Arrondissement of Tarbes

The arrondissement of Tarbes is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and of the department, is the city of Tarbes.

History
When the Hautes-Pyrénées department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Tarbes was part of that original department and was made the capital (préfecture) of it.

Geography
It is the most northern of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the second in area of the department. It is the most populated arrondissement with 143,753 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Tarbes is bordered to the north by the Gers department, to the  east by the Haute-Garonne department, to the south arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost and to west by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.

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 Tarbes, there are 10 cantons with all its communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Tarbes INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Argelès-Gazost  Bagnères-de-Bigorre  Tarbes6501 Aureilhan336502 Bordères-sur-l'Échez776503 Les Coteaux77776504 La Haute-Bigorre131146507 Moyen-Adour15156509 Ossun17176510 Tarbes-1part of Tarbespart of Tarbes6511 Tarbes-2part of Tarbespart of Tarbes6512 Tarbes-3part of Tarbespart of Tarbes6513 Val d'Adour-Rustan-Madiranais43436514 La Vallée de l'Arros et des Baïses3337706515 La Vallée de la Barousse511526517 Vic-en-Bigorre2222

Communes
The arrondissement of Tarbes has 212 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Allier (65005)
 Andrest (65007)
 Angos (65010)
 Ansost (65013)
 Antin (65015)
 Arcizac-Adour (65019)
 Aries-Espénan (65026)
 Artagnan (65035)
 Aubarède (65044)
 Aureilhan (65047)
 Aurensan (65048)
 Auriébat (65049)
 Averan (65052)
 Azereix (65057)
 Barbachen (65061)
 Barbazan-Debat (65062)
 Barbazan-Dessus (65063)
 Barry (65067)
 Barthe (65068)
 Bazet (65072)
 Bazillac (65073)
 Bazordan (65074)
 Bégole (65079)
 Bénac (65080)
 Bernac-Debat (65083)
 Bernac-Dessus (65084)
 Bernadets-Debat (65085)
 Bernadets-Dessus (65086)
 Betbèze (65088)
 Betpouy (65090)
 Bonnefont (65095)
 Bordères-sur-l'Échez (65100)
 Bordes (65101)
 Bouilh-Devant (65102)
 Bouilh-Péreuilh (65103)
 Boulin (65104)
 Bours (65108)
 Bugard (65110)
 Burg (65113)
 Buzon (65114)
 Cabanac (65115)
 Caharet (65118)
 Caixon (65119)
 Calavanté (65120)
 Camalès (65121)
 Campuzan (65126)
 Castelnau-Magnoac (65129)
 Castelnau-Rivière-Basse (65130)
 Castelvieilh (65131)
 Castéra-Lanusse (65132)
 Castéra-Lou (65133)
 Casterets (65134)
 Caubous (65136)
 Caussade-Rivière (65137)
 Chelle-Debat (65142)
 Chis (65146)
 Cizos (65148)
 Clarac (65149)
 Collongues (65151)
 Coussan (65153)
 Devèze (65155)
 Dours (65156)
 Escaunets (65160)
 Escondeaux (65161)
 Estampures (65170)
 Estirac (65174)
 Fontrailles (65177)
 Fréchède (65178)
 Fréchou-Fréchet (65181)
 Gardères (65185)
 Gaussan (65187)
 Gayan (65189)
 Gensac (65196)
 Gonez (65204)
 Goudon (65206)
 Guizerix (65213)
 Hachan (65214)
 Hagedet (65215)
 Hères (65219)
 Hibarette (65220)
 Hitte (65222)
 Horgues (65223)
 Hourc (65225)
 Ibos (65226)
 Jacque (65232)
 Juillan (65235)
 Labatut-Rivière (65240)
 Lacassagne (65242)
 Lafitole (65243)
 Lagarde (65244)
 Lahitte-Toupière (65248)
