Arrondissement of Briançon

The **arrondissement of Briançon** is a French arrondissement in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Briançon.

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Briançon is the most northern of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east by the Piedmont region (Italy), to the southeast by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the south by the Gap _arrondissement_, to the west by the Drôme department and to the north by the Savoie department.

The _arrondissement_ of Briançon is the smallest of the two _arrondissements_ of the department both in area, , and population (35,752 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 four cantons in the _arrondissement_ of Briançon and all have their communes in the _arrondissement_:

1. L'Argentière-la-Bessée <small>(0501)</small> (8 communes)
1. Briançon-1 <small>(0502)</small> (9 communes and part of Briançon)
1. Briançon-2 <small>(0503)</small> (3 communes and part of Briançon)
1. Guillestre <small>(0510)</small> (16 communes)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Briançon has 37 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Abriès <small>(05001)</small>
1. Aiguilles <small>(05003)</small>
1. L'Argentière-la-Bessée <small>(05006)</small>
1. Arvieux <small>(05007)</small>
1. Briançon <small>(05023)</small>
1. Ceillac <small>(05026)</small>
1. Cervières <small>(05027)</small>
1. Champcella <small>(05031)</small>
1. Château-Ville-Vieille <small>(05038)</small>
1. Eygliers <small>(05052)</small>
1. Freissinières <small>(05058)</small>
1. La Grave <small>(05063)</small>
1. Guillestre <small>(05065)</small>
1. Molines-en-Queyras <small>(05077)</small>
1. Le Monêtier-les-Bains <small>(05079)</small>
1. Mont-Dauphin <small>(05082)</small>
1. Montgenèvre <small>(05085)</small>
1. Névache <small>(05093)</small>
1. Puy-Saint-André <small>(05107)</small>
1. Puy-Saint-Pierre <small>(05109)</small>
1. Puy-Saint-Vincent <small>(05110)</small>
1. Réotier <small>(05116)</small>
1. Risoul <small>(05119)</small>
1. Ristolas <small>(05120)</small>
1. La Roche-de-Rame <small>(05122)</small>
1. Saint-Chaffrey <small>(05133)</small>
1. Saint-Clément-sur-Durance <small>(05134)</small>
1. Saint-Crépin <small>(05136)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières <small>(05151)</small>
1. Saint-Véran <small>(05157)</small>
1. La Salle-les-Alpes <small>(05161)</small>
1. Val-des-Prés <small>(05174)</small>
1. Vallouise-Pelvoux <small>(05101)</small>
1. Vars <small>(05177)</small>
1. Les Vigneaux <small>(05180)</small>
1. Villar-d'Arêne <small>(05181)</small>
1. Villar-Saint-Pancrace <small>(05183)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|05023|Briançon|12,392|Briançon-1 and Briançon-2|Le Briançonnais|
|05065|Guillestre|2,323|Guillestre|Guillestrois et du Queyras|
|05006|L'Argentière-la-Bessée|2,317|L'Argentière-la-Bessée|Le Pays des Ecrins|
|05133|Saint-Chaffrey|1,645|Briançon-1|Le Briançonnais|
|05183|Villar-Saint-Pancrace|1,442|Briançon-1|Le Briançonnais|
|05151|Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières|1,108|L'Argentière-la-Bessée|Le Pays des Ecrins|
|05079|Le Monêtier-les-Bains|1,007|Briançon-1|Le Briançonnais|
|05161|La Salle-les-Alpes|988|Briançon-1|Le Briançonnais|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Briançon
- **insee**: 051
- **nbcomm**: 36
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Briançon
- **area**: 2138.1
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Briançon 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur