Arrondissement of Castellane

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

## History

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

The _arrondissement_ was eliminated in 1926, but became again an _arrondissement_ in 1952.

## Geography

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

The _arrondissement_ of Castellane is the second smallest _arrondissement_ of the department, after the _arrondissement_ of Barcelonnette,  both in area, , and population (9,493 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 is only one canton in the _arrondissement_ of Castellane, with all its communes in the _arrondissement_: the canton of Castellane <small> (0402)</small>.

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Castellane has 41 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Allons <small>(04005)</small>
1. Allos <small>(04006)</small>
1. Angles <small>(04007)</small>
1. Annot <small>(04008)</small>
1. Barrême <small>(04022)</small>
1. Beauvezer <small>(04025)</small>
1. Blieux <small>(04030)</small>
1. Braux <small>(04032)</small>
1. Castellane <small>(04039)</small>
1. Castellet-lès-Sausses <small>(04042)</small>
1. Val-de-Chalvagne <small>(04043)</small>
1. Chaudon-Norante <small>(04055)</small>
1. Clumanc <small>(04059)</small>
1. Colmars <small>(04061)</small>
1. Demandolx <small>(04069)</small>
1. Entrevaux <small>(04076)</small>
1. Le Fugeret <small>(04090)</small>
1. La Garde <small>(04092)</small>
1. Lambruisse <small>(04099)</small>
1. Méailles <small>(04115)</small>
1. Moriez <small>(04133)</small>
1. La Mure-Argens <small>(04136)</small>
1. La Palud-sur-Verdon <small>(04144)</small>
1. Peyroules <small>(04148)</small>
1. La Rochette <small>(04170)</small>
1. Rougon <small>(04171)</small>
1. Saint-André-les-Alpes <small>(04173)</small>
1. Saint-Benoît <small>(04174)</small>
1. Saint-Jacques <small>(04180)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-du-Verdon <small>(04183)</small>
1. Saint-Lions <small>(04187)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre <small>(04194)</small>
1. Sausses <small>(04202)</small>
1. Senez <small>(04204)</small>
1. Soleilhas <small>(04210)</small>
1. Tartonne <small>(04214)</small>
1. Thorame-Basse <small>(04218)</small>
1. Thorame-Haute <small>(04219)</small>
1. Ubraye <small>(04224)</small>
1. Vergons <small>(04236)</small>
1. Villars-Colmars <small>(04240)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|04039|Castellane|1,541|Castellane|Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière|
|04008|Annot|1,054|Castellane|Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière|
|04173|Saint-André-les-Alpes|958|Castellane|Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière|
|04076|Entrevaux|880|Castellane|Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière|
|04006|Allos|639|Castellane|Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière|
|04061|Colmars|398|Castellane|Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière|
|04025|Beauvezer|363|Castellane|Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière|
|04136|La Mure-Argens|344|Castellane|Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Castellane
- **insee**: 042
- **nbcomm**: 41
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Castellane
- **area**: 1718.1
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Castellane 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur