Arrondissements of the Ardèche department

There are 3 arrondissements in the Ardèche department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of the Ardèche are:

+ Arrondissements of the Ardèche INSEEcode  Arrondissement  Capital  Population(2014)  Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²)  Communes 071  Largentière  Largentière  98,821  2,511.3    153 072  Privas  Privas  87,774  1,159.4    66 073  Tournon-sur-Rhône  Tournon-sur-Rhône  135,786  1,858.0    120

History
Since its creation, the Ardèche department has had few changes:
 1790 : creation of the department with seven districts: Annonay, Aubenas, L'Argentière, Privas, Tournon, Vernoux and Villeneuve-de-Berg; the capital was Privas alternating with Annonay, Aubenas, Le Bourg(-Saint-Andéol) and Tournon. In August of that year, the number of districts was reduced to three: Mézenc, Aubenas and Tanargue. In September, Privas became the only capital of the department.
 1800 : creation of three arrondissements: Privas, L'Argentière and Tournon.
 1988 : Tournon changed its name to Tournon-sur-Rhône.

Related pages
Arrondissement of Largentière
Arrondissement of Privas
Arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône
List of arrondissements of France

References


Category:Lists of arrondissements of France