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Article Annexe 7-2

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Updated 4 Nov 2023

NUMBER OF JUDGES AND NUMBER OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCIAL COURTS

Salon-de-Provence

Thonon-les-Bains

Nancy

Rouen

DEPARTMENTS

HEADQUARTERS
of the commercial court

HEADQUARTERS
of the commercial court

NUMBER OF JUDGES
of the commercial court

NUMBER OF CHAMBERS
of the commercial court

Agen court of appeal

Gers

Auch

12

2

Lot

Cahors

12

2

Lot-et-Garonne

Agen

21

4

Cour d'appel d'Aix-en-Provence

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Manosque

13

2

Alpes-Maritimes

Antibes

26

4

Cannes

23

4

Grasse

16

3

Nice

45

7

Bouches-du-Rhône

Aix-en-Provence

32

4

19

3

Marseille

80

12

Tarascon

20

3

Var

Draguignan

19

3

Fréjus

24

4

Toulon

34

5

Amiens court of appeal

Aisne

Saint- QuentinQuentin

22

4

Soissons

13

2

Oise

Beauvais

15

3

Compiègne

21

3

Sum

Amiens

21

4

Angers Court of Appeal

Maine-et-Loire

Angers

28

5

Mayenne

Laval

14

3

Sarthe

Le Mans

22

4

Cour d'appel de Bastia

Corse-du-Sud

Ajaccio

15

2

Haute-Corse

Bastia

15

3

Besançon Court of Appeal

Doubs

Besançon

19

3

Jura

Lons-le-Saunier

15

3

Haute-Saône

Vesoul

15

3

Territoire de Belfort

Belfort

18

3

Bordeaux Court of Appeal

Charente

Angoulême

20

3

Dordogne

Bergerac

16

3

Périgueux

17

3

Gironde

Bordeaux

60

9

Libourne

17

3

Cour d'appel de Bourges d'appel de Bourges

Cher

Bourges

13

2

Indre

Châteauroux

16

3

Nièvre

Nevers

15

3

Caen Court of Appeal

Calvados

Caen

28

5

Lisieux

14

2

Manche

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

13

2

Coutances

14

3

Orne

Alençon

15

3

Cour d'appel de Chambéry

Savoie

Chambéry

28

5

Haute-Savoie

Annecy

26

4

17

3

Cour d'appel de Dijon

Côte-d'Or

Dijon

28

5

Haute-Marne

Chaumont

14

3

Saône-et-Loire

Chalon-sur-Saône

20

3

Mâcon

14

3

Cour d'appel de Douai

Nord

Douai

19

3

Dunkerque

18

3

Tourcoing

65

11

Valenciennes

22

4

Pas-de-Calais

Arras

28

5

Boulogne-sur-Mer

25

4

Cour d'appel de Grenoble

Haute-Alpes

Gap

13

2

Drôme

Romans-sur-Isère

25

4

Isère

Grenoble

32

5

Vienna

26

4

Cour d'appel de Limoges

Corrèze

Brive-la-Gaillarde

16

3

Creuse

Guéret

9

2

Haute-Vienne

Limoges

20

3

Cour d'appel de Lyon

Ain

Bourg-en-Bresse

23

4

Loire

Roanne

14

3

Saint-Etienne

29

5

Rhône

Lyon

69

10

Villefranche-sur-Saône

16

3

Montpellier Court of Appeal

Aude

Carcassonne

17

3

Narbonne

19

2

Aveyron

Rodez

17

2

Hérault

Béziers

22

4

Montpellier

50

7

Pyrénées-Orientales

Perpignan

25

4

Cour d'appel de Nancy

Meurthe- et-et-Moselle

Val de Briey

12

2

24

4

Meuse

Bar-le-Duc

12

2

Vosges

Epinal

20

3

Nîmes Court of Appeal

Ardèche

Aubenas

15

3

Gard

Nîmes

37

6

Lozère

Mende

9

2

Vaucluse

Avignon

42

7

Cour d'appel d'Orléans

Indre-et-Loire

Tours

25

4

Loir-et-Cher

Blois

15

3

Loiret

Orléans

30

5

Paris Court of Appeal

Paris

Paris

180

25

Essonne

Evry

55

8

Seine-and-Marne

Melun

36

6

Meaux

30

5

Seine-Saint-Denis

Bobigny

78

10

Val-de-Marne

Créteil

51

8

Yonne

Auxerre

11

2

Sens

13

2

Cour d'appel de Pau

Landes

Dax

17

3

Mont-de-Marsan

17

3

Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Bayonne

21

3

Pau

20

3

Hautes-Pyrénées

Tarbes

18

3

Poitiers Court of Appeal

Charente-Maritime

La Rochelle

27

4

Saintes

18

3

Deux-Sèvres

Niort

19

3

Vendée

La Roche-sur-Yon

24

4

Vienne

Poitiers

20

4

Cour d'appel de Reims

Ardennes

Sedan

20

3

Aube

Troyes

17

3

Marne

Châlons-en-Champagne

12

2

Reims

32

5

Cour d'appel de Rennes

Côtes-d'Armor

Saint-Brieuc

22

4

Finistère

Brest

21

4

Quimper

16

3

Ille-et-Vilaine

Rennes

31

4

Saint-auMalo

16

3

Loire-Atlantique

Nantes

34

5

Saint- Nazaire

Saint-Nazaire

15

3

Morbihan

Lorient

23

3

Vannes

16

3

Riom Court of Appeal

Allier

Cusset

14

3

Montluçon

12

2

Cantal

Aurillac

11

2

Haute-Loire

Le Puy-en-Velay

14

3

Puy-de-Dôme

Clermont-Ferrand

32

5

Rouen Court of Appeal

Eure

Bernay

10

2

Evreux

20

3

Seine-Maritime

Dieppe

14

3

Le Havre

26

4

34

5

Toulouse Court of Appeal

Ariège

Foix

10

2

Haute-Garonne

Toulouse

58

8

Tarn

Albi

12

2

Castres

14

3

Tarn-and-Garonne

Montauban

15

3

Cour d'appel de Versailles

Eure-et-Loir

Chartres

24

4

Hauts-de-Seine

Nanterre

72

10

Val-d'Oise

Pontoise

50

8

Yvelines

Versailles

50

8

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A notary (notaire) is a public officer who authenticates specific deeds (mainly real-estate transfers and certain family-law acts). A corporate lawyer (avocat) advises on strategy, negotiates and drafts company documents, and represents you in disputes. The two roles complement rather than overlap.

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