Arrondissement of Apt

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

Apt
Arrondissement
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
No. of communes	57
Subprefecture	Apt
Area	1,390.6 km2 (536.9 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	128,651
INSEE code	841

History

When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Apt was part of that original department. In 1926, the subprefecture of Apt was moved to Cavaillon but returned to Apt in 1933.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Apt is in the most southern of the arrondissements of the Vaucluse department. It has the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department to the east, the Var department to the southeast (for a very short distance), the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south and west, the Avignon arrondissement to the northwest and the Carpentras arrondissement to the north.

The arrondissement of Apt is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, 1,377.2 km² (531.7 sq mi), but the one with fewest people living in it (128,448 inhabitants) and a density of 23.4 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 Apt, only the Cheval-Blanc canton does not has all its 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 Apt

INSEE Code	Canton	Apt	Avignon	Carpentras	Total
8401	Apt	27			27
8407	Cavaillon	2			2
8408	Cheval-Blanc	12	2		14
8413	Pertuis	15			15

Communes

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

1. Ansouis (84002)
2. Apt (84003)
3. Auribeau (84006)
4. La Bastide-des-Jourdans (84009)
5. La Bastidonne (84010)
6. Beaumettes (84013)
7. Beaumont-de-Pertuis (84014)
8. Bonnieux (84020)
9. Buoux (84023)
10. Cabrières-d'Aigues (84024)
11. Cadenet (84026)
12. Caseneuve (84032)
13. Castellet (84033)
14. Caumont-sur-Durance (84034)
15. Cavaillon (84035)
16. Cheval-Blanc (84038)
17. Cucuron (84042)
18. Gargas (84047)
19. Gignac (84048)
20. Gordes (84050)
21. Goult (84051)
22. Grambois (84052)
23. Joucas (84057)
24. Lacoste (84058)
25. Lagarde-d'Apt (84060)
26. Lauris (84065)
27. Lioux (84066)
28. Lourmarin (84068)
29. Maubec (84071)
30. Ménerbes (84073)
31. Mérindol (84074)
32. Mirabeau (84076)
33. La Motte-d'Aigues (84084)
34. Murs (84085)
35. Oppède (84086)
36. Pertuis (84089)
37. Peypin-d'Aigues (84090)
38. Puget (84093)
39. Puyvert (84095)
40. Robion (84099)
41. Roussillon (84102)
42. Rustrel (84103)
43. Saignon (84105)
44. Saint-Martin-de-Castillon (84112)
45. Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque (84113)
46. Saint-Pantaléon (84114)
47. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt (84118)
48. Sannes (84121)
49. Sivergues (84128)
50. Taillades (84131)
51. La Tour-d'Aigues (84133)
52. Vaugines (84140)
53. Viens (84144)
54. Villars (84145)
55. Villelaure (84147)
56. Vitrolles-en-Luberon (84151)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[3] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
84035	Cavaillon	26,201	Cavaillon	Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
84089	Pertuis	19,523	Pertuis	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
84003	Apt	11,885	Apt	Pays d'Apt-Luberon
84034	Caumont-sur-Durance	4,718	Cavaillon	Grand Avignon (Coga)
84099	Robion	4,273	Cheval-Blanc	Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
84133	La Tour-d'Aigues	4,190	Pertuis	Territoriale Sud-Luberon
84026	Cadenet	4,136	Cheval-Blanc	Les Portes du Luberon
84038	Cheval-Blanc	1,201	Cheval-Blanc	Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
84065	Lauris	3,787	Cheval-Blanc	Les Portes du Luberon
84147	Villelaure	3,323	Pertuis	Territoriale Sud-Luberon

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'Apt (841)". 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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