Arrondissement of Arcachon

The arrondissement of Arcachon is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Gironde département. Its capital is the city of Arcachon.

History
The arrondissement of Arcachon was created on 6 December 2006, to begin on 1 January 2007, with four cantons taken from the arrondissement of Bordeaux.

Geography
The arrondissement of Arcachon is in southwestern Gironde, with an area of . It has 146,160 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Bordeaux, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Langon, to the south by the Landes department and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Biscay).

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 Arcachon, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Les Landes des Graves. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Arcachon INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Blaye  Bordeaux  Langon  Lesparre-Médoc  Libourne  Arcachon3301 Andernos-les-Bains663314 Gujan-Mestras443315 Les Landes des Graves205253332 La Teste-de-Buch22

Communes
The arrondissement of Arcachon has 17 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Andernos-les-Bains (33005)
 Arcachon (33009)
 Arès (33011)
 Audenge (33019)
 Le Barp (33029)
 Belin-Béliet (33042)
 Biganos (33051)
 Gujan-Mestras (33199)
 Lanton (33229)
 Lège-Cap-Ferret (33236)
 Lugos (33260)
 Marcheprime (33555)
 Mios (33284)
 Saint-Magne (33436)
 Salles (33498)
 Le Teich (33527)
 La Teste-de-Buch (33529)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 33529  La Teste-de-Buch  25,990  La Teste-de-Buch  Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique 33199  Gujan-Mestras  20,575  Gujan-Mestras  Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique 33005  Andernos-les-Bains  11,712  Andernos-les-Bains  Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique 33009  Arcachon  10,370  La Teste-de-Buch  Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique 33051  Biganos  10,017  Andernos-les-Bains  Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique 33284  Mios  8,659  Gujan-Mestras  Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique 33236  Lège-Cap-Ferret  8,087  Andernos-les-Bains  Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique 33527  Le Teich  7,418  Gujan-Mestras  Communauté d'agglomération Bassin d'Arcachon Sud-Pôle Atlantique 33019  Audenge  7,177  Andernos-les-Bains  Le Bassin d'Arcachon Nord Atlantique

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Gironde department
 Communes of the Gironde department

References

Arcachon