of Saint-Omer, at the junction ...

** 84^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (84^e RI),

Cambrai Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...

** 127^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (127^e RI),

** 2^e Régiment de Transmission de Zone de Défense (Réserve), (2^e RTZD), Lille ** 52^e Régiment de Transmission, (52^e RT), Lille ** 102^e Régiment du Train de Zone (Réserve)(102^e RTZ),

Arras Arras ( , ; pcd, Aro; historical nl, Atrecht ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department, which forms part of the regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France; before the regions of France#Reform and mergers of ...

** Bataillon des canonniers sédentaires (Réserve)

, (Bofors 40 mm gun) ** 2^e Groupe d’Hélicoptères Légers,

Dax Dax or DAX may refer to: Business and organizations * DAX, stock market index of the top 40 German companies ** DAX 100, an expanded index of 100 stocks, superseded by the HDAX ** TecDAX, stock index of the top 30 German technology firms * Dax ...

** 108^e Brigade de Zone (108^e BZ),

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

*** 108^e Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien (108^e RCS), Amiens *** 18^e Régiment de Chasseurs (18^e RCh),

, (with AML-60 and AML-90) *** 45^e Régiment d'Infanterie (45^e RI), Soissons *** 87^e Régiment d'Infanterie (87^e RI),

Sissonne Sissonne () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is about 20 km east of Laon, close to the source of the river Souche. The community dates back to the 12th century with the first church built c.1107. ...

*** 158^e Compagnie du Génie (158e CG), Oissel *** 168^e Compagnie du Génie (168e CG), Oissel ** 21^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 243^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (243^e RI),

** 22^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 54^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (54^e RI), Noyon ** 23^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 239^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (239^e RI),

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...

3rd Military Region

* 3^e Région militaire (3^e RM),

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

** 41^e Régiment d'Infanterie (41^e RI), Châteaulin (70x VAB) ** 19^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (19^e RI),

Brest Brest may refer to: Places *Brest, Belarus **Brest Region **Brest Airport **Brest Fortress *Brest, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria *Břest, Czech Republic *Brest, France **Arrondissement of Brest **Brest Bretagne Airport ** Château de Brest *Brest, ...

** 77^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (77^e RI),

Fontevraud-l'Abbaye Fontevraud-l'Abbaye () is a commune in the western French department of Maine-et-Loire. It is situated both in the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire, and the Loire Anjou Touraine French ...

** 115^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (115^e RI), Thorée-les-Pins ** 118^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (118^e RI), Châteaulin ** 125^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (125^e RI),

Poitiers Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...

** 21^e Régiment du Génie (Réserve) (21^e RG), Angers ** 3^e Régiment de Transmission de Zone de Défense (Réserve), (3^e RTZD),

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

** 38^e Régiment de Transmission, (38^e RT), Laval ** 103^e Régiment du Train de Zone (Réserve)(103^e RTZ),

La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department. With ...

** 504^e Groupe Antiaérien Léger (Réserve) (504^e GAL),

Tourouvre Tourouvre () is a former commune in the Orne department in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Tourouvre au Perche. The first photovoltaic road in the world was under construction in Tourouvre in Novem ...

, (Bofors 40 mm gun) ** 3^e Groupe d’Hélicoptères Légers,

Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande (; ; Gallo: ''Saent-Jaq'') is a commune of Rennes Métropole in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in northwestern France. Population People from Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande are called ''jacquolandins'' in French ...

** 109^e Brigade de Zone (Réserve) (109^e BZ),

Saint-Malo Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, on the English Channel coast. The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Alli ...

*** 109^e Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien (109^e RCS), Dinan *** 19^e Régiment de Dragons (19^e RD),

Vannes Vannes (; br, Gwened) is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic Era The name ''Vannes'' comes from the Veneti, a seafaring Celtic people who lived ...

, (with AML-60 and AML-90) *** 62^e Régiment d'Infanterie (62^e RI),

*** 117^e Régiment d'Infanterie (117^e RI),

Le Mans Le Mans (, ) is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Man ...

*** 159^e Compagnie du Génie (159e CG), Angers *** 169^e Compagnie du Génie (169e CG), Angers ** 31^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 48^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (48^e RI), Guingamp ** 32^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 2^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (2^e RI),

Caen Caen (, ; nrf, Kaem) is a commune in northwestern France. It is the prefecture of the department of Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inhabitants (), while its functional urban area has 470,000,Fontenay-le-Comte Fontenay-le-Comte (; Poitevin: ''Funtenaes'' or ''Fintenè'') is a commune and subprefecture in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region of Western France. In 2018, it had a population of 13,302, while its functional area had a popu ...

4th Military Region

* 4^e Région militaire (4^e RM),

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

** 49^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (49^e RI),

Bayonne Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re ...

