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
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
No. of communes	29
Subprefecture	Arles
Area	2,031.5 km2 (784.4 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	171,157
INSEE code	132

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	Commune	Population[5] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
13004	Arles	52,697	Arles	CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
13027	Châteaurenard	15,644	Châteaurenard	CA Terre de Provence
13108	Tarascon	14,583	Châteaurenard	CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
13097	Saint-Martin-de-Crau	13,385	Salon-de-Provence-2	CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette
13100	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence	9,765	Salon-de-Provence-1	Vallée des Baux-Alpilles
13078	Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône	8,661	Arles	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13105	Sénas	7,006	Salon-de-Provence-1	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13035	Eyguières	6,852	Salon-de-Provence-1	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13053	Mallemort	5,972	Pélissanne	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13066	Noves	5,610	Châteaurenard	CA Terre de Provence

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
• List of arrondissements of France

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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