Arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains

The **arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains** is an arrondissement of France, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Digne-les-Bains.

## History

When the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Digne-les-Bains was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Digne-les-Bains is in the central part of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. It is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Barcelonnette, to the east by the  _arrondissement_ of Castellane, to the south by the Var department and to the west by the _arrondissement_ of Forcalquier.

The _arrondissement_ of Digne-les-Bains is the largest _arrondissement_ of the department in area, , but the second in population (55,758 inhabitants), after the _arrondissement_ of Forcalquier.

### 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 Digne-les-Bains, there are 6 cantons and 4 of them with all their _communes_ in the _arrondissement_:

1. Digne-les-Bains-1 <small>(0404)</small>
1. Digne-les-Bains-2 <small>(0405)</small>
1. Oraison <small>(0410)</small> (partly)
1. Riez <small>(0412)</small>
1. Seyne <small>(0413)</small> (partly)
1. Valensole <small>(0415)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Digne-les-Bains has 46 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aiglun <small>(04001)</small>
1. Archail <small>(04009)</small>
1. Auzet <small>(04017)</small>
1. Barles <small>(04020)</small>
1. Barras <small>(04021)</small>
1. Beaujeu <small>(04024)</small>
1. Beynes <small>(04028)</small>
1. Bras-d'Asse <small>(04031)</small>
1. Le Brusquet <small>(04036)</small>
1. Le Castellard-Mélan <small>(04040)</small>
1. Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson <small>(04046)</small>
1. Champtercier <small>(04047)</small>
1. Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban <small>(04049)</small>
1. Châteauredon <small>(04054)</small>
1. Digne-les-Bains <small>(04070)</small>
1. Draix <small>(04072)</small>
1. Entrages <small>(04074)</small>
1. L'Escale <small>(04079)</small>
1. Estoublon <small>(04084)</small>
1. Ganagobie <small>(04091)</small>
1. La Javie <small>(04097)</small>
1. Majastres <small>(04107)</small>
1. Malijai <small>(04108)</small>
1. Mallefougasse-Augès <small>(04109)</small>
1. Mallemoisson <small>(04110)</small>
1. Marcoux <small>(04113)</small>
1. Les Mées <small>(04116)</small>
1. Mézel <small>(04121)</small>
1. Mirabeau <small>(04122)</small>
1. Montclar <small>(04126)</small>
1. Moustiers-Sainte-Marie <small>(04135)</small>
1. Peyruis <small>(04149)</small>
1. Prads-Haute-Bléone <small>(04155)</small>
1. La Robine-sur-Galabre <small>(04167)</small>
1. Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon <small>(04176)</small>
1. Hautes-Duyes <small>(04177)</small>
1. Saint-Jeannet <small>(04181)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-d'Asse <small>(04182)</small>
1. Saint-Jurs <small>(04184)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-lès-Seyne <small>(04191)</small>
1. Selonnet <small>(04203)</small>
1. Seyne <small>(04205)</small>
1. Thoard <small>(04217)</small>
1. Verdaches <small>(04235)</small>
1. Le Vernet <small>(04237)</small>
1. Volonne <small>(04244)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|04070|Digne-les-Bains|16,304|Digne-les-Bains-1 and Digne-les-Bains-2|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|
|04049|Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban|5,210|Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|
|04116|Les Mées|3,629|Oraison|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|
|04149|Peyruis|2,829|Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|
|04108|Malijai|1,990|Digne-les-Bains-2|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|
|04205|Seyne|1,365|Seyne|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|
|04001|Aiglun|1,356|Digne-les-Bains-2|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|
|04110|Mallemoisson|1,029|Digne-les-Bains-2|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|
|04036|Le Brusquet|965|Seyne|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|
|04047|Champtercier|766|Digne-les-Bains-2|Provence-Alpes Agglomération|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Digne-les-Bains
- **insee**: 043
- **nbcomm**: 46
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Digne-les-Bains
- **area**: 1574.0
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Digne-les-Bains 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur