Arrondissement of Arcachon

The arrondissement of Arcachon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gironde département. Its capital is the city of Arcachon.

Arcachon
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentGironde
No. of communes17
SubprefectureArcachon
Area
1,469.8 km2 (567.5 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
158,652
INSEE code336

History

The arrondissement of Arcachon was created on 6 December 2006, to begin on 1 January 2007, with four cantons taken from the arrondissement of Bordeaux.[2][3]

Geography

The arrondissement of Arcachon is in southwestern Gironde, with an area of 1,469.9 km2 (568 sq mi).[4] It has 146,160 inhabitants and a population density of 99.4 inhabitants/km².[5]

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Bordeaux, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Langon, to the south by the Landes department and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Biscay).

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[6] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Arcachon, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Les Landes des Graves. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Arcachon
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
BlayeBordeauxLangonLesparre-MédocLibourneArcachon
3301Andernos-les-Bains66
3314Gujan-Mestras44
3315Les Landes des Graves20525
3332La Teste-de-Buch22

Communes

The arrondissement of Arcachon has 17 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[7]

  1. Andernos-les-Bains (33005)
  2. Arcachon (33009)
  3. Arès (33011)
  4. Audenge (33019)
  5. Le Barp (33029)
  6. Belin-Béliet (33042)
  7. Biganos (33051)
  8. Gujan-Mestras (33199)
  9. Lanton (33229)
  10. Lège-Cap-Ferret (33236)
  11. Lugos (33260)
  12. Marcheprime (33555)
  13. Mios (33284)
  14. Saint-Magne (33436)
  15. Salles (33498)
  16. Le Teich (33527)
  17. La Teste-de-Buch (33529)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
33529La Teste-de-Buch25,990La Teste-de-BuchCommunauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique
33199Gujan-Mestras20,575Gujan-MestrasCommunauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique
33005Andernos-les-Bains11,712Andernos-les-BainsLe Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique
33009Arcachon10,370La Teste-de-BuchCommunauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique
33051Biganos10,017Andernos-les-BainsLe Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique
33284Mios8,659Gujan-MestrasLe Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique
33236Lège-Cap-Ferret8,087Andernos-les-BainsLe Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique
33527Le Teich7,418Gujan-MestrasCommunauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique
33019Audenge7,177Andernos-les-BainsLe Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Décret n° 2006-1538 du 6 décembre 2006 portant création de l'arrondissement d'Arcachon (Gironde)" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. 6 December 2006. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. "Historique de la Gironde". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  4. "Arrondissement d'Arcachon (336)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  6. "Décret n° 2014-192 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Gironde" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  7. "Arrondissement d'Arcachon (336)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 May 2017.

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