LIST OF INTERNMENT CAMPS
This list was drawn up starting from various sources. It does not include the Companies of Spanish Workers nor the Groups of Immigrant Workers.
Abbreviations used:
- C.R.E. : "CENTRE DE RASSEMBLEMENT DES ETRANGERS" (center for foreigners gathering)
- C.S.S. : "CENTRE DE SEJOUR SURVEILLE" (supervised stay center)
| AGDE (Hérault) | Camp created at the beginning of 1939 for the Spanish refugees, then C.R.E. |
| AINCOURT (Seine-et-Oise) | Political internees |
| ALBI (Tarn) | C.R.E. |
| LES ALLIERS - voir ANGOULEME | |
| AMBLETEUSE (Pas-de-Calais) | C.R.E. |
| AMNEVILLE (Moselle) | C.R.E. |
| ANGOULEME (Charente) : CAMP DES ALLIERS | nomads |
| ANTIBES (Alpes-Maritimes) : FORT-CARRE | C.R.E. |
| ARANDON (Isère) | Jewish internees C.R.E. |
| ARC-ET-SENANS (Doubs) | nomads |
| ARGELES (Pyrénées-Orientales) | Camp created at the beginning of 1939 for the Spanish refugees, then C.R.E. |
| ARGENTAN (Orne) | C.R.E. |
| ARGENTEUIL (Seine-et-Oise) | C.R.E. |
| ASPRES-SUR-BUECH (Hautes-Alpes) : CAMP DE PONT LA DAME | |
| ATHIS (Orne) | C.R.E. |
| AUDIERNE (Finistère) | C.R.E. |
| AVON-LES-ROCHES (Indre-et-Loire) : CAMP DU RUCHARD | C.R.E. |
| AVORD (Cher) | C.R.E. |
| LE BARCARES (Pyrénées-Orientales) | Camp created at the beginning of 1939 for the Spanish refugees, then C.R.E. |
| BARENTON (Manche) | C.R.E. nomads |
| BAR-LE-DUC (Meuse) | C.R.E. |
| BASSENS (Gironde) | C.R.E. |
| BAZOILLES (Vosges) | C.R.E. |
| BEAUNE-LA-ROLANDE (Loiret) | Jewish internees as from May 1941 |
| BELLEVUE - voir MEUVAINES | |
| BENGY-SUR-CRAON (Cher) | C.R.E. |
| BETHUNE (Pas-de-Calais) | C.R.E. |
| BLOIS (Loir-et-Cher) : SILO | C.R.E. |
| LA BONNELLE | C.R.E. |
| BOURG-LASTIC (Puy-de-Dôme) | C.R.E. |
| BOURG-ST-JULIEN (Loir-et-Cher) | C.R.E. |
| BOURGES (Cher) | C.R.E. |
| BOURGOIN (Isère) | C.R.E. |
| LA BRACONNE (Charente) | C.R.E. |
| BRAM (Aude) | Camp created at the beginning of 1939 for the Spanish refugees, then internment of Jews |
| BRENS (Tarn) | mixed camp for women |
| BRIEY (Meurthe-et-Moselle) | C.R.E. |
| CARPIAGNE (Bouches-du-Rhône) | nomads |
| CARROUGES (Orne) | C.R.E. |
| CASCARET (Gard) | C.R.E. |
| CASSENEUIL (Lot-et-Garonne) | |
| CATUS-CAVALIER (Lot) | C.R.E. |
| CATUS-VILLARY (Lot) | C.R.E. |
| CEPOY (Loiret) | C.R.E. |
| CHABANE (Ardèche) | C.R.E. |
| LE CHAFFAUT (Basses-Alpes) | C.R.E. |
| CHAMBARAN (Isère) | C.R.E. germans |
| CHANTONNAY (Vendée) | C.R.E. |
| LA CHAUME - voir LES-SABLES-D'OLONNE | |
| CHAZELLESÉ-SUR-LYON (Loire) | C.R.E. |
| CHELLES (Seine-et-Marne) | C.R.E. |
| LE CHEYLARD (Ardèche) | C.R.E. |
| CHIBRON (Var) | C.R.E. |
| CHOISEL-CHATEAUBRIANT (Loire-Inférieure) | Political interned and nomads C.S.S. |