** 50^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (50^e RI),

Périgueux Périgueux (, ; oc, Peireguers or ) is a communes of France, commune in the Dordogne departments of France, department, in the administrative regions of France, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Périgueux i ...

** 63^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (63^e RI),

Limoges Limoges (, , ; oc, Lemòtges, locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region ...

** 83^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (83^e RI),

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

** 88^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (88^e RI),

Auch Auch (; oc, label= Gascon, Aush ) is a commune in southwestern France. Located in the region of Occitanie, it is the capital of the Gers department. Auch is the historical capital of Gascony. Geography Localization Hydrography The Riv ...

** 17^e Régiment d'Artillerie (Training) (17^e RA), Biscarrosse, (

Bofors 40 mm gun Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to two models of 40 mm calibre anti-aircraft guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors: *Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - developed in the 1930s, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s ...

) ** 31^e Régiment du Génie (Réserve) (31^e RG), Castelsarrasin ** 4^e Régiment de Transmission de Zone de Défense (Réserve), (4^e RTZD), Bordeaux ** 48^e Régiment de Transmission, (48^e RT), Bordeaux ** 104^e Régiment du Train de Zone (Réserve)(104^e RTZ), Brie ** 4^e Groupe d’Hélicoptères Légers,

Martignas-sur-Jalle Martignas-sur-Jalle (; oc, Martinhàs de Jalas) is a commune in the Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Historically, the town is known to have been the theater of the , where 500 to 600 longbowmen commanded by John Tal ...

** 115^e Brigade de Zone (Réserve) (115^e BZ),

*** 115^e Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien (115^e RCS), Limoges *** 9^e Régiment de Chasseurs (9^e RCh),

, (with AML-60 and AML-90) *** 18^e Régiment d'Infanterie (18^e RI), Pau *** 34^e Régiment d'Infanterie (34^e RI),

Mont-de-Marsan Mont-de-Marsan (; Occitan: ''Lo Mont de Marçan'') is a commune and capital of the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. Population Military installations The French Air and Space Force operates the ''Constantin Rozan ...

*** 165^e Compagnie du Génie (165e CG), Castelsarrasin *** 175^e Compagnie du Génie (175e CG), Castelsarrasin ** 41^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 144^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (144^e RI),

** 42^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 107^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (107^e RI),

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

** 43^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 100^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (100^e RI),

Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of oc, Briva la Galharda) is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglomeration was 7 ...

** 44^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 15^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (15^e RI), Castres

5th Military Region

* 5^e Région militaire (5^e RM),

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

** 8^e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine (Réserve) (8^e RIMa),

Tarascon Tarascon (; ), sometimes referred to as Tarascon-sur-Rhône, is a commune situated at the extreme west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department of France in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Inhabitants are referred to as Tarasconnais or Tarasc ...

** 16^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (16^e RI),

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...

** 38^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (38^e RI),

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

** 52^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (52^e RI),

Sathonay Sathonay is a former commune of the Ain department in France. It was divided into two new communes in 1908: Sathonay-Camp and Sathonay-Village. Since 1968, these communes are not part of Ain any longer, but are part of the Rhône The Rhône ( ...

** 53^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (53^e RI), Lunel ** 112^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (112^e RI),

La Valette La Valette () is a Communes of France, commune in the Isère Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department References

Communes of Isère Isère communes articles ...

** 121^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (121^e RI), Moulins ** 15^e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (Réserve)(15e BCA),

Barcelonnette Barcelonnette (; oc, Barciloneta de Provença, also ; obsolete it, Barcellonetta) is a commune of France and a subprefecture in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It is located in the southern ...

** 22^e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (Réserve)(22e BCA), Briançon ** 53^e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (Réserve)(53e BCA), Chambéry ** 5^e Régiment de Transmission de Zone de Défense (Réserve), (5^e RTZD), Montélimar ** 45^e Régiment de Transmission, (45^e RT), Montélimar ** 105^e Régiment du Train de Zone (Réserve)(105^e RTZ),

Vienne Vienne (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Viéne'') is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It takes its name from the river Vienne. It had a population of 438,435 in 2019.Hyères, (Bofors 40 mm gun) ** 5^e Groupe d’Hélicoptères Légers, Lyon ** 24^e Bataillon du Matériel, (24^e BMAT), Saint-Priest ** 127^e Brigade de Zone (Réserve) (127^e BZ), Grenoble *** 127^e Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien (127^e RCS), Grenoble *** 13^e Régiment de Chasseurs (13^e RCh), Gap, (with AML-60 and AML-90) *** 67^e Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins (67e BCA) *** 140^e Régiment d'Infanterie Alpine (140^e RIA), Varces *** 177^e Compagnie du Génie (177e CG),

Avignon Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...

