A gendarmerie is a police force that is generally part of the armed forces of a country, and is responsible for policing the civilian population (and usually the armed forces as well.)
Organisations whose names contain the word "gendarmerie" include:
Argentine National Gendarmerie British Gendarmerie Chadian National Gendarmerie Chilean Gendarmerie Corps of Gendarmerie of San Marino Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City Cretan Gendarmerie Djiboutian National Gendarmerie European Gendarmerie Force Feldgendarmerie Gendarmerie (Austria) Gendarmerie (Belgium) Gendarmerie (Bulgaria) Gendarmerie of Haiti Gendarmerie (Romania) Gendarmerie (Switzerland) Gendarmerie (Turkey) Gendarmerie Nationale (Benin) Gendarmerie Nationale (Cameroon) Gendarmerie Nationale (France) Air Gendarmerie Air Transport Gendarmerie Departmental Gendarmerie Maritime Gendarmerie Mobile Gendarmerie Gendarmerie Nationale (Gabon) Gendarmerie Nationale (Madagascar) Gendarmerie Nationale (Mali) Gendarmerie Nationale (Mauritania) Gendarmerie Nationale (Niger) Gendarmerie Nationale (Rwanda) Gendarmerie Nationale (Senegal) Gendarmerie Nationale Togolaise Gendarmerie (Republika Srpska) Gendarmerie (Romania) Gendarmery (Serbia) Grand Ducal Gendarmerie (Luxembourg) Grand Duchy of Baden Gendarmerie Hellenic Gendarmerie Imperial-Royal Gendarmerie International Gendarmerie Iranian Gendarmerie Military Gendarmerie (Poland) National Gendarmerie (Burkina Faso) Ottoman Gendarmerie Peruvian Gendarmerie Royal Albanian Gendarmerie , the French name of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Royal Hungarian Gendarmerie Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie Royal Gendarmerie of Cambodia Russian Gendarmerie
See also Corpo della Gendarmeria Corps of Gendarmes Gendarmeria Gendarmerie Nationale