Arrondissement of Le Vigan

The arrondissement of Le Vigan is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Le Vigan.

Le Vigan
Arrondissement
Location within the region Occitanie
Location within the region Occitanie
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentGard
No. of communes74
SubprefectureLe Vigan
Area
1,390.6 km2 (536.9 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
39,251
INSEE code303

History

When the Gard department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Le Vigan was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Le Vigan is the most western of the arrondissements of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Lozère department, to the northeast by the Alès arrondissement, to the southeast by the Nîmes arrondissement, to the south by the Hérault department and to the west by the Aveyron department.

The arrondissement of Le Vigan is the second smallest arrondissement of the department in area, 1,398.5 km2 (540.0 sq mi),[3] but the one with fewest people living in it (36,608 inhabitants).[4]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are only 4 cantons in the arrondissement of Le Vigan. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondiissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Le Vigan
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
AlèsNîmesLe Vigan
3007Calvisson27128
3008La Grand-Combe24428
3015Quissac1732444
3022Le Vigan4646
Total75

Communes

The arrondissement of Le Vigan has 75 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]

  1. Alzon (30009)
  2. Arphy (30015)
  3. Arre (30016)
  4. Arrigas (30017)
  5. Aulas (30024)
  6. Aumessas (30025)
  7. Avèze (30026)
  8. Bez-et-Esparon (30038)
  9. Blandas (30040)
  10. Bragassargues (30050)
  11. Brouzet-lès-Quissac (30054)
  12. Bréau-et-Salagosse (30052)
  13. Campestre-et-Luc (30064)
  14. Canaules-et-Argentières (30065)
  15. Cannes-et-Clairan (30066)
  16. Carnas (30069)
  17. Causse-Bégon (30074)
  18. Colognac (30087)
  19. Conqueyrac (30093)
  20. Corconne (30095)
  21. Cros (30099)
  22. Dourbies (30105)
  23. Durfort-et-Saint-Martin-de-Sossenac (30106)
  24. Fressac (30119)
  25. Gailhan (30121)
  26. L'Estréchure (30108)
  27. La Cadière-et-Cambo (30058)
  28. Lanuéjols (30139)
  29. Lasalle (30140)
  30. Liouc (30148)
  31. Logrian-Florian (30150)
  32. Mandagout (30154)
  33. Mars (30157)
  34. Molières-Cavaillac (30170)
  35. Monoblet (30172)
  36. Montdardier (30176)
  37. Notre-Dame-de-la-Rouvière (30190)
  38. Orthoux-Sérignac-Quilhan (30192)
  39. Peyrolles (30195)
  40. Les Plantiers (30198)
  41. Pommiers (30199)
  42. Pompignan (30200)
  43. Puechredon (30208)
  44. Quissac (30210)
  45. Revens (30213)
  46. Rogues (30219)
  47. Roquedur (30220)
  48. Saint-André-de-Majencoules (30229)
  49. Saint-André-de-Valborgne (30231)
  50. Saint-Bonnet-de-Salendrinque (30236)
  51. Saint-Bresson (30238)
  52. Saint-Félix-de-Pallières (30252)
  53. Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (30263)
  54. Saint-Jean-de-Crieulon (30265)
  55. Saint-Julien-de-la-Nef (30272)
  56. Saint-Laurent-le-Minier (30280)
  57. Saint-Martial (30283)
  58. Saint-Nazaire-des-Gardies (30289)
  59. Saint-Roman-de-Codières (30296)
  60. Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu (30297)
  61. Saint-Théodorit (30300)
  62. Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle (30246)
  63. Sardan (30309)
  64. Saumane (30310)
  65. Sauve (30311)
  66. Savignargues (30314)
  67. Soudorgues (30322)
  68. Sumène (30325)
  69. Thoiras (30329)
  70. Trèves (30332)
  71. Vabres (30335)
  72. Valleraugue (30339)
  73. Vic-le-Fesq (30349)
  74. Le Vigan (30350)
  75. Vissec (30353)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
30350Le Vigan3,933Le ViganLe Pays Viganais
30263Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort3,912Le ViganLe Piémont Cévenol
30210Quissac3,156QuissacLe Piémont Cévenol
30311Sauve1,970QuissacLe Piémont Cévenol
30325Sumène1,598Le ViganLes Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises
30140Lasalle1,160Le ViganCausses Aigoual Cévennes
30026Avèze1,091Le ViganLe Pays Viganais
30339Valleraugue1,044Le ViganCausses Aigoual Cévennes
30170Molières-Cavaillac939Le ViganLe Pays Viganais
30200Pompignan900Le ViganLe Piémont Cévenol

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 Gard". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. "Département du Gard (30)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  5. "Décret n° 2014-232 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Gard" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  6. "Arrondissement du Vigan (303)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 January 2017.

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