*** 187^e Compagnie du Génie (187e CG), Avignon ** 51^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 299^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (299^e RI),

** 52^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 292^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (292^e RI),

** 53^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 141^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (141^e RI),

La Valette La Valette () is a Communes of France, commune in the Isère Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department References

Communes of Isère Isère communes articles ...

** 54^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 142^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (142^e RI),

Béziers Béziers (; oc, Besièrs) is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Hérault Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Every August Béziers hos ...

** 55^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 173^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (173^e RI), Bastia *** 373^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (373^e RI),

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...

6th Military Region

* 6^e Région militaire (6^e RM),

Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand E ...

** 56^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (56^e RI),

Digoin Digoin () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The junction of the '' Canal du Centre'' and the '' Canal latéral à la Loire'' is near Digoin. Geography The river Bourbinc ...

** 69^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (69^e RI),

Pont-Sainte-Marie Pont-Sainte-Marie () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France. Population See also * Communes of the Aube department * List of medieval bridges in France The list of medieval bridges in France comprises all bridges b ...

** 79^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (79^e RI),

Saint-Avold Saint-Avold (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Sänt Avuur'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated twenty-eight miles (45 km) east of Metz, France and seventeen miles (27 km) southwest ...

** 89^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (89^e RI),

Sens Sens () is a Communes of France, commune in the Yonne Departments of France, department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France, 120 km from Paris. Sens is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture and the second city of the d ...

** 133^e Régiment d’Infanterie (Réserve) (133^e RI), Bourg-en-Bresse ** 59^e Régiment d'Artillerie (Réserve) (59^e RA),

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...

, (Bofors 40 mm gun) ** 6^e Régiment de Transmission de Zone de Défense (Réserve), (6^e RTZD),

Montigny-lès-Metz Montigny-lès-Metz (, literally ''Montigny near Metz''; , (1940-1944) ''Montenich'') is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is the largest suburb of the city of Metz, and is adjacent to it on the west. P ...

** 43^e Régiment de Transmission, (43^e RT), Montigny-lès-Metz ** 106^e Régiment du Train de Zone (Réserve)(106^e RTZ), Ecrouves ** 6^e Groupe d’Hélicoptères Légers,

** 107^e Brigade de Zone (Réserve) (107^e BZ), Besançon *** 107^e Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien (107^e RCS), Besançon *** 10^e Régiment de Chasseurs (10^e RCh),

Lunéville Lunéville ( ; German, obsolete: ''Lünstadt'' ) is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Vezouze. History Lun ...

, (with AML-60 and AML-90) *** 23^e Régiment d'Infanterie (23^e RI),

Les Rousses Les Rousses () is a commune in the Canton of Hauts de Bienne of Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, on the Swiss border. The Lac des Rousses is located northeast of the village of Les Rousses beside the r ...

*** 149^e Régiment d'Infanterie (149^e RI), Lunéville *** 157^e Compagnie du Génie (67e CG), Besançon *** 167^e Compagnie du Génie (167e CG), Besançon ** 110^e Brigade de Zone (Réserve) (110^e BZ), Châlons-en-Champagne *** 110^e Régiment de Commandement et de Soutien (110^e RCS), Chalons sur Marne *** 15^e Régiment de Chasseurs (15^e RCh),

Thierville-sur-Meuse Thierville-sur-Meuse (, literally ''Thierville on Meuse'') is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It ...

, (with AML-60 and AML-90) *** 41^e Groupe de Chasseurs (41^e GC),

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by ...

*** 164^e Régiment d'Infanterie (164^e RI),

Verdun Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department. Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...

*** 160^e Compagnie du Génie (160e CG),

Charleville-Mézières or ''Carolomacérienne'' , image flag=Flag of Charleville Mezieres.svg Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France, capital of the Ardennes department, Grand Est. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse. ...

*** 170^e Compagnie du Génie (170e CG), Charleville-Mézières ** 61^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 26^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (26^e RI),

Pont-Saint-Vincent Pont-Saint-Vincent () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Geography The river Madon flows into the Moselle in the commune. See also *Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department The following is a list ...

** 62^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 37^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (37^e RI),

Sarrebourg Sarrebourg (; also , ; Lorraine Franconian: ; older la, Pons Saravi) is a commune of northeastern France. In 1895 a Mithraeum was discovered at Sarrebourg at the mouth of the pass leading from the Vosges Mountains. Geography Sarrebourg is ...

** 63^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 106^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (106^e RI), Sedan ** 64^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 10^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (10^e RI),

** 65^e Circonscription Militaire de Défense *** 60^e Régiment d'Infanterie (Réserve) (60^e RI),

Valdahon Valdahon () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also * Communes of the Doubs department The following is a list of the 571 communes of the Doubs department of France. ...

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