Arrondissement of Apt

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

## History

When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the _arrondissement_ of Apt was part of that original department. In 1926, the subprefecture of Apt was moved to Cavaillon but returned to Apt in 1933.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Apt is in the most southern of the _arrondissements_ of the Vaucluse department. It has the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department to the east, the Var department to the southeast (for a very short distance), the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south and west, the Avignon _arrondissement_ to the northwest and the Carpentras _arrondissement_ to the north.

The _arrondissement_ of Apt is the largest _arrondissement_ of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (128,448 inhabitants) and 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  Apt, only the Cheval-Blanc canton does not has all its _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||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8401|Apt|27|||**27**|
|8407|Cavaillon|2|||**2**|
|8408|Cheval-Blanc|12|2||**14**|
|8413|Pertuis|15|||**15**|

### Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Apt are:

1. Ansouis <small>(84002)</small>
1. Apt <small>(84003)</small>
1. Auribeau <small>(84006)</small>
1. La Bastide-des-Jourdans <small>(84009)</small>
1. La Bastidonne <small>(84010)</small>
1. Beaumettes <small>(84013)</small>
1. Beaumont-de-Pertuis <small>(84014)</small>
1. Bonnieux <small>(84020)</small>
1. Buoux <small>(84023)</small>
1. Cabrières-d'Aigues <small>(84024)</small>
1. Cadenet <small>(84026)</small>
1. Caseneuve <small>(84032)</small>
1. Castellet <small>(84033)</small>
1. Caumont-sur-Durance <small>(84034)</small>
1. Cavaillon <small>(84035)</small>
1. Cheval-Blanc <small>(84038)</small>
1. Cucuron <small>(84042)</small>
1. Gargas <small>(84047)</small>
1. Gignac <small>(84048)</small>
1. Gordes <small>(84050)</small>
1. Goult <small>(84051)</small>
1. Grambois <small>(84052)</small>
1. Joucas <small>(84057)</small>
1. Lacoste <small>(84058)</small>
1. Lagarde-d'Apt <small>(84060)</small>
1. Lauris <small>(84065)</small>
1. Lioux <small>(84066)</small>
1. Lourmarin <small>(84068)</small>
1. Maubec <small>(84071)</small>
1. Ménerbes <small>(84073)</small>
1. Mérindol <small>(84074)</small>
1. Mirabeau <small>(84076)</small>
1. La Motte-d'Aigues <small>(84084)</small>
1. Murs <small>(84085)</small>
1. Oppède <small>(84086)</small>
1. Pertuis <small>(84089)</small>
1. Peypin-d'Aigues <small>(84090)</small>
1. Puget <small>(84093)</small>
1. Puyvert <small>(84095)</small>
1. Robion <small>(84099)</small>
1. Roussillon <small>(84102)</small>
1. Rustrel <small>(84103)</small>
1. Saignon <small>(84105)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Castillon <small>(84112)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque <small>(84113)</small>
1. Saint-Pantaléon <small>(84114)</small>
1. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt <small>(84118)</small>
1. Sannes <small>(84121)</small>
1. Sivergues <small>(84128)</small>
1. Taillades <small>(84131)</small>
1. La Tour-d'Aigues <small>(84133)</small>
1. Vaugines <small>(84140)</small>
1. Viens <small>(84144)</small>
1. Villars <small>(84145)</small>
1. Villelaure <small>(84147)</small>
1. Vitrolles-en-Luberon <small>(84151)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|84035|Cavaillon|26,201|Cavaillon|Luberon Monts de Vaucluse|
|84089|Pertuis|19,523|Pertuis|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|84003|Apt|11,885|Apt|Pays d'Apt-Luberon|
|84034|Caumont-sur-Durance|4,718|Cavaillon|Grand Avignon (Coga)|
|84099|Robion|4,273|Cheval-Blanc|Luberon Monts de Vaucluse|
|84133|La Tour-d'Aigues|4,190|Pertuis|Territoriale Sud-Luberon|
|84026|Cadenet|4,136|Cheval-Blanc|Les Portes du Luberon|
|84038|Cheval-Blanc|1,201|Cheval-Blanc|Luberon Monts de Vaucluse|
|84065|Lauris|3,787|Cheval-Blanc|Les Portes du Luberon|
|84147|Villelaure|3,323|Pertuis|Territoriale Sud-Luberon|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Apt
- **insee**: 841
- **nbcomm**: 57
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Apt, Vaucluse, Apt
- **area**: 1390.6
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Apt 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur