The arrondissement of Privas is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Ardèche department. Its capital, and Prefecture of the department, is the city of Privas.

History
When the Ardèche department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Privas was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Privas is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône, to the  east by the Drôme department, to the southeast by the Vaucluse department,  to the south by the Gard department and to the west by the arrondissement of Arrondissement of Largentière.

It is in the southeast of Ardèche. It is the smallest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of . It has 87,774 inhabitants and a density of  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 Privas, there are 3 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Le Pouzin and Privas. The Canton of Le Cheylard has 33 communes in the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône and 13 in Privas, the Canton of Le Teil has 13 communes in the arrondissement of Largentière and 6 in Privas, the Canton of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc has 1 commune Privas and 29 in Largentière, and the Canton of La Voulte-sur-Rhône has 9 communes in Tournon-sur-Rhône and 8 in Privas.

Communes
The arrondissement of Privas has 66 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Ajoux (07004)
 Alba-la-Romaine (07005)
 Alissas (07008)
 Aubignas (07020)
 Baix (07022)
 Beauchastel (07027)
 Beauvène (07030)
 Bidon (07034)
 Bourg-Saint-Andéol (07042)
 Chalencon (07048)
 Châteauneuf-de-Vernoux (07060)
 Chomérac (07066)
 Coux (07072)
 Creysseilles (07074)
 Cruas (07076)
 Dunière-sur-Eyrieux (07083)
 Flaviac (07090)
 Freyssenet (07092)
 Gilhac-et-Bruzac (07094)
 Gluiras (07096)
 Gourdon (07098)
 Gras (07099)
 Larnas (07133)
 Lyas (07146)
 Marcols-les-Eaux (07149)
 Meysse (07157)
 Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux (07167)
 Pourchères (07179)
 Le Pouzin (07181)
 Pranles (07184)
 Privas (07186)
 Rochemaure (07191)
 Rochessauve (07194)
 Rompon (07198)
 Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias (07214)
 Saint-Bauzile (07219)
 Saint-Cierge-la-Serre (07221)
 Saint-Étienne-de-Serre (07233)
 Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux (07237)
 Saint-Jean-Chambre (07244)
 Saint-Julien-du-Gua (07253)
 Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban (07255)
 Saint-Julien-le-Roux (07257)
 Saint-Just-d'Ardèche (07259)
 Saint-Lager-Bressac (07260)
 Saint-Laurent-du-Pape (07261)
 Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche (07264)
 Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche (07268)
 Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon (07270)
 Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon (07274)
 Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux (07278)
 Saint-Montan (07279)
 Saint-Pierre-la-Roche (07283)
 Saint-Priest (07288)
 Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut (07295)
 Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac (07298)
 Saint-Thomé (07300)
 Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès (07302)
 Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort (07303)
 Silhac (07314)
 Le Teil (07319)
 Valvignères (07332)
 Vernoux-en-Vivarais (07338)
 Veyras (07340)
 Viviers (07346)
 La Voulte-sur-Rhône (07349)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

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

References

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