Arrondissement of Avignon

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

## History

When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the _arrondissement_ of Avignon was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Avignon is in the northwest of the Vaucluse department. It includes the exclave of Valreás that is to the north of the department surrounded by the Drôme department.

It has the Carpentras _arrondissement_ to the east, the Apt _arrondissement_ to the southeast, the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south, the Gard department to the west, the Ardèche department to the northwest and the Drôme department to the north.

The _arrondissement_ of Avignon is the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department in area, , but the one with more people living in it (296,303 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  Avignon, the Cheval-Blanc, Le Pontet and Vaison-la-Romaine cantons do not have all their _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||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8402|Avignon-1||part of Avignon||part of Avignon|
|8403|Avignon-2||part of Avignon||part of Avignon|
|8404|Avignon-3||1 + part of Avignon||**1** + part of Avignon|
|8405|Bollène||9||**9**|
|8408|Cheval-Blanc|12|2||**14**|
|8409|L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue||5||**5**|
|8411|Orange||3||**3**|
|8414|Le Pontet||4|1|**5**|
|8415|Sorgues||5||**5**|
|8416|Vaison-la-Romaine||3|26|**29**|
|8417|Valréas||4||**4**|

### Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Avignon are:

1. Avignon <small>(84007)</small>
1. Bollène <small>(84019)</small>
1. Bédarrides <small>(84016)</small>
1. Cabrières-d'Avignon <small>(84025)</small>
1. Caderousse <small>(84027)</small>
1. Camaret-sur-Aigues <small>(84029)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne <small>(84036)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-du-Pape <small>(84037)</small>
1. Courthézon <small>(84039)</small>
1. Fontaine-de-Vaucluse <small>(84139)</small>
1. Grillon <small>(84053)</small>
1. Jonquerettes <small>(84055)</small>
1. Jonquières <small>(84056)</small>
1. L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue <small>(84054)</small>
1. Lagarde-Paréol <small>(84061)</small>
1. Lagnes <small>(84062)</small>
1. Lamotte-du-Rhône <small>(84063)</small>
1. Lapalud <small>(84064)</small>
1. Le Pontet <small>(84092)</small>
1. Le Thor <small>(84132)</small>
1. Mondragon <small>(84078)</small>
1. Morières-lès-Avignon <small>(84081)</small>
1. Mornas <small>(84083)</small>
1. Orange <small>(84087)</small>
1. Piolenc <small>(84091)</small>
1. Richerenches <small>(84097)</small>
1. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon <small>(84119)</small>
1. Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes <small>(84106)</small>
1. Saumane-de-Vaucluse <small>(84124)</small>
1. Sorgues <small>(84129)</small>
1. Sérignan-du-Comtat <small>(84127)</small>
1. Travaillan <small>(84134)</small>
1. Uchaux <small>(84135)</small>
1. Valréas <small>(84138)</small>
1. Vedène <small>(84141)</small>
1. Violès <small>(84149)</small>
1. Visan <small>(84150)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|84007|Avignon|92,209|Avignon-1, Avignon-2 and Avignon-3|Grand Avignon (Coga)|
|84087|Orange|29,482|Orange|Le Pays de Rhône et Ouvèze|
|84054|L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue|19,240|L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue|Le Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse|
|84129|Sorgues|18,328|Sorgues|Le Pays de Rhône et Ouvèze|
|84092|Le Pontet|17,476|Le Pontet|Grand Avignon (Coga)|
|84019|Bollène|13,574|Bollène|Rhône Lez Provence|
|84141|Vedène|11,045|Le Pontet|Grand Avignon (Coga)|
|84138|Valréas|9,520|Valréas|Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan|
|84132|Le Thor|8,706|L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue|Le Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse|
|84081|Morières-lès-Avignon|8,100|Avignon-3|Grand Avignon (Coga)|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Avignon
- **insee**: 842
- **nbcomm**: 17
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Avignon
- **area**: 369.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Avignon 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur