Arrondissement of Arles

The arrondissement of Arles is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Arles.

History
When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Arles was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Arles is in the west of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north by the Vaucluse department, to the northeast by the Aix-en-Provence arrondissement, to the southeast by the Istres arrondissement, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Gard department.

The arrondissement of Arles is the largest arrondissement of the department in area,  but the one with fewest people living in it, with a population of 205,529 inhabitants.

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.

There are 4 cantons in the arrondissement of Arles and 2 of them do not have all their communes in the arrondissement:
 Arles (1304)
 Châteaurenard (1307)
 Pélissanne (1325) (partly)
 Salon-de-Provence-1 (1326) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Arles has 36 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Alleins (13003)
 Arles (13004)
 Aureille (13006)
 Barbentane (13010)
 Boulbon (13017)
 Cabannes (13018)
 Châteaurenard (13027)
 Eygalières (13034)
 Eyguières (13035)
 Eyragues (13036)
 Fontvieille (13038)
 Graveson (13045)
 Lamanon (13049)
 Les Baux-de-Provence (13011)
 Maillane (13052)
 Mallemort (13053)
 Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles (13057)
 Maussane-les-Alpilles (13058)
 Mollégès (13064)
 Mouriès (13065)
 Noves (13066)
 Orgon (13067)
 Paradou (13068)
 Plan-d'Orgon (13076)
 Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône (13078)
 Rognonas (13083)
 Saint-Andiol (13089)
 Saint-Martin-de-Crau (13097)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Mézoargues (13061)
 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13100)
 Saint-Étienne-du-Grès (13094)
 Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (13096)
 Sénas (13105)
 Tarascon (13108)
 Vernègues (13115)
 Verquières (13116)


The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 13004  Arles  52,697  Arles  CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette 13027  Châteaurenard  15,644  Châteaurenard  CA Terre de Provence 13108  Tarascon  14,583  Châteaurenard  CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette 13097  Saint-Martin-de-Crau  13,385  Salon-de-Provence-2  CA d'Arles-Crau-Camargue-Montagnette 13100  Saint-Rémy-de-Provence  9,765  Salon-de-Provence-1  Vallée des Baux-Alpilles 13078  Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône  8,661  Arles  Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence 13105  Sénas  7,006  Salon-de-Provence-1  Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence 13035  Eyguières  6,852  Salon-de-Provence-1  Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence 13053  Mallemort  5,972  Pélissanne  Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence 13066  Noves  5,610  Châteaurenard  CA Terre de Provence

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Arles