Arrondissement of Arles
The arrondissement of Arles is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Arles.
 Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| No. of communes | 29 |
| Subprefecture | Arles |
| Area | 2,031.5 km2 (784.4 sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 132 |
History
When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Arles was part of that original department.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Arles is in the west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north by the Vaucluse department, to the northeast by the Aix-en-Provence arrondissement, to the southeast by the Istres arrondissement, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Gard department.
The arrondissement of Arles is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, 2,284.3 km2 (882.0 sq mi) but the one with fewest people living in it, with a population of 205,529 inhabitants.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[2] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are 4 cantons in the arrondissement of Arles and 2 of them do not have all their communes in the arrondissement:
- Arles (1304)
- Châteaurenard (1307)
- Pélissanne (1325) (partly)
- Salon-de-Provence-1 (1326) (partly)
Communes
The arrondissement of Arles has 36 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[3]
- Alleins (13003)
- Arles (13004)
- Aureille (13006)
- Barbentane (13010)
- Boulbon (13017)
- Cabannes (13018)
- Châteaurenard (13027)
- Eygalières (13034)
- Eyguières (13035)
- Eyragues (13036)
- Fontvieille (13038)
- Graveson (13045)
- Lamanon (13049)
- Les Baux-de-Provence (13011)
- Maillane (13052)
- Mallemort (13053)
- Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles (13057)
- Maussane-les-Alpilles (13058)
- Mollégès (13064)
- Mouriès (13065)
- Noves (13066)
- Orgon (13067)
- Paradou (13068)
- Plan-d'Orgon (13076)
- Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (13078)
- Rognonas (13083)
- Saint-Andiol (13089)
- Saint-Martin-de-Crau (13097)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues (13061)
- Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13100)
- Saint-Étienne-du-Grès (13094)
- Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (13096)
- Sénas (13105)
- Tarascon (13108)
- Vernègues (13115)
- Verquières (13116)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13004 | Arles | 52,697 | Arles | CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette |
| 13027 | Châteaurenard | 15,644 | Châteaurenard | CA Terre de Provence |
| 13108 | Tarascon | 14,583 | Châteaurenard | CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette |
| 13097 | Saint-Martin-de-Crau | 13,385 | Salon-de-Provence-2 | CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette |
| 13100 | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence | 9,765 | Salon-de-Provence-1 | Vallée des Baux-Alpilles |
| 13078 | Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône | 8,661 | Arles | Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| 13105 | Sénas | 7,006 | Salon-de-Provence-1 | Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| 13035 | Eyguières | 6,852 | Salon-de-Provence-1 | Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| 13053 | Mallemort | 5,972 | Pélissanne | Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence |
| 13066 | Noves | 5,610 | Châteaurenard | CA Terre de Provence |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique des Bouches-du-Rhône". Le SPLAF (in français). Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-271 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône" (in français). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ↑ "Arrondissement d'Arles (132)" (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 19 July 2017.