No, it's a different concept. The gendarmarie is specifically internal military police. The Gendarmerie Nationale [1] and Garde Nationale [2] are separate ent

No, it's a different concept. The gendarmarie is specifically internal military police. The Gendarmerie Nationale [1] and Garde Nationale [2] are separate entities. There is some minor overlap, but they have fundamentally different mission statements. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gendarmerie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gendarmerie [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_(France) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Guard_(France) This pattern is mirrored across other European nations as well, and is not exclusive to France.