Arrondissement of Avignon

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

Avignon
Arrondissement
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
No. of communes	17
Prefecture	Avignon
Area	369.7 km2 (142.7 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	215,386
INSEE code	842

History

When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Avignon was part of that original department.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Avignon is in the northwest of the Vaucluse department. It includes the exclave of Valreás that is to the north of the department surrounded by the Drôme department.

It has the Carpentras arrondissement to the east, the Apt arrondissement to the southeast, the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south, the Gard department to the west, the Ardèche department to the northwest and the Drôme department to the north.

The arrondissement of Avignon is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, 923.7 km² (356.6 sq mi), but the one with more people living in it (296,303 inhabitants) and a density of 320.8 inhabitants/km².^[3]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,^[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Avignon, the Cheval-Blanc, Le Pontet and Vaison-la-Romaine cantons do not have all their communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Avignon

INSEE Code	Canton	Apt	Avignon	Carpentras	Total
8402	Avignon-1		part of Avignon		part of Avignon
8403	Avignon-2		part of Avignon		part of Avignon
8404	Avignon-3		1 + part of Avignon		1 + part of Avignon
8405	Bollène		9		9
8408	Cheval-Blanc	12	2		14
8409	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue		5		5
8411	Orange		3		3
8414	Le Pontet		4	1	5
8415	Sorgues		5		5
8416	Vaison-la-Romaine		3	26	29
8417	Valréas		4		4

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Avignon are:^[5]

1. Avignon (84007)
2. Bollène (84019)
3. Bédarrides (84016)
4. Cabrières-d'Avignon (84025)
5. Caderousse (84027)
6. Camaret-sur-Aigues (84029)
7. Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne (84036)
8. Châteauneuf-du-Pape (84037)
9. Courthézon (84039)
10. Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (84139)
11. Grillon (84053)
12. Jonquerettes (84055)
13. Jonquières (84056)
14. L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (84054)
15. Lagarde-Paréol (84061)
16. Lagnes (84062)
17. Lamotte-du-Rhône (84063)
18. Lapalud (84064)
19. Le Pontet (84092)
20. Le Thor (84132)
21. Mondragon (84078)
22. Morières-lès-Avignon (84081)
23. Mornas (84083)
24. Orange (84087)
25. Piolenc (84091)
26. Richerenches (84097)
27. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (84119)
28. Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes (84106)
29. Saumane-de-Vaucluse (84124)
30. Sorgues (84129)
31. Sérignan-du-Comtat (84127)
32. Travaillan (84134)
33. Uchaux (84135)
34. Valréas (84138)
35. Vedène (84141)
36. Violès (84149)
37. Visan (84150)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[3] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
84007	Avignon	92,209	Avignon-1, Avignon-2 and Avignon-3	Grand Avignon (Coga)
84087	Orange	29,482	Orange	Le Pays de Rhône et Ouvèze
84054	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue	19,240	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue	Le Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse
84129	Sorgues	18,328	Sorgues	Le Pays de Rhône et Ouvèze
84092	Le Pontet	17,476	Le Pontet	Grand Avignon (Coga)
84019	Bollène	13,574	Bollène	Rhône Lez Provence
84141	Vedène	11,045	Le Pontet	Grand Avignon (Coga)
84138	Valréas	9,520	Valréas	Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan
84132	Le Thor	8,706	L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue	Le Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse
84081	Morières-lès-Avignon	8,100	Avignon-3	Grand Avignon (Coga)

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Vaucluse 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 de Vaucluse". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
3. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
4. "Décret n° 2014-249 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Vaucluse" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
5. "Arrondissement d'Avignon (842)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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