 Lalanne (65249)
 Lalanne-Trie (65250)
 Laloubère (65251)
 Lamarque-Pontacq (65252)
 Lamarque-Rustaing (65253)
 Laméac (65254)
 Lanespède (65256)
 Lanne (65257)
 Lansac (65259)
 Lapeyre (65260)
 Laran (65261)
 Larreule (65262)
 Larroque (65263)
 Lascazères (65264)
 Laslades (65265)
 Lassales (65266)
 Layrisse (65268)
 Lescurry (65269)
 Lespouey (65270)
 Lhez (65272)
 Liac (65273)
 Lizos (65276)
 Loucrup (65281)
 Louey (65284)
 Louit (65285)
 Lubret-Saint-Luc (65288)
 Luby-Betmont (65289)
 Luc (65290)
 Luquet (65292)
 Lustar (65293)
 Madiran (65296)
 Mansan (65297)
 Marquerie (65298)
 Marsac (65299)
 Marseillan (65301)
 Mascaras (65303)
 Maubourguet (65304)
 Mazerolles (65308)
 Mingot (65311)
 Momères (65313)
 Montfaucon (65314)
 Monléon-Magnoac (65315)
 Monlong (65316)
 Montignac (65321)
 Moulédous (65324)
 Moumoulous (65325)
 Mun (65326)
 Nouilhan (65330)
 Odos (65331)
 Oléac-Debat (65332)
 Oléac-Dessus (65333)
 Organ (65336)
 Orieux (65337)
 Orincles (65339)
 Orleix (65340)
 Oroix (65341)
 Osmets (65342)
 Ossun (65344)
 Oueilloux (65346)
 Oursbelille (65350)
 Ozon (65353)
 Peyraube (65357)
 Peyret-Saint-André (65358)
 Peyriguère (65359)
 Peyrun (65361)
 Pintac (65364)
 Poumarous (65367)
 Pouy (65368)
 Pouyastruc (65369)
 Pujo (65372)
 Puntous (65373)
 Puydarrieux (65374)
 Rabastens-de-Bigorre (65375)
 Ricaud (65378)
 Sabalos (65380)
 Sadournin (65383)
 Saint-Lanne (65387)
 Saint-Lézer (65390)
 Saint-Martin (65392)
 Saint-Sever-de-Rustan (65397)
 Salles-Adour (65401)
 Sanous (65403)
 Sariac-Magnoac (65404)
 Sarniguet (65406)
 Sarriac-Bigorre (65409)
 Sarrouilles (65410)
 Sauveterre (65412)
 Ségalas (65414)
 Séméac (65417)
 Sénac (65418)
 Sère-Rustaing (65423)
 Séron (65422)
 Siarrouy (65425)
 Sinzos (65426)
 Sombrun (65429)
 Soréac (65430)
 Soublecause (65432)
 Soues (65433)
 Souyeaux (65436)
 Talazac (65438)
 Tarasteix (65439)
 Tarbes (65440)
 Thermes-Magnoac (65442)
 Thuy (65443)
 Tostat (65446)
 Tournay (65447)
 Tournous-Darré (65448)
 Trie-sur-Baïse (65452)
 Trouley-Labarthe (65454)
 Ugnouas (65457)
 Vic-en-Bigorre (65460)
 Vidou (65461)
 Vidouze (65462)
 Vielle-Adour (65464)
 Vieuzos (65468)
 Villefranque (65472)
 Villembits (65474)
 Villemur (65475)
 Villenave-près-Béarn (65476)
 Villenave-près-Marsac (65477)
 Visker (65479)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 65440  Tarbes  41,382  Tarbes-1, Tarbes-2 and Tarbes-3  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Tarbes 65047  Aureilhan  7,879  Aureilhan  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Tarbes 65460  Vic-en-Bigorre  5,004  Vic-en-Bigorre  Vic-Montaner 65100  Bordères-sur-l'Échez  4,879  Bordères-sur-l'Échez  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Tarbes 65417  Séméac  4,803  Aureilhan  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Tarbes 65235  Juillan  4,104  Ossun  Le Canton d'Ossun 65062  Barbazan-Debat  3,427  Moyen-Adour  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Tarbes 65331  Odos  3,219  Moyen-Adour  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Tarbes 65433  Soues  3,049  Aureilhan  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Tarbes

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
 Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

References

Tarbes