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