Arrondissement of Le Vigan

The arrondissement of Le Vigan is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Le Vigan.

History
When the Gard department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Le Vigan was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Le Vigan is the most western of the arrondissements of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Lozère department, to the northeast by the Alès arrondissement, to the southeast by the Nîmes arrondissement, to the south by the Hérault department and to the west by the Aveyron department.

The arrondissement of Le Vigan is the second smallest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (36,608 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 only 4 cantons in the arrondissement of Le Vigan. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondiissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Le Vigan INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Alès  Nîmes  Le Vigan3007 Calvisson271283008 La Grand-Combe244283015 Quissac17324443022 Le Vigan4646 Total    75 

Communes
The arrondissement of Le Vigan has 75 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Alzon (30009)
 Arphy (30015)
 Arre (30016)
 Arrigas (30017)
 Aulas (30024)
 Aumessas (30025)
 Avèze (30026)
 Bez-et-Esparon (30038)
 Blandas (30040)
 Bragassargues (30050)
 Brouzet-lès-Quissac (30054)
 Bréau-et-Salagosse (30052)
 Campestre-et-Luc (30064)
 Canaules-et-Argentières (30065)
 Cannes-et-Clairan (30066)
 Carnas (30069)
 Causse-Bégon (30074)
 Colognac (30087)
 Conqueyrac (30093)
 Corconne (30095)
 Cros (30099)
 Dourbies (30105)
 Durfort-et-Saint-Martin-de-Sossenac (30106)
 Fressac (30119)
 Gailhan (30121)
 L'Estréchure (30108)
 La Cadière-et-Cambo (30058)
 Lanuéjols (30139)
 Lasalle (30140)
 Liouc (30148)
 Logrian-Florian (30150)
 Mandagout (30154)
 Mars (30157)
 Molières-Cavaillac (30170)
 Monoblet (30172)
 Montdardier (30176)
 Notre-Dame-de-la-Rouvière (30190)
 Orthoux-Sérignac-Quilhan (30192)
 Peyrolles (30195)
 Les Plantiers (30198)
 Pommiers (30199)
 Pompignan (30200)
 Puechredon (30208)
 Quissac (30210)
 Revens (30213)
 Rogues (30219)
 Roquedur (30220)
 Saint-André-de-Majencoules (30229)
 Saint-André-de-Valborgne (30231)
 Saint-Bonnet-de-Salendrinque (30236)
 Saint-Bresson (30238)
 Saint-Félix-de-Pallières (30252)
 Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (30263)
 Saint-Jean-de-Crieulon (30265)
 Saint-Julien-de-la-Nef (30272)
 Saint-Laurent-le-Minier (30280)
 Saint-Martial (30283)
 Saint-Nazaire-des-Gardies (30289)
 Saint-Roman-de-Codières (30296)
 Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu (30297)
 Saint-Théodorit (30300)
 Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle (30246)
 Sardan (30309)
 Saumane (30310)
 Sauve (30311)
 Savignargues (30314)
 Soudorgues (30322)
 Sumène (30325)
 Thoiras (30329)
 Trèves (30332)
 Vabres (30335)
 Valleraugue (30339)
 Vic-le-Fesq (30349)
 Le Vigan (30350)
 Vissec (30353)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 30350  Le Vigan  3,933  Le Vigan  Le Pays Viganais 30263  Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort  3,912  Le Vigan  Le Piémont Cévenol 30210  Quissac  3,156  Quissac  Le Piémont Cévenol 30311  Sauve  1,970  Quissac  Le Piémont Cévenol 30325  Sumène  1,598  Le Vigan  Les Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises 30140  Lasalle  1,160  Le Vigan  Causses Aigoual Cévennes 30026  Avèze  1,091  Le Vigan  Le Pays Viganais 30339  Valleraugue  1,044  Le Vigan  Causses Aigoual Cévennes 30170  Molières-Cavaillac  939  Le Vigan  Le Pays Viganais 30200  Pompignan  900  Le Vigan  Le Piémont Cévenol

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

References

Le Vigan