| CLAIRFOND - voir PORTET-SUR-GARONNE | |
| CLISSON (Loire-Inférieure) : CAMP DU GRAND-SAUNIER, à GETIGNE | C.R.E. |
| COETQUIDAN (Morbihan) | C.R.E. |
| CORAY (Finistère) | nomads |
| COUDRECIEUX (Sarthe) | nomads |
| DAMIGNY (Orne) | C.R.E. |
| DAMPIERRE (Calvados) | C.R.E. |
| DARDILLY (Rhône) : FORT DU PAILLET | mixed |
| DOMERAT (Allier) : CAMP DU FE DE LA GENEBIERE | C.R.E. |
| DOMFRONT (Orne) | C.R.E. |
| DOULLENS (Somme) | Political internees as from May 1941 |
| DRANCY (Seine) | Jewish internees as from August 1941 |
| DREUX (Eure-et-Loir) | C.R.E. (moved to TENCE, Haute-Loire) |
| ECROUVES (Meurthe-et-Moselle) | Political internees |
| L'EPINAY (Orne) | C.R.E |
| LES ESSARTS-VARIMPRE (Seine-Inférieure) | C.R.E |
| ETAPLES (Pas-de-Calais) | C.R.E |
| EYSSES (Lot-et-Garonne) | Jail for political internees |
| FALAISE (Calvados) | C.R.E. |
| LE FAUGA (Haute-Garonne) | C.R.E. |
| LE FE DE LA GENEBIERE - voir DOMERAT | |
| FORCALQUIER (Basses-Alpes) | C.R.E. |
| FORT-BARRAUX (Isère) | C.R.E. then mixed C.S.S. |
| FORT-DU-PAILLET - voir DARDILLY | |
| LA FOUILLOUSE (Loire) | C.R.E. |
| FRANCILLON - voir VILLEBARON | |
| FRESNAY-SUR-SARTHE (Sarthe) | C.R.E. |
| FLEURY-LES-AUBRAIS (Loiret) : CAMP DE LA VERRERIE, LES AYDES | |
| GAILLON (Eure) | Political internees and of common right |
| LES GARRIGUES - voir ST-NICOLAS | |
| GETIGNE (Loire-Inférieure) : CAMP DU GRAND-SAUNIER | C.R.E. |
| GONDREVILLE (Loiret) | C.R.E. |
| GORGES (Loire-Inférieure) | C.R.E. |
| GRAND CHAMP (Loir-et-Cher) | C.R.E. |
| GRANDVILLE (Oise) | C.R.E. |
| GREZ (Mayenne) | nomads |
| LA GUICHE (Saône-et-Loire) | supervised sanatorium opened in 1941 |
| GUELAINTIN - voir MAYENNE | |
| GURS (Basses-Pyrénées) | Camp created at the beginning of 1939 for the Spanish refugees, then C.R.E. Jewish internees in 1942 |
| HARCHECHAMP (Vosges) | Appendix of NEUFCHATEAU (Vosges) |
| HAUTEVILLE (Ain) | C.R.E. |
| HESDIN (Pas-de-Calais) | C.R.E. |
| HURIEL (Allier) | C.R.E. |
| JARGEAU (Loiret) | nomads |
| JUDES - voir SEPTFONDS | |
| LAMBESC (Bouches-du-Rhône) | C.R.E. |
| LA LANDE-DES-MONTS (Ille-et-Vilaine) | internment of Jews |
| LENS (Pas-de-Calais) | C.R.E. |
| LIBOURNE (Gironde) | C.R.E. |
| LIMOGES (Haute-Vienne) | C.R.E. |
| LINAS (Seine-et-Oise) | nomads |
| LISIEUX (Calvados) | C.R.E. |
| LORIOL (Drôme) | Old interned C.R.E. |
| MAIZIERES-LES-METZ (Moselle) | C.R.E. |
| LE MALZIEU-VILLE (Lozère) | C.R.E. |
| MANOSQUE (Basses-Alpes) | C.R.E. |
| MARMAGNE (Côte-d'Or) | C.R.E., transferred to LES GARRIGUES and LES MILES |
| MAROLLES (Loir-et-Cher) | C.R.E. |
