The arrondissement of Alès is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Alès.

History
When the Gard department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Alès, with the name of Alais, was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Alès is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the east by the Nîmes arrondissement, to the south by the Le Vigan arrondissement and to the west by the Lozère department.

The arrondissement of Alès is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, , and the second in population (151,823 inhabitants).

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 Alès, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Cazères, Escalquens and Plaisance-du-Touch. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondiissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Alès has 101 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Aigremont (30002)
 Allègre-les-Fumades (30008)
 Alès (30007)
 Anduze (30010)
 Aujac (30022)
 Bagard (30027)
 Barjac (30029)
 Bessèges (30037)
 Boisset-et-Gaujac (30042)
 Bonnevaux (30044)
 Bordezac (30045)
 Boucoiran-et-Nozières (30046)
 Bouquet (30048)
 Branoux-les-Taillades (30051)
 Brignon (30053)
 Brouzet-lès-Alès (30055)
 Cardet (30068)
 Cassagnoles (30071)
 Castelnau-Valence (30072)
 Cendras (30077)
 Chambon (30079)
 Chamborigaud (30080)
 Concoules (30090)
 Corbès (30094)
 Courry (30097)
 Cruviers-Lascours (30100)
 Deaux (30101)
 Domessargues (30104)
 Euzet (30109)
 Gagnières (30120)
 Génolhac (30130)
 Générargues (30129)
 La Grand-Combe (30132)
 La Vernarède (30345)
 Lamelouze (30137)
 Laval-Pradel (30142)
 Le Martinet (30159)
 Les Mages (30152)
 Les Plans (30197)
 Les Salles-du-Gardon (30307)
 Lédignan (30146)
 Lézan (30147)
 Malons-et-Elze (30153)
 Martignargues (30158)
 Maruéjols-lès-Gardon (30160)
 Massanes (30161)
 Massillargues-Attuech (30162)
 Mauressargues (30163)
 Meyrannes (30167)
 Mialet (30168)
 Molières-sur-Cèze (30171)
 Mons (30173)
 Monteils (30177)
 Méjannes-le-Clap (30164)
 Méjannes-lès-Alès (30165)
 Navacelles (30187)
 Ners (30188)
 Peyremale (30194)
 Ponteils-et-Brésis (30201)
 Portes (30203)
 Potelières (30204)
 Ribaute-les-Tavernes (30214)
 Rivières (30215)
 Robiac-Rochessadoule (30216)
 Rochegude (30218)
 Rousson (30223)
 Saint-Ambroix (30227)
 Saint-Brès (30237)
 Saint-Bénézet (30234)
 Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (30243)
 Saint-Césaire-de-Gauzignan (30240)
 Saint-Denis (30247)
 Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet (30253)
 Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas (30259)
 Saint-Hippolyte-de-Caton (30261)
 Saint-Jean-de-Ceyrargues (30264)
 Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan (30266)
 Saint-Jean-de-Serres (30267)
 Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle (30268)
 Saint-Jean-du-Gard (30269)
 Saint-Jean-du-Pin (30270)
 Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas (30271)
 Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers (30274)
 Saint-Just-et-Vacquières (30275)
 Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues (30284)
 Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille (30285)
 Saint-Paul-la-Coste (30291)
 Saint-Privat-de-Champclos (30293)
 Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (30294)
 Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille (30298)
 Saint-Victor-de-Malcap (30303)
 Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm (30250)
 Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge (30239)
 Salindres (30305)
 Servas (30318)
 Seynes (30320)
 Soustelle (30323)
 Sénéchas (30316)
 Tharaux (30327)
 Tornac (30330)
 Vézénobres (30348)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Gard department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Ales
Occitanie