Arrondissement of Gap

The **arrondissement of Gap** is an arrondissement of France, in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and prefecture, is the city of Gap, the largest city in the department.

## History

When the Hautes-Alpes department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Gap was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Gap is in the southern half of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east and south by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the west by the Drôme department, to the north by the Isère department and to the northeast by the Briançon _arrondissement_.

The _arrondissement_ of Gap is the largest of the two _arrondissements_ of the department both in area, , and population (104,131 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_.

There are 11 cantons in the _arrondissement_ of Gap and all have their communes in the _arrondissement_:

1. Chorges <small>(0504)</small> (17 communes)
1. Embrun <small>(0505)</small> (8 communes)
1. Gap-1 <small>(0506)</small> (part of Gap)
1. Gap-2 <small>(0507)</small> (part of Gap)
1. Gap-3 <small>(0508)</small> (part of Gap)
1. Gap-4 <small>(0509)</small> (part of Gap)
1. Laragne-Montéglin <small>(0511)</small> (11 communes)
1. Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur <small>(0512)</small> (27 communes)
1. Serres <small>(0513)</small> (39 communes)
1. Tallard <small>(0514)</small> (19 communes)
1. Veynes <small>(0515)</small> (8 communes)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Gap has 130 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Ancelle <small>(05004)</small>
1. Aspremont <small>(05008)</small>
1. Aspres-lès-Corps <small>(05009)</small>
1. Aspres-sur-Buëch <small>(05010)</small>
1. Avançon <small>(05011)</small>
1. Baratier <small>(05012)</small>
1. Barcillonnette <small>(05013)</small>
1. Barret-sur-Méouge <small>(05014)</small>
1. La Bâtie-Montsaléon <small>(05016)</small>
1. La Bâtie-Neuve <small>(05017)</small>
1. La Bâtie-Vieille <small>(05018)</small>
1. La Beaume <small>(05019)</small>
1. Le Bersac <small>(05021)</small>
1. Bréziers <small>(05022)</small>
1. Bruis <small>(05024)</small>
1. Buissard <small>(05025)</small>
1. Chabestan <small>(05028)</small>
1. Chabottes <small>(05029)</small>
1. Champoléon <small>(05032)</small>
1. Chanousse <small>(05033)</small>
1. La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar <small>(05064)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-d'Oze <small>(05035)</small>
1. Châteauroux-les-Alpes <small>(05036)</small>
1. Châteauvieux <small>(05037)</small>
1. Chauffayer <small>(05039)</small>
1. Chorges <small>(05040)</small>
1. Les Costes <small>(05043)</small>
1. Crévoux <small>(05044)</small>
1. Crots <small>(05045)</small>
1. Le Dévoluy <small>(05139)</small>
1. Embrun <small>(05046)</small>
1. Éourres <small>(05047)</small>
1. L'Épine <small>(05048)</small>
1. Esparron <small>(05049)</small>
1. Espinasses <small>(05050)</small>
1. Étoile-Saint-Cyrice <small>(05051)</small>
1. La Fare-en-Champsaur <small>(05054)</small>
1. La Faurie <small>(05055)</small>
1. Forest-Saint-Julien <small>(05056)</small>
1. Fouillouse <small>(05057)</small>
1. La Freissinouse <small>(05059)</small>
1. Furmeyer <small>(05060)</small>
1. Gap <small>(05061)</small>
1. Garde-Colombe <small>(05053)</small>
1. Le Glaizil <small>(05062)</small>
1. La Haute-Beaume <small>(05066)</small>
1. Jarjayes <small>(05068)</small>
1. Laragne-Montéglin <small>(05070)</small>
1. Lardier-et-Valença <small>(05071)</small>
1. Laye <small>(05072)</small>
1. Lazer <small>(05073)</small>
1. Lettret <small>(05074)</small>
1. Manteyer <small>(05075)</small>
1. Méreuil <small>(05076)</small>
1. Monêtier-Allemont <small>(05078)</small>
1. Montbrand <small>(05080)</small>
1. Montclus <small>(05081)</small>
1. Montgardin <small>(05084)</small>
1. Montjay <small>(05086)</small>
1. Montmaur <small>(05087)</small>
1. Montmorin <small>(05088)</small>
1. Montrond <small>(05089)</small>
1. La Motte-en-Champsaur <small>(05090)</small>
1. Moydans <small>(05091)</small>
1. Neffes <small>(05092)</small>
1. Nossage-et-Bénévent <small>(05094)</small>
1. Le Noyer <small>(05095)</small>
1. Orcières <small>(05096)</small>
1. Orpierre <small>(05097)</small>
1. Les Orres <small>(05098)</small>
1. Oze <small>(05099)</small>
1. Pelleautier <small>(05100)</small>
1. La Piarre <small>(05102)</small>
1. Le Poët <small>(05103)</small>
1. Poligny <small>(05104)</small>
1. Prunières <small>(05106)</small>
1. Puy-Saint-Eusèbe <small>(05108)</small>
1. Puy-Sanières <small>(05111)</small>
1. Rabou <small>(05112)</small>
1. Rambaud <small>(05113)</small>
1. Réallon <small>(05114)</small>
1. Remollon <small>(05115)</small>
1. Ribeyret <small>(05117)</small>
1. Rochebrune <small>(05121)</small>
1. La Roche-des-Arnauds <small>(05123)</small>
1. La Rochette <small>(05124)</small>
1. Rosans <small>(05126)</small>
1. Rousset <small>(05127)</small>
1. Saint-André-d'Embrun <small>(05128)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Rosans <small>(05129)</small>
1. Saint-Apollinaire <small>(05130)</small>
1. Saint-Auban-d'Oze <small>(05131)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur <small>(05132)</small>
1. Sainte-Colombe <small>(05135)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie <small>(05150)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-le-Laus <small>(05140)</small>
1. Saint-Eusèbe-en-Champsaur <small>(05141)</small>
1. Saint-Firmin <small>(05142)</small>
1. Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard <small>(05144)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas <small>(05145)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne <small>(05146)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur <small>(05147)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-du-Cros <small>(05148)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes <small>(05149)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard <small>(05152)</small>
1. Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol <small>(05153)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-Avez <small>(05155)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon <small>(05154)</small>
1. Saint-Sauveur <small>(05156)</small>
1. Le Saix <small>(05158)</small>
1. Saléon <small>(05159)</small>
1. Salérans <small>(05160)</small>
1. La Saulce <small>(05162)</small>
1. Le Sauze-du-Lac <small>(05163)</small>
1. Savines-le-Lac <small>(05164)</small>
1. Savournon <small>(05165)</small>
1. Serres <small>(05166)</small>
1. Sigottier <small>(05167)</small>
1. Sigoyer <small>(05168)</small>
1. Sorbiers <small>(05169)</small>
1. Tallard <small>(05170)</small>
1. Théus <small>(05171)</small>
1. Trescléoux <small>(05172)</small>
1. Upaix <small>(05173)</small>
1. Val Buëch-Méouge <small>(05118)</small>
1. Valserres <small>(05176)</small>
1. Ventavon <small>(05178)</small>
1. Veynes <small>(05179)</small>
1. Villar-Loubière <small>(05182)</small>
1. Vitrolles <small>(05184)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|05061|Gap|40,225|Gap-1, Gap-2, Gap-3 and Gap-4|CA Gap-Tallard-Durance|
|05046|Embrun|6,150|Embrun|Serre-Ponçon|
|05070|Laragne-Montéglin|3,480|Laragne-Montéglin|Le Sisteronais-Buëch|
|05179|Veynes|3,151|Veynes|Buëch-Dévoluy|
|05040|Chorges|2,791|Chorges|Serre-Ponçon Val d'Avance|
|05017|La Bâtie-Neuve|2,468|Chorges|Le Pays des Ecrins|
|05170|Tallard|2,061|Tallard|CA Gap-Tallard-Durance|
|05132|Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur|2,034|Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur|Champsaur-Valgaudemar|
|05123|La Roche-des-Arnauds|1,482|Veynes|Buëch-Dévoluy|
|05162|La Saulce|1,447|Tallard|CA Gap-Tallard-Durance|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Gap
- **insee**: 052
- **nbcomm**: 126
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Gap
- **area**: 3410.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Gap 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur