Arrondissement of Arles

The **arrondissement of Arles** is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Arles.

## History

When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Arles was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Arles is in the west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north by the Vaucluse department, to the northeast by the Aix-en-Provence _arrondissement_, to the southeast by the Istres _arrondissement_, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Gard department.

The _arrondissement_ of Arles is the largest _arrondissement_ of the department in area,  but the one with fewest people living in it, with a population of 205,529 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 4 cantons in the _arrondissement_ of Arles and 2 of them do not have all their _communes_ in the _arrondissement_:
1. Arles <small>(1304)</small>
1. Châteaurenard <small>(1307)</small>
1. Pélissanne <small>(1325)</small> (partly)
1. Salon-de-Provence-1 <small>(1326)</small> (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Arles has 36 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Alleins <small>(13003)</small>
1. Arles <small>(13004)</small>
1. Aureille <small>(13006)</small>
1. Barbentane <small>(13010)</small>
1. Boulbon <small>(13017)</small>
1. Cabannes <small>(13018)</small>
1. Châteaurenard <small>(13027)</small>
1. Eygalières <small>(13034)</small>
1. Eyguières <small>(13035)</small>
1. Eyragues <small>(13036)</small>
1. Fontvieille <small>(13038)</small>
1. Graveson <small>(13045)</small>
1. Lamanon <small>(13049)</small>
1. Les Baux-de-Provence <small>(13011)</small>
1. Maillane <small>(13052)</small>
1. Mallemort <small>(13053)</small>
1. Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles <small>(13057)</small>
1. Maussane-les-Alpilles <small>(13058)</small>
1. Mollégès <small>(13064)</small>
1. Mouriès <small>(13065)</small>
1. Noves <small>(13066)</small>
1. Orgon <small>(13067)</small>
1. Paradou <small>(13068)</small>
1. Plan-d'Orgon <small>(13076)</small>
1. Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône <small>(13078)</small>
1. Rognonas <small>(13083)</small>
1. Saint-Andiol <small>(13089)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Crau <small>(13097)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues <small>(13061)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence <small>(13100)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-du-Grès <small>(13094)</small>
1. Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer <small>(13096)</small>
1. Sénas <small>(13105)</small>
1. Tarascon <small>(13108)</small>
1. Vernègues <small>(13115)</small>
1. Verquières <small>(13116)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13004|Arles|52,697|Arles|CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette|
|13027|Châteaurenard|15,644|Châteaurenard|CA Terre de Provence|
|13108|Tarascon|14,583|Châteaurenard|CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette|
|13097|Saint-Martin-de-Crau|13,385|Salon-de-Provence-2|CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette|
|13100|Saint-Rémy-de-Provence|9,765|Salon-de-Provence-1|Vallée des Baux-Alpilles|
|13078|Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône|8,661|Arles|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13105|Sénas|7,006|Salon-de-Provence-1|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13035|Eyguières|6,852|Salon-de-Provence-1|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13053|Mallemort|5,972|Pélissanne|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13066|Noves|5,610|Châteaurenard|CA Terre de Provence|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Arles
- **insee**: 132
- **nbcomm**: 29
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Arles
- **area**: 2031.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Arles 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur