Arrondissement of Apt

The arrondissement of Apt is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Apt.

Apt
Arrondissement
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentVaucluse
No. of communes57
SubprefectureApt
Area
1,390.6 km2 (536.9 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
128,651
INSEE code841

History

When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Apt was part of that original department. In 1926, the subprefecture of Apt was moved to Cavaillon but returned to Apt in 1933.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Apt is in the most southern of the arrondissements of the Vaucluse department. It has the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department to the east, the Var department to the southeast (for a very short distance), the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south and west, the Avignon arrondissement to the northwest and the Carpentras arrondissement to the north.

The arrondissement of Apt is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, 1,377.2 km2 (531.7 sq mi), but the one with fewest people living in it (128,448 inhabitants) and a density of 23.4 inhabitants/km².[3]

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 Apt, only the Cheval-Blanc canton does not has all its communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Apt
INSEE
Code		CantonAptAvignonCarpentrasTotal
8401Apt2727
8407Cavaillon22
8408Cheval-Blanc12214
8413Pertuis1515

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Apt are:[5]

  1. Ansouis (84002)
  2. Apt (84003)
  3. Auribeau (84006)
  4. La Bastide-des-Jourdans (84009)
  5. La Bastidonne (84010)
  6. Beaumettes (84013)
  7. Beaumont-de-Pertuis (84014)
  8. Bonnieux (84020)
  9. Buoux (84023)
  10. Cabrières-d'Aigues (84024)
  11. Cadenet (84026)
  12. Caseneuve (84032)
  13. Castellet (84033)
  14. Caumont-sur-Durance (84034)
  15. Cavaillon (84035)
  16. Cheval-Blanc (84038)
  17. Cucuron (84042)
  18. Gargas (84047)
  19. Gignac (84048)
  20. Gordes (84050)
  21. Goult (84051)
  22. Grambois (84052)
  23. Joucas (84057)
  24. Lacoste (84058)
  25. Lagarde-d'Apt (84060)
  26. Lauris (84065)
  27. Lioux (84066)
  28. Lourmarin (84068)
  29. Maubec (84071)
  30. Ménerbes (84073)
  31. Mérindol (84074)
  32. Mirabeau (84076)
  33. La Motte-d'Aigues (84084)
  34. Murs (84085)
  35. Oppède (84086)
  36. Pertuis (84089)
  37. Peypin-d'Aigues (84090)
  38. Puget (84093)
  39. Puyvert (84095)
  40. Robion (84099)
  41. Roussillon (84102)
  42. Rustrel (84103)
  43. Saignon (84105)
  44. Saint-Martin-de-Castillon (84112)
  45. Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque (84113)
  46. Saint-Pantaléon (84114)
  47. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt (84118)
  48. Sannes (84121)
  49. Sivergues (84128)
  50. Taillades (84131)
  51. La Tour-d'Aigues (84133)
  52. Vaugines (84140)
  53. Viens (84144)
  54. Villars (84145)
  55. Villelaure (84147)
  56. Vitrolles-en-Luberon (84151)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[3]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
84035Cavaillon26,201CavaillonLuberon Monts de Vaucluse
84089Pertuis19,523PertuisMétropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
84003Apt11,885AptPays d'Apt-Luberon
84034Caumont-sur-Durance4,718CavaillonGrand Avignon (Coga)
84099Robion4,273Cheval-BlancLuberon Monts de Vaucluse
84133La Tour-d'Aigues4,190PertuisTerritoriale Sud-Luberon
84026Cadenet4,136Cheval-BlancLes Portes du Luberon
84038Cheval-Blanc1,201Cheval-BlancLuberon Monts de Vaucluse
84065Lauris3,787Cheval-BlancLes Portes du Luberon
84147Villelaure3,323PertuisTerritoriale Sud-Luberon

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique de Vaucluse". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. "Décret n° 2014-249 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Vaucluse" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. "Arrondissement d'Apt (841)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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