Arrondissement of Alès

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).

### 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_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3002|Alès-1|7 + part of Alès|||**7** + part of Alès|
|3003|Alès-2|10 + part of Alès|4||**14** + part of Alès|
|3004|Alès-3|13 + part of Alès|||**13** + part of Alès|
|3008|La Grand-Combe|24||4|**28**|
|3015|Quissac|17|3|24|**44**|
|3015|Rousson|29|||**29**|
|**Total**|**101**|||||

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Alès has 101 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30007|Alès|39,993|Alès-1, Alès-2 and Alès-3|Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération|
|30243|Saint-Christol-lès-Alès|6,951|Alès-1|Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération|
|30132|La Grand-Combe|5,162|La Grand-Combe|Le Pays Grand Combien|
|30294|Saint-Privat-des-Vieux|5,083|Alès-2|Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération|
|30284|Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues|4,325|Alès-2|Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération|
|30259|Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas|4,200|Alès-3|Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération|
|30223|Rousson|3,967|Rousson|Vivre en Cévennes|
|30010|Anduze|3,431|Alès-1|Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération|
|30274|Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers|3,295|Rousson|Vivre en Cévennes|
|30305|Salindres|3,229|Alès-2|Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération|
|30227|Saint-Ambroix|3,176|Rousson|Cèze Cévennes|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Gard department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Alès
- **insee**: 301
- **nbcomm**: 97
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Alès
- **area**: 1304.2
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Alès 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie