Arrondissement of Brignoles

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

Brignoles
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
DepartmentVar
No. of communes67
SubprefectureBrignoles
Area
2,518.3 km2 (972.3 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
184,851
INSEE code833

History

When the Var department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Brignoles was part of that original department.[2]

The arrondissement was eliminated in 1926 but it was made again an arrondissement in 1974.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Brignoles is in the northwest of the Var department. It is bordered to the north by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the east by the Draguignan arrondissement, to the south by the Toulon arrondissement and to the west by the Bouches-du-Rhône department.

The arrondissement of Brignoles is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, 2,260.2 km2 (872.7 sq mi), but the one with fewest people living in it (150,974 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.

In the arrondissement of Brignoles there are 6 cantons but only 2 of them have all their communes in the arrondissement:

  1. Brignoles (8301)
  2. Flayosc (8304) (partly)
  3. Garéoult (8307) (partly)
  4. Le Luc (8309) (partly)
  5. Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (8312) (partly)
  6. Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (8314)

Communes

The arrondissement of Brignoles has 67 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Aiguines (83002)
  2. Artignosc-sur-Verdon (83005)
  3. Artigues (83006)
  4. Aups (83007)
  5. Barjols (83012)
  6. Baudinard-sur-Verdon (83014)
  7. Bauduen (83015)
  8. Besse-sur-Issole (83018)
  9. Bras (83021)
  10. Brignoles (83023)
  11. Brue-Auriac (83025)
  12. Cabasse (83026)
  13. Camps-la-Source (83030)
  14. Le Cannet-des-Maures (83031)
  15. Carcès (83032)
  16. Carnoules (83033)
  17. La Celle (83037)
  18. Châteauvert (83039)
  19. Correns (83045)
  20. Cotignac (83046)
  21. Entrecasteaux (83051)
  22. Esparron (83052)
  23. Flassans-sur-Issole (83057)
  24. Forcalqueiret (83059)
  25. Fox-Amphoux (83060)
  26. Garéoult (83064)
  27. Ginasservis (83066)
  28. Gonfaron (83067)
  29. Le Luc (83073)
  30. Les Mayons (83075)
  31. Mazaugues (83076)
  32. Méounes-lès-Montrieux (83077)
  33. Moissac-Bellevue (83078)
  34. Montfort-sur-Argens (83083)
  35. Montmeyan (83084)
  36. Nans-les-Pins (83087)
  37. Néoules (83088)
  38. Ollières (83089)
  39. Pignans (83092)
  40. Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume (83093)
  41. Pontevès (83095)
  42. Pourcieux (83096)
  43. Pourrières (83097)
  44. Puget-Ville (83100)
  45. Régusse (83102)
  46. Rians (83104)
  47. Rocbaron (83106)
  48. La Roquebrussanne (83108)
  49. Rougiers (83110)
  50. Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole (83111)
  51. Saint-Julien (83113)
  52. Saint-Martin-de-Pallières (83114)
  53. Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (83116)
  54. Saint-Zacharie (83120)
  55. Les Salles-sur-Verdon (83122)
  56. Seillons-Source-d'Argens (83125)
  57. Tavernes (83135)
  58. Le Thoronet (83136)
  59. Tourtour (83139)
  60. Tourves (83140)
  61. Le Val (83143)
  62. Varages (83145)
  63. La Verdière (83146)
  64. Vérignon (83147)
  65. Villecroze (83149)
  66. Vinon-sur-Verdon (83150)
  67. Vins-sur-Caramy (83151)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
83023Brignoles16,690BrignolesCommunauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
83116Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume15,753Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-BaumeCommunauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
83064Garéoult5,403GaréoultCommunauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
83120Saint-Zacharie5,245Saint-Cyr-sur-MerMétropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
83140Tourves4,964BrignolesCommunauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
83097Pourrières4,877Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-BaumeCommunauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
83106Rocbaron4,718GaréoultCommunauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte
83067Gonfaron4,302Le LucCœur du Var
83104Rians4,284Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-BaumeProvence Verdon
83143Le Val4,242BrignolesCommunauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte

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 du Var". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  3. "Décret n° 2014-270 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Var" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. "Arrondissement de Brignoles (833)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 July 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 20 July 2017.

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