| MARSEILLE (Bouches-du-Rhône) : HOTEL BOMPARD, HOTEL TERMINUS DU PORT et HOTEL DU LEVANT | Jewish women and children |
| MARTINET | C.R.E. |
| MATTAINCOURT (Vosges) | Appendix of MIRECOURT (Vosges) |
| MAZERES (Ariège) | C.R.E. |
| MAYENNE (Mayenne) : CAMP DE GUELAINTIN | C.R.E. |
| LES MEES (Bouches-du-Rhône) | C.R.E. |
| MENDE (Lozère) : CAMP DU RIEUCROS | camp opened the 31-1-1939 for the Spanish refugees then foreigners |
| MERIGNAC (Gironde) | mixed camp opened in 1941 |
| MESLAY-DU-MAINE (Mayenne) | C.R.E. |
| METZ (Moselle) | C.R.E. |
| MEUVAINES (Calvados) : CAMP DE BELLEVUE | C.R.E. |
| MIGNERES-GONDREVILLE (Loiret) | C.R.E. |
| LES MILLES (Bouches-du-Rhône) | Internment of the Jews |
| MIRECOURT (Vosges) | C.R.E. |
| MOISDON-LA-RIVIERE (Loire-Inférieure) | nomads |
| MOLOY (Côte-d'Or) | nomads and foreigners |
| MONSIREIGNE (Vendée) | nomads |
| MONTARGIS (Loiret) | C.R.E. |
| MONTAUBAN (Tarn-et-Garonne) | C.R.E. |
| MONTBARD (Côte-d'Or) | C.R.E. |
| LE MONT-DORE (Puy-de-Dôme) | C.R.E. mixed |
| MONTENDRE (Charente-Inférieure) | nomads and foreigners |
| MONTGUYON (Charente-Inférieure) | C.R.E. |
| MONTREUIL-BELLAY (Maine-et-Loire) | nomads |
| MONTSURS (Mayenne) | nomads |
| LA MORELLERIE (Indre-et-Loire) | nomads |
| LA MOTTE-BEUVRON (Loir -et-Cher) | nomads and foreigners |
| MOURMELON (Marne) | also called BOUZY |
| MULSANNE (Sarthe) | nomads |
| NEUFCHATEAU (Vosges) | C.R.E. |
| NEUFCHATEL-EN-BRAY (Seine-Inférieure) | C.R.E. |
| NEUVY-SUR-CRAON (Cher) | C.R.E. |
| NEVERS (Nièvre) | C.R.E. |
| NEXON (Haute-Vienne) | Political interned C.S.S. |
| NOE (Haute-Garonne) | C.R.E. then C.S.S. created in February 1941 |
| OLARGUES (Hérault) | C.R.E. |
| PARIS (Seine) : VELODROME D'HIVER, INVALIDES, STADE BUFALO et STADE ROLAND-GARROS | C.R.E. |
| PARIS (Seine) : LES TOURELLES | C.S.S. mixed |
| PEIGNEY (Haute-Marne) | C.R.E. nomads |
| PITHIVIERS (Loiret) | Internment of the Jews at the beginning of 1941 |
| PLAINVAL - voir ST-JUST-EN-CHAUSSEE | |
| POITIERS (Vienne) | mixed |
| PONT-LA-DAME - voir ASPRES-SUR-BUECH | |
| PORTET-SUR-GARONNE (Haute-Garonne) : CAMP DE CLAIRFOND | |
| LE RECËBEDOU (Haute-Garonne) | Internment of Jews in July 1940 |
| REMOULINS (Gard) | C.R.E. |
| RENNES (Ille-et-Vilaine) | mixed |
| RIEUCROS - voir MENDE | |
| RIVESALTES (Pyrénées-Orientales) | Internment of Jews |
| LA ROCHE-SUR-YON (Vendée) | C.R.E. |
| LA ROCHELLE (Charente-Maritime) | Center for Supervised Workers |
| ROMBAS (Moselle) | C.R.E. |
| ROSIERES-EN-SANTERRE (Somme) | C.R.E. |
| ROUILLE (Vienne) | mixed |
| LE RUCHARD - voir AVON-LES-ROCHES | |
| LES SABLES-D'OLONNE (Vendée) : CAMP DE LA CHAUME | C.R.E. |
| SALAUMINES (Pas-de-Calais) | C.R.E. |
