Gendarmerie
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A gendarmerie (French) is a military body charged with general police duties. The members of such a body are gendarmes. Many countries that were once under Napoleonic influence have a gendarmerie (or used to have one: both the Belgian and the Austrian gendarmerie have merged with the police in 2001 and 2005, respectively). It is also used as a generic term for any similar force. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is named in French Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC). The usual gendarmerie symbol is a flaming grenade.
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List of Gendarmerie and similar forces
- Argentine Gendarmería Nacional
- Austrian Bundesgendarmerie (merged with federal police in 2005)
- Belgian Gendarmerie/Rijkswacht (civilian status from 1991; merged with federal police in 2001)
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police (civilian status)
- Chilean Carabineros
- Cretan Gendarmerie
- Dutch Koninklijke Marechaussee (Royal Constabulary)
- European Gendarmerie Force
- French Gendarmerie
- Germany Bundespolizei (formerly Bundesgrenzschutz; civilian force)
- Italian Carabinieri
- Moroccan Gendarmerie Royale
- Polish Żandarmeria Wojskowa
- Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana
- Romanian Jandarmeria
- Russian Special Corps of Gendarmes (1836-1917)
- Serb Zandarmerija (2001)
- Spanish Guardia Civil
- Turkish Jandarma
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