Arrondissement of Brignoles

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

## History

When the Var department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Brignoles was part of that original department.

The _arrondissement_ was eliminated in 1926 but it was made again an _arrondissement_ in 1974.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Brignoles is in the northwest of the Var department. It is bordered to the north by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the east by the Draguignan _arrondissement_, to the south by the Toulon _arrondissement_ and to the west by the Bouches-du-Rhône department.

The _arrondissement_ of Brignoles is the second largest _arrondissement_ of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (150,974 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_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Brignoles there are 6 cantons but only 2 of them have all their _communes_ in the _arrondissement_:

1. Brignoles <small>(8301)</small>
1. Flayosc <small>(8304)</small> (partly)
1. Garéoult <small>(8307)</small> (partly)
1. Le Luc <small>(8309)</small> (partly)
1. Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer <small>(8312)</small> (partly)
1. Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume <small>(8314)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Brignoles has 67 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aiguines <small>(83002)</small>
1. Artignosc-sur-Verdon <small>(83005)</small>
1. Artigues <small>(83006)</small>
1. Aups <small>(83007)</small>
1. Barjols <small>(83012)</small>
1. Baudinard-sur-Verdon <small>(83014)</small>
1. Bauduen <small>(83015)</small>
1. Besse-sur-Issole <small>(83018)</small>
1. Bras <small>(83021)</small>
1. Brignoles <small>(83023)</small>
1. Brue-Auriac <small>(83025)</small>
1. Cabasse <small>(83026)</small>
1. Camps-la-Source <small>(83030)</small>
1. Le Cannet-des-Maures <small>(83031)</small>
1. Carcès <small>(83032)</small>
1. Carnoules <small>(83033)</small>
1. La Celle <small>(83037)</small>
1. Châteauvert <small>(83039)</small>
1. Correns <small>(83045)</small>
1. Cotignac <small>(83046)</small>
1. Entrecasteaux <small>(83051)</small>
1. Esparron <small>(83052)</small>
1. Flassans-sur-Issole <small>(83057)</small>
1. Forcalqueiret <small>(83059)</small>
1. Fox-Amphoux <small>(83060)</small>
1. Garéoult <small>(83064)</small>
1. Ginasservis <small>(83066)</small>
1. Gonfaron <small>(83067)</small>
1. Le Luc <small>(83073)</small>
1. Les Mayons <small>(83075)</small>
1. Mazaugues <small>(83076)</small>
1. Méounes-lès-Montrieux <small>(83077)</small>
1. Moissac-Bellevue <small>(83078)</small>
1. Montfort-sur-Argens <small>(83083)</small>
1. Montmeyan <small>(83084)</small>
1. Nans-les-Pins <small>(83087)</small>
1. Néoules <small>(83088)</small>
1. Ollières <small>(83089)</small>
1. Pignans <small>(83092)</small>
1. Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume <small>(83093)</small>
1. Pontevès <small>(83095)</small>
1. Pourcieux <small>(83096)</small>
1. Pourrières <small>(83097)</small>
1. Puget-Ville <small>(83100)</small>
1. Régusse <small>(83102)</small>
1. Rians <small>(83104)</small>
1. Rocbaron <small>(83106)</small>
1. La Roquebrussanne <small>(83108)</small>
1. Rougiers <small>(83110)</small>
1. Sainte-Anastasie-sur-Issole <small>(83111)</small>
1. Saint-Julien <small>(83113)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Pallières <small>(83114)</small>
1. Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume <small>(83116)</small>
1. Saint-Zacharie <small>(83120)</small>
1. Les Salles-sur-Verdon <small>(83122)</small>
1. Seillons-Source-d'Argens <small>(83125)</small>
1. Tavernes <small>(83135)</small>
1. Le Thoronet <small>(83136)</small>
1. Tourtour <small>(83139)</small>
1. Tourves <small>(83140)</small>
1. Le Val <small>(83143)</small>
1. Varages <small>(83145)</small>
1. La Verdière <small>(83146)</small>
1. Vérignon <small>(83147)</small>
1. Villecroze <small>(83149)</small>
1. Vinon-sur-Verdon <small>(83150)</small>
1. Vins-sur-Caramy <small>(83151)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|83023|Brignoles|16,690|Brignoles|Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte|
|83116|Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume|15,753|Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume|Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte|
|83064|Garéoult|5,403|Garéoult|Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte|
|83120|Saint-Zacharie|5,245|Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|83140|Tourves|4,964|Brignoles|Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte|
|83097|Pourrières|4,877|Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume|Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte|
|83106|Rocbaron|4,718|Garéoult|Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte|
|83067|Gonfaron|4,302|Le Luc|Cœur du Var|
|83104|Rians|4,284|Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume|Provence Verdon|
|83143|Le Val|4,242|Brignoles|Communauté d'agglomération de la Provence Verte|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Brignoles
- **insee**: 833
- **nbcomm**: 67
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Brignoles
- **area**: 2518.3
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Brignoles 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur