Arrondissement of Privas

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.

### 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):

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

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|07319|Le Teil|8,376|Berg-Helvie|Ardèche Rhône Coiron|
|07186|Privas|8,313|Privas|CA Privas Centre Ardèche|
|07042|Bourg-Saint-Andéol|7,236|Bourg-Saint-Andéol|Le Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche|
|07349|La Voulte-sur-Rhône|5,124|Rhône-Eyrieux|CA Privas Centre Ardèche|
|07346|Viviers|3,788|Bourg-Saint-Andéol|Le Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche|
|07066|Chomérac|3,040|Privas|CA Privas Centre Ardèche|
|07076|Cruas|2,959|Le Pouzin|Ardèche Rhône Coiron|
|07181|Le Pouzin|2,809|Le Pouzin|CA Privas Centre Ardèche|
|07264|Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche|2,429|Bourg-Saint-Andéol|Le Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche|
|07191|Rochemaure|2,291|Le Pouzin|Ardèche Rhône Coiron|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Privas
- **insee**: 072
- **nbcomm**: 66
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Privas
- **area**: 1145.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Privas 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes