Arrondissement of Carpentras

The arrondissement of Carpentras is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Carpentras. History When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Carpentras was part of that original department. Geography The arrondissement of Carpentras is in the northeast of the Vaucluse department. It has the Drôme department to the north and east, the Apt arrondissement to the south and the Avignon arrondissement to the southwest and west. The arrondissement of Carpentras is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, 1,266.4 km2 (489.0 sq mi), and the second in population (129,623 inhabitants); it has a density of 102.4 inhabitants/km². 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 Carpentras, the 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: Communes The communes of the arrondissement of Carpentras are: The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are: Related pages Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department List of arrondissements of France References