Arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence

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

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Aix-en-Provence is in the northeast of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north by the Vaucluse department, to the east by the Var department, to the southeast by the Marseille _arrondissement_, to the southwest by the Istres _arrondissement_ and to the northwest by the Arles _arrondissement_.

The _arrondissement_ of Aix-en-Provence is the second largest _arrondissement_ of the department both in area, , and population (429,436 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 9 cantons in the _arrondissement_ of Aix-en-Provence and 5 of them do not have all their _communes_ in the _arrondissement_:

1. Aix-en-Provence-1 <small>(1301)</small>
1. Aix-en-Provence-2 <small>(1302)</small>
1. Berre-l'Étang <small>(1306)</small> (partly)
1. Gardanne <small>(1309)</small>
1. Pélissanne <small>(1325)</small> (partly)
1. Salon-de-Provence-1 <small>(1326)</small> (partly)
1. Salon-de-Provence-2 <small>(1327)</small> (partly)
1. Trets <small>(1328)</small>
1. Vitrolles <small>(1329)</small> (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Aix-en-Provence has 44 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aix-en-Provence <small>(13001)</small>
1. Aurons <small>(13008)</small>
1. Beaurecueil <small>(13012)</small>
1. Bouc-Bel-Air <small>(13015)</small>
1. Cabriès <small>(13019)</small>
1. Charleval <small>(13024)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-le-Rouge <small>(13025)</small>
1. Cornillon-Confoux <small>(13029)</small>
1. Coudoux <small>(13118)</small>
1. Fuveau <small>(13040)</small>
1. Gardanne <small>(13041)</small>
1. Grans <small>(13044)</small>
1. Jouques <small>(13048)</small>
1. La Barben <small>(13009)</small>
1. La Fare-les-Oliviers <small>(13037)</small>
1. La Roque-d'Anthéron <small>(13084)</small>
1. Lambesc <small>(13050)</small>
1. Lançon-Provence <small>(13051)</small>
1. Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade <small>(13080)</small>
1. Le Tholonet <small>(13109)</small>
1. Les Pennes-Mirabeau <small>(13071)</small>
1. Meyrargues <small>(13059)</small>
1. Meyreuil <small>(13060)</small>
1. Mimet <small>(13062)</small>
1. Peynier <small>(13072)</small>
1. Peyrolles-en-Provence <small>(13074)</small>
1. Puyloubier <small>(13079)</small>
1. Pélissanne <small>(13069)</small>
1. Rognes <small>(13082)</small>
1. Rousset <small>(13087)</small>
1. Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon <small>(13090)</small>
1. Saint-Cannat <small>(13091)</small>
1. Saint-Estève-Janson <small>(13093)</small>
1. Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde <small>(13095)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-lès-Durance <small>(13099)</small>
1. Salon-de-Provence <small>(13103)</small>
1. Septèmes-les-Vallons <small>(13106)</small>
1. Simiane-Collongue <small>(13107)</small>
1. Trets <small>(13110)</small>
1. Vauvenargues <small>(13111)</small>
1. Velaux <small>(13112)</small>
1. Venelles <small>(13113)</small>
1. Ventabren <small>(13114)</small>
1. Éguilles <small>(13032)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13001|Aix-en-Provence|142,149|Aix-en-Provence-1 and Aix-en-Provence-2|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13103|Salon-de-Provence|44,187|Salon-de-Provence-1 and Salon-de-Provence-2|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13071|Les Pennes-Mirabeau|20,492|Gardanne|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13041|Gardanne|19,910|Gardanne|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13015|Bouc-Bel-Air|14,097|Vitrolles|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13110|Trets|10,896|Trets|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13106|Septèmes-les-Vallons|10,794|Gardanne|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13069|Pélissanne|9,909|Pélissanne|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13040|Fuveau|9,638|Trets|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13019|Cabriès|9,492|Vitrolles|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13050|Lambesc|9,459|Pélissanne|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Aix-en-Provence
- **insee**: 131
- **nbcomm**: 48
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Aix-en-Provence
- **area**: 1657.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Aix-en-Provence 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur