Arrondissement of Gex
The arrondissement of Gex is an arrondissement of France in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital is the city of Gex. It corresponds approximately to the historical region of the Pays de Gex.
 Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Ain |
| No. of communes | 27 |
| Subprefecture | Gex |
| Area | 404.9 km2 (156.3 sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 013 |
History
When the Ain department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Gex was not part of that original department; the arrondissement was created in 1815. In 1926, the arrondissement was eliminated but in 1933 it became again an arrondissement of the Ain department.[1]
Geography
It is found in the northeastern part of the department with an area of 426.2 km2 (164.6 sq mi), the smallest arrondissement of the department.[2] It has 89,200 inhabitants and a density of 209.3 inhabitants/km².[3]
The arrondissement of Gex is bordered to the north and northwest by the Jura department, to the northeast and east by Switzerland, to the southeast by the Haute-Savoie department and to the southwest by the arrondissement of Nantua.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Gex, there are 3 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Gex (7 communes), Saint-Genis-Pouilly (4 communes) and Thoiry (16 communes). The canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine has 1 commune in the arrondissement of Belley, 2 in Gex and 11 in the arrondissement of Nantua.
Communes
The arrondissement of Gex has 27 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[5]
- Cessy (01071)
- Challex (01078)
- Chevry (01103)
- Chézery-Forens (01104)
- Collonges (01109)
- Crozet (01135)
- Divonne-les-Bains (01143)
- Échenevex (01153)
- Farges (01158)
- Ferney-Voltaire (01160)
- Gex (01173)
- Grilly (01180)
- Léaz (01209)
- Lélex (01210)
- Mijoux (01247)
- Ornex (01281)
- Péron (01288)
- Pougny (01308)
- Prévessin-Moëns (01313)
- Saint-Genis-Pouilly (01354)
- Saint-Jean-de-Gonville (01360)
- Sauverny (01397)
- Ségny (01399)
- Sergy (01401)
- Thoiry (01419)
- Versonnex (01435)
- Vesancy (01436)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01173 | Gex | 11,141 | Gex | Pays de Gex |
| 01354 | Saint-Genis-Pouilly | 9,854 | Saint-Genis-Pouilly | Pays de Gex |
| 01160 | Ferney-Voltaire | 9,337 | Saint-Genis-Pouilly | Pays de Gex |
| 01143 | Divonne-les-Bains | 9,100 | Gex | Pays de Gex |
| 01313 | Prévessin-Moëns | 7,710 | Saint-Genis-Pouilly | Pays de Gex |
| 01419 | Thoiry | 6,061 | Thoiry | Pays de Gex |
| 01071 | Cessy | 4,797 | Gex | Pays de Gex |
| 01281 | Ornex | 4,303 | Saint-Genis-Pouilly | Pays de Gex |
| 01288 | Péron | 2,489 | Thoiry | Pays de Gex |
| 01435 | Versonnex | 2,170 | Gex | Pays de Gex |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique de l'Ain". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement de Gex (013) - Résumé statistique". Publications et statistiques pour la France ou les régions (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-147 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Ain" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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