Arrondissement of Gap

The arrondissement of Gap is an arrondissement of France, in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and prefecture, is the city of Gap, the largest city in the department.

Gap
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
DepartmentHautes-Alpes
No. of communes126
PrefectureGap
Area
3,410.5 km2 (1,316.8 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
106,940
INSEE code052

History

When the Hautes-Alpes department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Gap was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Gap is in the southern half of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east and south by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the west by the Drôme department, to the north by the Isère department and to the northeast by the Briançon arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Gap is the largest of the two arrondissements of the department both in area, 3,410.5 km2 (1,316.8 sq mi), and population (104,131 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 11 cantons in the arrondissement of Gap and all have their communes in the arrondissement:

  1. Chorges (0504) (17 communes)
  2. Embrun (0505) (8 communes)
  3. Gap-1 (0506) (part of Gap)
  4. Gap-2 (0507) (part of Gap)
  5. Gap-3 (0508) (part of Gap)
  6. Gap-4 (0509) (part of Gap)
  7. Laragne-Montéglin (0511) (11 communes)
  8. Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (0512) (27 communes)
  9. Serres (0513) (39 communes)
  10. Tallard (0514) (19 communes)
  11. Veynes (0515) (8 communes)

Communes

The arrondissement of Gap has 130 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Ancelle (05004)
  2. Aspremont (05008)
  3. Aspres-lès-Corps (05009)
  4. Aspres-sur-Buëch (05010)
  5. Avançon (05011)
  6. Baratier (05012)
  7. Barcillonnette (05013)
  8. Barret-sur-Méouge (05014)
  9. La Bâtie-Montsaléon (05016)
  10. La Bâtie-Neuve (05017)
  11. La Bâtie-Vieille (05018)
  12. La Beaume (05019)
  13. Le Bersac (05021)
  14. Bréziers (05022)
  15. Bruis (05024)
  16. Buissard (05025)
  17. Chabestan (05028)
  18. Chabottes (05029)
  19. Champoléon (05032)
  20. Chanousse (05033)
  21. La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar (05064)
  22. Châteauneuf-d'Oze (05035)
  23. Châteauroux-les-Alpes (05036)
  24. Châteauvieux (05037)
  25. Chauffayer (05039)
  26. Chorges (05040)
  27. Les Costes (05043)
  28. Crévoux (05044)
  29. Crots (05045)
  30. Le Dévoluy (05139)
  31. Embrun (05046)
  32. Éourres (05047)
  33. L'Épine (05048)
  34. Esparron (05049)
  35. Espinasses (05050)
  36. Étoile-Saint-Cyrice (05051)
  37. La Fare-en-Champsaur (05054)
  38. La Faurie (05055)
  39. Forest-Saint-Julien (05056)
  40. Fouillouse (05057)
  41. La Freissinouse (05059)
  42. Furmeyer (05060)
  43. Gap (05061)
  44. Garde-Colombe (05053)
  45. Le Glaizil (05062)
  46. La Haute-Beaume (05066)
  47. Jarjayes (05068)
  48. Laragne-Montéglin (05070)
  49. Lardier-et-Valença (05071)
  50. Laye (05072)
  51. Lazer (05073)
  52. Lettret (05074)
  53. Manteyer (05075)
  54. Méreuil (05076)
  55. Monêtier-Allemont (05078)
  56. Montbrand (05080)
  57. Montclus (05081)
  58. Montgardin (05084)
  59. Montjay (05086)
  60. Montmaur (05087)
  61. Montmorin (05088)
  62. Montrond (05089)
  63. La Motte-en-Champsaur (05090)
  64. Moydans (05091)
  65. Neffes (05092)
  66. Nossage-et-Bénévent (05094)
  67. Le Noyer (05095)
  68. Orcières (05096)
  69. Orpierre (05097)
  70. Les Orres (05098)
  71. Oze (05099)
  72. Pelleautier (05100)
  73. La Piarre (05102)
  74. Le Poët (05103)
  75. Poligny (05104)
  76. Prunières (05106)
  77. Puy-Saint-Eusèbe (05108)
  78. Puy-Sanières (05111)
  79. Rabou (05112)
  80. Rambaud (05113)
  81. Réallon (05114)
  82. Remollon (05115)
  83. Ribeyret (05117)
  84. Rochebrune (05121)
  85. La Roche-des-Arnauds (05123)
  86. La Rochette (05124)
  87. Rosans (05126)
  88. Rousset (05127)
  89. Saint-André-d'Embrun (05128)
  90. Saint-André-de-Rosans (05129)
  91. Saint-Apollinaire (05130)
  92. Saint-Auban-d'Oze (05131)
  93. Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (05132)
  94. Sainte-Colombe (05135)
  95. Sainte-Marie (05150)
  96. Saint-Étienne-le-Laus (05140)
  97. Saint-Eusèbe-en-Champsaur (05141)
  98. Saint-Firmin (05142)
  99. Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard (05144)
  100. Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas (05145)
  101. Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne (05146)
  102. Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur (05147)
  103. Saint-Laurent-du-Cros (05148)
  104. Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes (05149)
  105. Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard (05152)
  106. Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol (05153)
  107. Saint-Pierre-Avez (05155)
  108. Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon (05154)
  109. Saint-Sauveur (05156)
  110. Le Saix (05158)
  111. Saléon (05159)
  112. Salérans (05160)
  113. La Saulce (05162)
  114. Le Sauze-du-Lac (05163)
  115. Savines-le-Lac (05164)
  116. Savournon (05165)
  117. Serres (05166)
  118. Sigottier (05167)
  119. Sigoyer (05168)
  120. Sorbiers (05169)
  121. Tallard (05170)
  122. Théus (05171)
  123. Trescléoux (05172)
  124. Upaix (05173)
  125. Val Buëch-Méouge (05118)
  126. Valserres (05176)
  127. Ventavon (05178)
  128. Veynes (05179)
  129. Villar-Loubière (05182)
  130. Vitrolles (05184)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
05061Gap40,225Gap-1, Gap-2, Gap-3 and Gap-4CA Gap-Tallard-Durance
05046Embrun6,150EmbrunSerre-Ponçon
05070Laragne-Montéglin3,480Laragne-MontéglinLe Sisteronais-Buëch
05179Veynes3,151VeynesBuëch-Dévoluy
05040Chorges2,791ChorgesSerre-Ponçon Val d'Avance
05017La Bâtie-Neuve2,468ChorgesLe Pays des Ecrins
05170Tallard2,061TallardCA Gap-Tallard-Durance
05132Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur2,034Saint-Bonnet-en-ChampsaurChampsaur-Valgaudemar
05123La Roche-des-Arnauds1,482VeynesBuëch-Dévoluy
05162La Saulce1,447TallardCA Gap-Tallard-Durance

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 Hautes-Alpes". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  3. "Décret n° 2014-193 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Alpes" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  4. "Arrondissement de Gap (052)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 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 17 July 2017.

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