Arrondissement of Forcalquier

The **arrondissement of Forcalquier** is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Forcalquier.

## History

When the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Forcalquier was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Forcalquier is the most western of the _arrondissements_ of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. It is bordered to the north by the Hautes-Alpes department, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Digne-les-Bains, to the south and west by the Vaucluse department and to the northwest by the Drôme department.

The _arrondissement_ of Forcalquier is the second largest _arrondissement_ of the department in area, after the _arrondissement_ of Digne-les-Bains, , but first in population (88,333 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 Forcalquier, there are 9 cantons and 7 of them with all their _communes_ in the _arrondissement_:

1. Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban <small>(0403)</small>
1. Forcalquier <small>(0406)</small>
1. Manosque-1 <small>(0407)</small>
1. Manosque-2 <small>(0408)</small>
1. Manosque-3 <small>(0409)</small>
1. Oraison <small>(0410)</small> (partly)
1. Reillanne <small>(0411)</small>
1. Seyne <small>(0413)</small> (partly)
1. Sisteron <small>(0414)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Forcalquier has 97 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Allemagne-en-Provence <small>(04004)</small>
1. Aubenas-les-Alpes <small>(04012)</small>
1. Aubignosc <small>(04013)</small>
1. Authon <small>(04016)</small>
1. Banon <small>(04018)</small>
1. Bayons <small>(04023)</small>
1. Bellaffaire <small>(04026)</small>
1. Bevons <small>(04027)</small>
1. La Brillanne <small>(04034)</small>
1. Brunet <small>(04035)</small>
1. Le Caire <small>(04037)</small>
1. Le Castellet <small>(04041)</small>
1. Céreste <small>(04045)</small>
1. Châteaufort <small>(04050)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-Miravail <small>(04051)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat <small>(04053)</small>
1. Clamensane <small>(04057)</small>
1. Claret <small>(04058)</small>
1. Corbières <small>(04063)</small>
1. Cruis <small>(04065)</small>
1. Curbans <small>(04066)</small>
1. Curel <small>(04067)</small>
1. Dauphin <small>(04068)</small>
1. Entrepierres <small>(04075)</small>
1. Entrevennes <small>(04077)</small>
1. Esparron-de-Verdon <small>(04081)</small>
1. Faucon-du-Caire <small>(04085)</small>
1. Fontienne <small>(04087)</small>
1. Forcalquier <small>(04088)</small>
1. Gigors <small>(04093)</small>
1. Gréoux-les-Bains <small>(04094)</small>
1. L’Hospitalet <small>(04095)</small>
1. Lardiers <small>(04101)</small>
1. Limans <small>(04104)</small>
1. Lurs <small>(04106)</small>
1. Mane <small>(04111)</small>
1. Manosque <small>(04112)</small>
1. Melve <small>(04118)</small>
1. Mison <small>(04123)</small>
1. Montagnac-Montpezat <small>(04124)</small>
1. Montfort <small>(04127)</small>
1. Montfuron <small>(04128)</small>
1. Montjustin <small>(04129)</small>
1. Montlaux <small>(04130)</small>
1. Montsalier <small>(04132)</small>
1. La Motte-du-Caire <small>(04134)</small>
1. Nibles <small>(04137)</small>
1. Niozelles <small>(04138)</small>
1. Noyers-sur-Jabron <small>(04139)</small>
1. Les Omergues <small>(04140)</small>
1. Ongles <small>(04141)</small>
1. Oppedette <small>(04142)</small>
1. Oraison <small>(04143)</small>
1. Peipin <small>(04145)</small>
1. Piégut <small>(04150)</small>
1. Pierrerue <small>(04151)</small>
1. Pierrevert <small>(04152)</small>
1. Puimichel <small>(04156)</small>
1. Puimoisson <small>(04157)</small>
1. Quinson <small>(04158)</small>
1. Redortiers <small>(04159)</small>
1. Reillanne <small>(04160)</small>
1. Revest-des-Brousses <small>(04162)</small>
1. Revest-du-Bion <small>(04163)</small>
1. Revest-Saint-Martin <small>(04164)</small>
1. Riez <small>(04166)</small>
1. La Rochegiron <small>(04169)</small>
1. Roumoules <small>(04172)</small>
1. Sainte-Croix-à-Lauze <small>(04175)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues <small>(04178)</small>
1. Saint-Geniez <small>(04179)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon <small>(04186)</small>
1. Saint-Maime <small>(04188)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Brômes <small>(04189)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-les-Eaux <small>(04190)</small>
1. Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire <small>(04192)</small>
1. Sainte-Tulle <small>(04197)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron <small>(04199)</small>
1. Salignac <small>(04200)</small>
1. Saumane <small>(04201)</small>
1. Sigonce <small>(04206)</small>
1. Sigoyer <small>(04207)</small>
1. Simiane-la-Rotonde <small>(04208)</small>
1. Sisteron <small>(04209)</small>
1. Sourribes <small>(04211)</small>
1. Thèze <small>(04216)</small>
1. Turriers <small>(04222)</small>
1. Vachères <small>(04227)</small>
1. Valavoire <small>(04228)</small>
1. Valbelle <small>(04229)</small>
1. Valensole <small>(04230)</small>
1. Valernes <small>(04231)</small>
1. Vaumeilh <small>(04233)</small>
1. Venterol <small>(04234)</small>
1. Villemus <small>(04241)</small>
1. Villeneuve <small>(04242)</small>
1. Volx <small>(04245)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|04112|Manosque|21,941|Manosque-1, Manosque-2 and Manosque-3 || Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération||
|04209|Sisteron|3,629|Sisteron|Le Sisteronais-Buëch|
|04143|Oraison|5,792|Oraison|Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération|
|04088|Forcalquier|5,210|Forcalquier|Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure|
|04242|Villeneuve|5,210|Oraison|Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération|
|04152|Pierrevert|3,690|Manosque-1|Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération|
|04197|Sainte-Tulle|3,398|Manosque-3|Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération|
|04230|Valensole|3,206|Valensole|Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération|
|04245|Volx|3,134|Manosque-2|Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération|
|04094|Gréoux-les-Bains|2,645|Valensole|Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Forcalquier
- **insee**: 044
- **nbcomm**: 97
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Forcalquier
- **area**: 2605.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Forcalquier 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur