Arrondissement of Privas

The arrondissement of Privas is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Ardèche department. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Privas.

History
When the Ardèche department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Privas was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Privas is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône, to the  east by the Drôme department, to the southeast by the Vaucluse department,  to the south by the Gard department and to the west by the arrondissement of Arrondissement of Largentière.

It is in the southeast of Ardèche. It is the smallest of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of . It has 87,774 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition
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 Privas, there are 3 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Le Pouzin and Privas. The Canton of Le Cheylard has 33 communes in the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône and 13 in Privas, the Canton of Le Teil has 13 communes in the arrondissement of Largentière and 6 in Privas, the Canton of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc has 1 commune Privas and 29 in Largentière, and the Canton of La Voulte-sur-Rhône has 9 communes in Tournon-sur-Rhône and 8 in Privas.

Communes
The arrondissement of Privas has 66 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Ajoux (07004)
 Alba-la-Romaine (07005)
 Alissas (07008)
 Aubignas (07020)
 Baix (07022)
 Beauchastel (07027)
 Beauvène (07030)
 Bidon (07034)
 Bourg-Saint-Andéol (07042)
 Chalencon (07048)
 Châteauneuf-de-Vernoux (07060)
 Chomérac (07066)
 Coux (07072)
 Creysseilles (07074)
 Cruas (07076)
 Dunière-sur-Eyrieux (07083)
 Flaviac (07090)
 Freyssenet (07092)
 Gilhac-et-Bruzac (07094)
 Gluiras (07096)
 Gourdon (07098)
 Gras (07099)
 Larnas (07133)
 Lyas (07146)
 Marcols-les-Eaux (07149)
 Meysse (07157)
 Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux (07167)
 Pourchères (07179)
 Le Pouzin (07181)
 Pranles (07184)
 Privas (07186)
 Rochemaure (07191)
 Rochessauve (07194)
 Rompon (07198)
 Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias (07214)
 Saint-Bauzile (07219)
 Saint-Cierge-la-Serre (07221)
 Saint-Étienne-de-Serre (07233)
 Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux (07237)
 Saint-Jean-Chambre (07244)
 Saint-Julien-du-Gua (07253)
 Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban (07255)
 Saint-Julien-le-Roux (07257)
 Saint-Just-d'Ardèche (07259)
 Saint-Lager-Bressac (07260)
 Saint-Laurent-du-Pape (07261)
 Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche (07264)
 Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche (07268)
 Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon (07270)
 Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon (07274)
 Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux (07278)
 Saint-Montan (07279)
 Saint-Pierre-la-Roche (07283)
 Saint-Priest (07288)
 Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut (07295)
 Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac (07298)
 Saint-Thomé (07300)
 Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès (07302)
 Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort (07303)
 Silhac (07314)
 Le Teil (07319)
 Valvignères (07332)
 Vernoux-en-Vivarais (07338)
 Veyras (07340)
 Viviers (07346)
 La Voulte-sur-Rhône (07349)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 07319  Le Teil  8,376  Berg-Helvie  Ardèche Rhône Coiron 07186  Privas  8,313  Privas  CA Privas Centre Ardèche 07042  Bourg-Saint-Andéol  7,236  Bourg-Saint-Andéol  Le Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche 07349  La Voulte-sur-Rhône  5,124  Rhône-Eyrieux  CA Privas Centre Ardèche 07346  Viviers  3,788   Bourg-Saint-Andéol  Le Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche 07066  Chomérac  3,040  Privas  CA Privas Centre Ardèche 07076  Cruas  2,959  Le Pouzin  Ardèche Rhône Coiron 07181  Le Pouzin  2,809  Le Pouzin  CA Privas Centre Ardèche 07264  Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche  2,429  Bourg-Saint-Andéol  Le Rhône aux Gorges de l'Ardèche 07191  Rochemaure  2,291  Le Pouzin  Ardèche Rhône Coiron

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Ardèche department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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