Since 1943, 1,387 municipalities have chosen to change their name to avoid being confused with other municipalities bearing the same name. Discover the eight new municipalities which changed their name on January 1, 2025.
At the start of 2025, eight French municipalities have officially changed their name, according to the Official Journal cited by West France. Although most of these decisions were taken in 2023 during municipal councils, they did not come into force until Wednesday January 1.
Avoid homonyms
These changes mainly aim to differentiate between municipalities sharing the same name. For example, Grignylocated in the Rhône, is now called Grigny-sur-Rhone to avoid any confusion with a town of the same name in Essonne.
Other municipalities have chosen to return to historical spellings. This is the case of Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaison (Haute-Loire), which adopts the old spelling Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaizonreplacing the “s” with a “z”.
The complete list
- Faux becomes Faux-en-Périgord (Dordogne).
- Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaison becomes Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaizon (Haute-Loire).
- Roche becomes Roche-en-Forez (Loire).
- Grigny becomes Grigny-sur-Rhone (Rhône).
- Rousset becomes Rousset-Serre-Ponçon (Hautes-Alpes).
- La Cheix becomes The Cheix-sur-Morge (Puy-de-Dôme).
- The Vegan becomes Le Vigan-en-Quercy (Lot).
- Montcourt-Fromonville corrects a typo and becomes Moncourt-Fromonville (Seine-et-Marne).
Since 1943, 1,387 municipalities have changed their name for reasons of identity or clarity.
January 1st saw the creation of 24 new municipalities in France, resulting from mergers between municipalities, aimed at pooling their financial, material and human resources. For example, the merger between Pierrefitte-sur-Seine and Saint-Denis made the latter the second largest city in the region.
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