Arrondissement of Le Vigan

The **arrondissement of Le Vigan** is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Le Vigan.

## History

When the Gard department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Le Vigan was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Le Vigan is the most western of the _arrondissements_ of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Lozère department, to the northeast by the Alès _arrondissement_, to the southeast by the Nîmes _arrondissement_, to the south by the Hérault department and to the west by the Aveyron department.

The _arrondissement_ of Le Vigan is the second smallest _arrondissement_ of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (36,608 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 only 4 cantons in the _arrondissement_ of Le Vigan. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondiissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3007|Calvisson||27|1|**28**|
|3008|La Grand-Combe|24||4|**28**|
|3015|Quissac|17|3|24|**44**|
|3022|Le Vigan|||46|**46**|
|**Total**|||**75**|||

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Le Vigan has 75 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Alzon <small>(30009)</small>
1. Arphy <small>(30015)</small>
1. Arre <small>(30016)</small>
1. Arrigas <small>(30017)</small>
1. Aulas <small>(30024)</small>
1. Aumessas <small>(30025)</small>
1. Avèze <small>(30026)</small>
1. Bez-et-Esparon <small>(30038)</small>
1. Blandas <small>(30040)</small>
1. Bragassargues <small>(30050)</small>
1. Brouzet-lès-Quissac <small>(30054)</small>
1. Bréau-et-Salagosse <small>(30052)</small>
1. Campestre-et-Luc <small>(30064)</small>
1. Canaules-et-Argentières <small>(30065)</small>
1. Cannes-et-Clairan <small>(30066)</small>
1. Carnas <small>(30069)</small>
1. Causse-Bégon <small>(30074)</small>
1. Colognac <small>(30087)</small>
1. Conqueyrac <small>(30093)</small>
1. Corconne <small>(30095)</small>
1. Cros <small>(30099)</small>
1. Dourbies <small>(30105)</small>
1. Durfort-et-Saint-Martin-de-Sossenac <small>(30106)</small>
1. Fressac <small>(30119)</small>
1. Gailhan <small>(30121)</small>
1. L'Estréchure <small>(30108)</small>
1. La Cadière-et-Cambo <small>(30058)</small>
1. Lanuéjols <small>(30139)</small>
1. Lasalle <small>(30140)</small>
1. Liouc <small>(30148)</small>
1. Logrian-Florian <small>(30150)</small>
1. Mandagout <small>(30154)</small>
1. Mars <small>(30157)</small>
1. Molières-Cavaillac <small>(30170)</small>
1. Monoblet <small>(30172)</small>
1. Montdardier <small>(30176)</small>
1. Notre-Dame-de-la-Rouvière <small>(30190)</small>
1. Orthoux-Sérignac-Quilhan <small>(30192)</small>
1. Peyrolles <small>(30195)</small>
1. Les Plantiers <small>(30198)</small>
1. Pommiers <small>(30199)</small>
1. Pompignan <small>(30200)</small>
1. Puechredon <small>(30208)</small>
1. Quissac <small>(30210)</small>
1. Revens <small>(30213)</small>
1. Rogues <small>(30219)</small>
1. Roquedur <small>(30220)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Majencoules <small>(30229)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Valborgne <small>(30231)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Salendrinque <small>(30236)</small>
1. Saint-Bresson <small>(30238)</small>
1. Saint-Félix-de-Pallières <small>(30252)</small>
1. Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort <small>(30263)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Crieulon <small>(30265)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-de-la-Nef <small>(30272)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-le-Minier <small>(30280)</small>
1. Saint-Martial <small>(30283)</small>
1. Saint-Nazaire-des-Gardies <small>(30289)</small>
1. Saint-Roman-de-Codières <small>(30296)</small>
1. Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu <small>(30297)</small>
1. Saint-Théodorit <small>(30300)</small>
1. Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle <small>(30246)</small>
1. Sardan <small>(30309)</small>
1. Saumane <small>(30310)</small>
1. Sauve <small>(30311)</small>
1. Savignargues <small>(30314)</small>
1. Soudorgues <small>(30322)</small>
1. Sumène <small>(30325)</small>
1. Thoiras <small>(30329)</small>
1. Trèves <small>(30332)</small>
1. Vabres <small>(30335)</small>
1. Valleraugue <small>(30339)</small>
1. Vic-le-Fesq <small>(30349)</small>
1. Le Vigan <small>(30350)</small>
1. Vissec <small>(30353)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|30350|Le Vigan|3,933|Le Vigan|Le Pays Viganais|
|30263|Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort|3,912|Le Vigan|Le Piémont Cévenol|
|30210|Quissac|3,156|Quissac|Le Piémont Cévenol|
|30311|Sauve|1,970|Quissac|Le Piémont Cévenol|
|30325|Sumène|1,598|Le Vigan|Les Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises|
|30140|Lasalle|1,160|Le Vigan|Causses Aigoual Cévennes|
|30026|Avèze|1,091|Le Vigan|Le Pays Viganais|
|30339|Valleraugue|1,044|Le Vigan|Causses Aigoual Cévennes|
|30170|Molières-Cavaillac|939|Le Vigan|Le Pays Viganais|
|30200|Pompignan|900|Le Vigan|Le Piémont Cévenol|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Le Vigan
- **insee**: 303
- **nbcomm**: 74
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Le Vigan, Gard, Le Vigan
- **area**: 1390.6
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Le Vigan 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie