Arrondissement of Arcachon

The **arrondissement of Arcachon** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Gironde _département_. Its capital is the city of Arcachon.

## History

The _arrondissement_ of Arcachon was created on 6 December 2006, to begin on 1 January 2007, with four cantons taken from the _arrondissement_ of Bordeaux.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Arcachon is in southwestern Gironde, with an area of . It has 146,160 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Lesparre-Médoc, to the northeast by the _arrondissement_ of Bordeaux, to the southeast by the _arrondissement_ of Langon, to the south by the Landes department and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean (_Gulf of Biscay_).

### 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 Arcachon, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Les Landes des Graves. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="6" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3301|Andernos-les-Bains||||||6|**6**|
|3314|Gujan-Mestras||||||4|**4**|
|3315|Les Landes des Graves|||20|||5|**25**|
|3332|La Teste-de-Buch||||||2|**2**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Arcachon has 17 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Andernos-les-Bains <small>(33005)</small>
1. Arcachon <small>(33009)</small>
1. Arès <small>(33011)</small>
1. Audenge <small>(33019)</small>
1. Le Barp <small>(33029)</small>
1. Belin-Béliet <small>(33042)</small>
1. Biganos <small>(33051)</small>
1. Gujan-Mestras <small>(33199)</small>
1. Lanton <small>(33229)</small>
1. Lège-Cap-Ferret <small>(33236)</small>
1. Lugos <small>(33260)</small>
1. Marcheprime <small>(33555)</small>
1. Mios <small>(33284)</small>
1. Saint-Magne <small>(33436)</small>
1. Salles <small>(33498)</small>
1. Le Teich <small>(33527)</small>
1. La Teste-de-Buch <small>(33529)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|33529|La Teste-de-Buch|25,990|La Teste-de-Buch|Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique|
|33199|Gujan-Mestras|20,575|Gujan-Mestras|Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique|
|33005|Andernos-les-Bains|11,712|Andernos-les-Bains|Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique|
|33009|Arcachon|10,370|La Teste-de-Buch|Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique|
|33051|Biganos|10,017|Andernos-les-Bains|Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique|
|33284|Mios|8,659|Gujan-Mestras|Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique|
|33236|Lège-Cap-Ferret|8,087|Andernos-les-Bains|Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique|
|33527|Le Teich|7,418|Gujan-Mestras|Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique|
|33019|Audenge|7,177|Andernos-les-Bains|Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Gironde department
- Communes of the Gironde department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Arcachon
- **insee**: 336
- **nbcomm**: 17
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Arcachon
- **area**: 1469.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Arcachon 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine