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 , the second in area of the department. It is the most populated arrondissement with 143,753 inhabitants and a population density of  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):

 Allier (65005)
 Andrest (65007)
 Angos (65010)
 Ansost (65013)
 Antin (65015)
 Arcizac-Adour (65019)
 Aries-Espénan (65026)
 Artagnan (65035)
 Aubarède (65044)
 Aureilhan (65047)
 Aurensan (65048)
 Auriébat (65049)
 Averan (65052)
 Azereix (65057)
 Barbachen (65061)
 Barbazan-Debat (65062)
 Barbazan-Dessus (65063)
 Barry (65067)
 Barthe (65068)
 Bazet (65072)
 Bazillac (65073)
 Bazordan (65074)
 Bégole (65079)
 Bénac (65080)
 Bernac-Debat (65083)
 Bernac-Dessus (65084)
 Bernadets-Debat (65085)
 Bernadets-Dessus (65086)
 Betbèze (65088)
 Betpouy (65090)
 Bonnefont (65095)
 Bordères-sur-l'Échez (65100)
 Bordes (65101)
 Bouilh-Devant (65102)
 Bouilh-Péreuilh (65103)
 Boulin (65104)
 Bours (65108)
 Bugard (65110)
 Burg (65113)
 Buzon (65114)
 Cabanac (65115)
 Caharet (65118)
 Caixon (65119)
 Calavanté (65120)
 Camalès (65121)
 Campuzan (65126)
 Castelnau-Magnoac (65129)
 Castelnau-Rivière-Basse (65130)
 Castelvieilh (65131)
 Castéra-Lanusse (65132)
 Castéra-Lou (65133)
 Casterets (65134)
 Caubous (65136)
 Caussade-Rivière (65137)
 Chelle-Debat (65142)
 Chis (65146)
 Cizos (65148)
 Clarac (65149)
 Collongues (65151)
 Coussan (65153)
 Devèze (65155)
 Dours (65156)
 Escaunets (65160)
 Escondeaux (65161)
 Estampures (65170)
 Estirac (65174)
 Fontrailles (65177)
 Fréchède (65178)
 Fréchou-Fréchet (65181)
 Gardères (65185)
 Gaussan (65187)
 Gayan (65189)
 Gensac (65196)
 Gonez (65204)
 Goudon (65206)
 Guizerix (65213)
 Hachan (65214)
 Hagedet (65215)
 Hères (65219)
 Hibarette (65220)
 Hitte (65222)
 Horgues (65223)
 Hourc (65225)
 Ibos (65226)
 Jacque (65232)
 Juillan (65235)
 Labatut-Rivière (65240)
 Lacassagne (65242)
 Lafitole (65243)
 Lagarde (65244)
 Lahitte-Toupière (65248)
 Lalanne (65249)
 Lalanne-Trie (65250)
 Laloubère (65251)
 Lamarque-Pontacq (65252)
 Lamarque-Rustaing (65253)
 Laméac (65254)
 Lanespède (65256)
 Lanne (65257)
 Lansac (65259)
 Lapeyre (65260)
 Laran (65261)
 Larreule (65262)
 Larroque (65263)
 Lascazères (65264)
 Laslades (65265)
 Lassales (65266)
 Layrisse (65268)
 Lescurry (65269)
 Lespouey (65270)
 Lhez (65272)
 Liac (65273)
 Lizos (65276)
 Loucrup (65281)
 Louey (65284)
 Louit (65285)
 Lubret-Saint-Luc (65288)
 Luby-Betmont (65289)
 Luc (65290)
 Luquet (65292)
 Lustar (65293)
 Madiran (65296)
 Mansan (65297)
 Marquerie (65298)
 Marsac (65299)
 Marseillan (65301)
 Mascaras (65303)
 Maubourguet (65304)
 Mazerolles (65308)
 Mingot (65311)
 Momères (65313)
 Montfaucon (65314)
 Monléon-Magnoac (65315)
 Monlong (65316)
 Montignac (65321)
 Moulédous (65324)
 Moumoulous (65325)
 Mun (65326)
 Nouilhan (65330)
 Odos (65331)
 Oléac-Debat (65332)
 Oléac-Dessus (65333)
 Organ (65336)
 Orieux (65337)
 Orincles (65339)
 Orleix (65340)
 Oroix (65341)
 Osmets (65342)
 Ossun (65344)
 Oueilloux (65346)
 Oursbelille (65350)
 Ozon (65353)
 Peyraube (65357)
 Peyret-Saint-André (65358)
 Peyriguère (65359)
 Peyrun (65361)
 Pintac (65364)
 Poumarous (65367)
 Pouy (65368)
 Pouyastruc (65369)
 Pujo (65372)
 Puntous (65373)
 Puydarrieux (65374)
 Rabastens-de-Bigorre (65375)
 Ricaud (65378)
 Sabalos (65380)
 Sadournin (65383)
 Saint-Lanne (65387)
 Saint-Lézer (65390)
 Saint-Martin (65392)
 Saint-Sever-de-Rustan (65397)
 Salles-Adour (65401)
 Sanous (65403)
 Sariac-Magnoac (65404)
 Sarniguet (65406)
 Sarriac-Bigorre (65409)
 Sarrouilles (65410)
 Sauveterre (65412)
 Ségalas (65414)
 Séméac (65417)
 Sénac (65418)
 Sère-Rustaing (65423)
 Séron (65422)
 Siarrouy (65425)
 Sinzos (65426)
 Sombrun (65429)
 Soréac (65430)
 Soublecause (65432)
 Soues (65433)
 Souyeaux (65436)
 Talazac (65438)
 Tarasteix (65439)
 Tarbes (65440)
 Thermes-Magnoac (65442)
 Thuy (65443)
 Tostat (65446)
 Tournay (65447)
 Tournous-Darré (65448)
 Trie-sur-Baïse (65452)
 Trouley-Labarthe (65454)
 Ugnouas (65457)
 Vic-en-Bigorre (65460)
 Vidou (65461)
 Vidouze (65462)
 Vielle-Adour (65464)
 Vieuzos (65468)
 Villefranque (65472)
 Villembits (65474)
 Villemur (65475)
 Villenave-près-Béarn (65476)
 Villenave-près-Marsac (65477)
 Visker (65479)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
 Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

Tarbes