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Example sentences for: départements

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Despite occasional tensions, perhaps inevitable in times of economic uncertainty, today French people increasingly recognize that the immigrants from France’s départements in the West Indies and from former colonies — Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco — enrich the national culture and add spice to the country’s cuisine.
Guadeloupe and Martinique became full départements of France in 1946 — a source of great pride to many.
Martinique and Guadeloupe, formal départements since 1946, have recently become régions in an administrative reshuffle.