Arrondissement of Tarbes

The arrondissement of Tarbes is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and of the department, is the city of Tarbes. History When the Hautes-Pyrénées department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Tarbes was part of that original department and was made the capital (préfecture) of it. Geography It is the most northern of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,488.1 square kilometres (575 square miles), the second in area of the department. It is the most populated arrondissement with 143,753 inhabitants and a population density of 96.6 inhabitants/km². The arrondissement of Tarbes is bordered to the north by the Gers department, to the east by the Haute-Garonne department, to the south arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost and to west by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department. Composition Cantons After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements. In the arrondissement of Tarbes, there are 10 cantons with all its communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements: Communes The arrondissement of Tarbes has 212 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes): The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are: Related pages Arrondissements of the Hautes-Pyrénées department Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department References