Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Conseil général
English translation:
Departmental council
French term
Conseil général
"Les coûts d'investissement (nn nnn euros) ont été subventionnés par l'Etat, le Conseil régional (nn %), la C de C XXXX développement , le **Conseil général** et SARL YYYYY "
Feb 14, 2009 09:29: Jocelyne S Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Karen Stokes
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Proposed translations
Not the same: one is the department and the other the region
The former is on the departmental level (for example, Isère, where I live), whereas the latter is the regional level (Rhône-Alpes, in my case).
These certainly should not be mixed up.
Best,
Jocelyne
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Note added at 36 mins (2009-02-13 10:46:03 GMT)
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Conseil départemental
see ref below
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Note added at 11 mins (2009-02-13 10:21:43 GMT)
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Sorry "Conseil général du département" seems to be the term in use more than "conseil départemental".
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