Arrondissement of Carpentras

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

## History

When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the _arrondissement_ of Carpentras was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Carpentras is in the northeast of the Vaucluse department. It has the Drôme department to the north and east, the Apt _arrondissement_ to the south and the Avignon _arrondissement_ to the southwest and west.

The _arrondissement_ of Carpentras is the second largest _arrondissement_ of the department in area, , and the second in population (129,623 inhabitants); it has 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  Carpentras, the Le Pontet and Vaison-la-Romaine cantons do not have all their _communes_ in the _arrondissement_. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|INSEE Code || Canton ||  Apt || Avignon || Carpentras || Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8406|Carpentras|||3|**3**|
|8410|Monteux|||7|**7**|
|8412|Pernes-les-Fontaines|||21|**21**|
|8414|Le Pontet||4|1|**5**|
|8416|Vaison-la-Romaine||3|26|**29**|

### Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Carpentras are:

1. Althen-des-Paluds <small>(84001)</small>
1. Aubignan <small>(84004)</small>
1. Aurel <small>(84005)</small>
1. Beaumes-de-Venise <small>(84012)</small>
1. Beaumont-du-Ventoux <small>(84015)</small>
1. Bédoin <small>(84017)</small>
1. Blauvac <small>(84018)</small>
1. Brantes <small>(84021)</small>
1. Buisson <small>(84022)</small>
1. Cairanne <small>(84028)</small>
1. Caromb <small>(84030)</small>
1. Carpentras <small>(84031)</small>
1. Crestet <small>(84040)</small>
1. Crillon-le-Brave <small>(84041)</small>
1. Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue <small>(84043)</small>
1. Entrechaux <small>(84044)</small>
1. Faucon <small>(84045)</small>
1. Flassan <small>(84046)</small>
1. Gigondas <small>(84049)</small>
1. La Roque-Alric <small>(84100)</small>
1. La Roque-sur-Pernes <small>(84101)</small>
1. Lafare <small>(84059)</small>
1. Le Barroux <small>(84008)</small>
1. Le Beaucet <small>(84011)</small>
1. Loriol-du-Comtat <small>(84067)</small>
1. Malaucène <small>(84069)</small>
1. Malemort-du-Comtat <small>(84070)</small>
1. Mazan <small>(84072)</small>
1. Modène <small>(84077)</small>
1. Monieux <small>(84079)</small>
1. Monteux <small>(84080)</small>
1. Mormoiron <small>(84082)</small>
1. Méthamis <small>(84075)</small>
1. Pernes-les-Fontaines <small>(84088)</small>
1. Puyméras <small>(84094)</small>
1. Rasteau <small>(84096)</small>
1. Roaix <small>(84098)</small>
1. Sablet <small>(84104)</small>
1. Saint-Christol <small>(84107)</small>
1. Saint-Didier <small>(84108)</small>
1. Saint-Hippolyte-le-Graveyron <small>(84109)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux <small>(84110)</small>
1. Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison <small>(84111)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols <small>(84115)</small>
1. Saint-Romain-en-Viennois <small>(84116)</small>
1. Saint-Roman-de-Malegarde <small>(84117)</small>
1. Saint-Trinit <small>(84120)</small>
1. Sarrians <small>(84122)</small>
1. Sault <small>(84123)</small>
1. Savoillan <small>(84125)</small>
1. Suzette <small>(84130)</small>
1. Séguret <small>(84126)</small>
1. Vacqueyras <small>(84136)</small>
1. Vaison-la-Romaine <small>(84137)</small>
1. Velleron <small>(84142)</small>
1. Venasque <small>(84143)</small>
1. Villedieu <small>(84146)</small>
1. Villes-sur-Auzon <small>(84148)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|84031|Carpentras|28,447|Carpentras|Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin|
|84080|Monteux|12,537|Monteux|Les Sorgues du Comtat|
|84088|Pernes-les-Fontaines|9,823|Pernes-les-Fontaines|Les Sorgues du Comtat|
|84043|Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue|8,230|Monteux|Grand Avignon (Coga)|
|84137|Vaison-la-Romaine|6,055|Vaison-la-Romaine|Pays Vaison Ventoux (Copavo)|
|84122|Sarrians|5,894|Monteux|Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)|
|84072|Mazan|5,841|Pernes-les-Fontaines|Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)|
|84004|Aubignan|5,404|Carpentras|Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)|
|84030|Caromb|3,199|Monteux|Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)|
|84017|Bédoin|3,072|Pernes-les-Fontaines|Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Carpentras
- **insee**: 843
- **nbcomm**: 77
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Carpentras
- **area**: 1807.0
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Carpentras 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur