Arrondissement of Grasse

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

## History

When the Alpes-Maritimes department was created on 1793, Grasse was part of the Var department. It became an _arrondissement_ of the Alpes-Maritimes department in 1860.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Grasse is the most southern of the Alpes-Maritimes department. It is bordered to the north by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the east by the Nice _arrondissement_, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Var department.

The _arrondissement_ of Grasse is the smallest in area of the two _arrondissements_ of the department, , but the one with a higher population (560,045 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 Grasse, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Nice-3 and Vence. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|INSEE code||Canton||Grasse||Nice||Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|0601|Antibes-1|1 + part of Antibes||**1** + part of Antibes|
|0602|Antibes-2|part of Antibes||part of Antibes|
|0603|Antibes-3|1 + part of Antibes||**1** + part of Antibes|
|0605|Cagnes-sur-Mer-1|part of Cagnes-sur-Mer||part of Cagnes-sur-Mer|
|0606|Cagnes-sur-Mer-2|2 + part of Cagnes-sur-Mer||**2** + part of Cagnes-sur-Mer|
|0607|Cannes-1|part of Cannes + part of Le Cannet||part of Cannes + part of Le Cannet|
|0608|Cannes-2|part of Cannes||part of Cannes|
|0609|Le Cannet|1 + part of Le Cannet||**1** + part of Le Cannet|
|0611|Grasse-1|18 + part of Grasse||**18** + part of Grasse|
|0612|Grasse-2|1 + part of Grasse||**1** + part of Grasse|
|0613|Mandelieu-la-Napoule|5||**5**|
|0617|Nice-3|3|part of Nice|**3** + part of Nice|
|0625|Valbonne|11 + part of Antibes||**11** + part of Antibes|
|0626|Vence|10|37|**47**|
|0627|Villeneuve-Loubet|4||**4**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Grasse has 62 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aiglun <small>(06001)</small>
1. Amirat <small>(06002)</small>
1. Andon <small>(06003)</small>
1. Antibes <small>(06004)</small>
1. Auribeau-sur-Siagne <small>(06007)</small>
1. Biot <small>(06018)</small>
1. Bouyon <small>(06022)</small>
1. Briançonnet <small>(06024)</small>
1. Bézaudun-les-Alpes <small>(06017)</small>
1. Cabris <small>(06026)</small>
1. Cagnes-sur-Mer <small>(06027)</small>
1. Caille <small>(06028)</small>
1. Cannes <small>(06029)</small>
1. Carros <small>(06033)</small>
1. Caussols <small>(06037)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-Grasse <small>(06038)</small>
1. Cipières <small>(06041)</small>
1. Collongues <small>(06045)</small>
1. Conségudes <small>(06047)</small>
1. Courmes <small>(06049)</small>
1. Coursegoules <small>(06050)</small>
1. Escragnolles <small>(06058)</small>
1. Gars <small>(06063)</small>
1. Gattières <small>(06064)</small>
1. Gourdon <small>(06068)</small>
1. Grasse <small>(06069)</small>
1. Gréolières <small>(06070)</small>
1. La Colle-sur-Loup <small>(06044)</small>
1. La Gaude <small>(06065)</small>
1. La Roquette-sur-Siagne <small>(06108)</small>
1. Le Bar-sur-Loup <small>(06010)</small>
1. Le Broc <small>(06025)</small>
1. Le Cannet <small>(06030)</small>
1. Le Mas <small>(06081)</small>
1. Le Rouret <small>(06112)</small>
1. Le Tignet <small>(06140)</small>
1. Les Ferres <small>(06061)</small>
1. Les Mujouls <small>(06087)</small>
1. Mandelieu-la-Napoule <small>(06079)</small>
1. Mouans-Sartoux <small>(06084)</small>
1. Mougins <small>(06085)</small>
1. Opio <small>(06089)</small>
1. Peymeinade <small>(06095)</small>
1. Pégomas <small>(06090)</small>
1. Roquefort-les-Pins <small>(06105)</small>
1. Roquestéron-Grasse <small>(06107)</small>
1. Saint-Auban <small>(06116)</small>
1. Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne <small>(06118)</small>
1. Saint-Jeannet <small>(06122)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-du-Var <small>(06123)</small>
1. Saint-Paul <small>(06128)</small>
1. Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey <small>(06130)</small>
1. Sallagriffon <small>(06131)</small>
1. Spéracèdes <small>(06137)</small>
1. Séranon <small>(06134)</small>
1. Théoule-sur-Mer <small>(06138)</small>
1. Tourrettes-sur-Loup <small>(06148)</small>
1. Valbonne <small>(06152)</small>
1. Valderoure <small>(06154)</small>
1. Vallauris <small>(06155)</small>
1. Vence <small>(06157)</small>
1. Villeneuve-Loubet <small>(06161)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|06004|Antibes|75,731|Antibes-1, Antibes-2 Antibes-3 and Valbonne || Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis||
|06029|Cannes|73,744|Cannes-1 and Cannes-2|Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins|
|06069|Grasse|50,409|Grasse-1 and Grasse-2|Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Grasse|
|06027|Cagnes-sur-Mer|47,811|Cagnes-sur-Mer-1 and Cagnes-sur-Mer-2 || Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur||
|06030|Le Cannet|42,454|Cannes-1 and Le Cannet|Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins|
|06123|Saint-Laurent-du-Var|29,067|Cagnes-sur-Mer-2|Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur|
|06155|Vallauris|26,302|Antibes-1|Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis|
|06079|Mandelieu-la-Napoule|22,696|Mandelieu-la-Napoule|Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins|
|06157|Vence|18,536|Vence|Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur|
|06085|Mougins|18,391|Le Cannet|Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Alpes-Maritimes department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Grasse
- **insee**: 061
- **nbcomm**: 62
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Grasse
- **area**: 1231.2
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Grasse 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur