English: Map of the French region of Île de France. The largest color blocks with thick black lines are the eight departments: Large red P for Paris, A, B, C, and all-caps light grey entities (e.g. Val-d'Oise). Smaller color blocks are the arrondissments of the department. Red dots are the communes that are the prefecture (capital of the department and the arrondissment). Black dots are the subprefectures (capitals of the arrondisments, which have the same name). Paris is both a commune and a department, and is also the prefecture (capital) of the region and the capital of the country.