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.

Arles
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
DepartmentBouches-du-Rhône
No. of communes29
SubprefectureArles
Area
2,031.5 km2 (784.4 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
171,157
INSEE code132

History

When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Arles was part of that original department.[2]

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,[3] 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:

  1. Arles (1304)
  2. Châteaurenard (1307)
  3. Pélissanne (1325) (partly)
  4. Salon-de-Provence-1 (1326) (partly)

Communes

The arrondissement of Arles has 36 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Alleins (13003)
  2. Arles (13004)
  3. Aureille (13006)
  4. Barbentane (13010)
  5. Boulbon (13017)
  6. Cabannes (13018)
  7. Châteaurenard (13027)
  8. Eygalières (13034)
  9. Eyguières (13035)
  10. Eyragues (13036)
  11. Fontvieille (13038)
  12. Graveson (13045)
  13. Lamanon (13049)
  14. Les Baux-de-Provence (13011)
  15. Maillane (13052)
  16. Mallemort (13053)
  17. Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles (13057)
  18. Maussane-les-Alpilles (13058)
  19. Mollégès (13064)
  20. Mouriès (13065)
  21. Noves (13066)
  22. Orgon (13067)
  23. Paradou (13068)
  24. Plan-d'Orgon (13076)
  25. Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (13078)
  26. Rognonas (13083)
  27. Saint-Andiol (13089)
  28. Saint-Martin-de-Crau (13097)
  29. Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues (13061)
  30. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13100)
  31. Saint-Étienne-du-Grès (13094)
  32. Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (13096)
  33. Sénas (13105)
  34. Tarascon (13108)
  35. Vernègues (13115)
  36. Verquières (13116)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
13004Arles52,697ArlesCA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
13027Châteaurenard15,644ChâteaurenardCA Terre de Provence
13108Tarascon14,583ChâteaurenardCA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
13097Saint-Martin-de-Crau13,385Salon-de-Provence-2CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
13100Saint-Rémy-de-Provence9,765Salon-de-Provence-1Vallée des Baux-Alpilles
13078Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône8,661ArlesMétropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13105Sénas7,006Salon-de-Provence-1Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13035Eyguières6,852Salon-de-Provence-1Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13053Mallemort5,972PélissanneMétropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13066Noves5,610ChâteaurenardCA Terre de Provence

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 des Bouches-du-Rhône". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  3. "Décret n° 2014-271 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  4. "Arrondissement d'Arles (132)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 5 January 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 19 July 2017.

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