| SALIERS (Bouches-du-Rhône) | nomads |
| SEPTFONDS (Tarn-et-Garonne) : CAMP DE JUDES | Camp created at the beginning of 1939 for the Spanish refugees, then C.R.E. |
| SERIEGE (Hérault) | C.R.E. |
| SIGNES (Var) | C.S.S. politicals |
| SIONNE (Vosges) | Appendix of NEUFCHATEAU |
| SISTERON (Basses-Alpes) | C.R.E. Political C.S.S. interned and of common right |
| SOURIOUX - voir VIERZON | |
| ST-ANTOINE (Tarn), à ALBI : CAMP DE LA VISCOSE | C.R.E. |
| ST-CYPRIEN (Pyrénées-Orientales) | Camp created at the beginning of 1939 for the Spanish refugees, then C.R.E. |
| ST-DENIS (Seine) | C.R.E. |
| ST-GERMAIN-LES-BELLES (Haute-Vienne) | C.R.E. |
| ST-JEAN-DE-LA-RUELLE (Loiret) | C.R.E. |
| ST-JODARD (Loire) | C.R.E. |
| ST-JUST-EN-CHAUSSEE (Oise) : CAMP DE PLAINVAL | C.R.E. |
| ST-MARTIN-DE-RE (Charente-Inférieure) | C.S.S. opened in March 1940 policies |
| ST-MAURICE (Yonne) | nomads |
| ST-NICOLAS (Gard) : CAMP DES GARRIGUES | C.R.E. |
| ST-PAUL-D'EYJEAUX (Haute-Vienne) | camp opened in November 1940 policies |
| ST-PONS (Hérault) | C.R.E. |
| ST-SAVIN (Isère) | C.R.E. ex-Austrians |
| ST-SULPICE-LA-POINTE (Tarn) | C.R.E. Political as from September 1939 |
| TALENCE (Gironde) | C.R.E. |
| TENCE (Haute-Loire) | C.R.E. |
| TOULON (Var) | C.R.E. |
| TOULOUSE (Haute-Garonne) : STADE DU TOEC | |
| TRELISSAC (Dordogne) | C.R.E. |
| TROYES (Aube) : CAMP JULES-FERRY | mixed |
| UZES (Gard) | C.R.E. |
| VALLON-EN-SULLY (Allier) : CHATEAU DE FREMONT | C.R.E. |
| VALS-LES-BAINS (Ardèche) | politicals |
| LES VAUDEURS (Yonne) | mixed |
| VEDENNE (Vaucluse) | C.R.E. |
| VENISSIEUX (Rhône) | C.R.E. |
| LE VERNET (Ariège) | camp opened at the beginning of 1939 for the Spanish refugees, then C.R.E. |
| LA VERRERIE - voir FLEURY-LES-AUBRAIS | |
| VERUCHES (Loiret) | C.R.E. |
| VIENNE (Isère) | C.R.E. |
| VIERZON-LES-FORGES (Cher) : CAMP DE SOURIOUX | C.R.E. |
| VIF (Isère) | C.R.E. of the Saar |
| VILLEBARON (Loir-et-Cher) : CAMP DE FRANCILLON | C.R.E. |
| VILLEMALARD (Loir-et-Cher) | C.R.E. |
| VILLERBON (Loir-et-Cher) | C.R.E. |
| VILLERS (Vosges) | appendix of MIRECOURT |
| VISCOSE - voir ST-ANTOINE | |
| VITRE (Ille-et-Vilaine) | C.R.E. |
| VOVES (Eure-et-Loir) | camp opened at the beginning of 1942 politicals |
ALGERIE
| BOGHAR : CAMP SUZZONI | foreigners |
| BOSSUET | C.S.S. politicals |
| DJELFA | mixed |
| DJENIEN BOU REZG | mixed |
| EL ARICHA | internees of common right |
| MECHERIA | mixed |
MAROC
| BOUDENIB | internees of common right C.S.S. |
| MISSOUR | foreigners |
| OUED ZEM | foreigners |
| SIDI EL AYACHI | foreigners |
TUNISIE
| GAFSA | internees of common right |
| LE KEF | foreigners |
Revision date
28/10/2016
28/10/2016