Arrondissement of Avignon

The arrondissement of Avignon is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Avignon.

History
When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Avignon was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Avignon is in the northwest of the Vaucluse department. It includes the exclave of Valreás that is to the north of the department surrounded by the Drôme department.

It has the Carpentras arrondissement to the east, the Apt arrondissement to the southeast, the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south, the Gard department to the west, the Ardèche department to the northwest and the Drôme department to the north.

The arrondissement of Avignon is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the one with more people living in it (296,303 inhabitants) and a density of  inhabitants/km².

 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  Avignon, the Cheval-Blanc, Le Pontet and Vaison-la-Romaine cantons do not have all their 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 Avignon INSEECode  Canton   Apt  Avignon  Carpentras  Total8402 Avignon-1 part of Avignon  part of Avignon8403 Avignon-2 part of Avignon  part of Avignon8404 Avignon-3 1 + part of Avignon  1 + part of Avignon8405 Bollène  9 98408 Cheval-Blanc122148409 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue  5 58411 Orange  3 38414 Le Pontet  4 158415 Sorgues  5 58416 Vaison-la-Romaine  3  26 298417 Valréas  4 4

 Communes 
The communes of the arrondissement of Avignon are:

 Avignon (84007)
 Bollène (84019)
 Bédarrides (84016)
 Cabrières-d'Avignon (84025)
 Caderousse (84027)
 Camaret-sur-Aigues (84029)
 Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne (84036)
 Châteauneuf-du-Pape (84037)
 Courthézon (84039)
 Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (84139)
 Grillon (84053)
 Jonquerettes (84055)
 Jonquières (84056)
 L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (84054)
 Lagarde-Paréol (84061)
 Lagnes (84062)
 Lamotte-du-Rhône (84063)
 Lapalud (84064)
 Le Pontet (84092)
 Le Thor (84132)
 Mondragon (84078)
 Morières-lès-Avignon (84081)
 Mornas (84083)
 Orange (84087)
 Piolenc (84091)
 Richerenches (84097)
 Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (84119)
 Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes (84106)
 Saumane-de-Vaucluse (84124)
 Sorgues (84129)
 Sérignan-du-Comtat (84127)
 Travaillan (84134)
 Uchaux (84135)
 Valréas (84138)
 Vedène (84141)
 Violès (84149)
 Visan (84150)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 84007  Avignon  92,209  Avignon-1, Avignon-2 and Avignon-3  Grand Avignon (Coga) 84087  Orange  29,482  Orange  Le Pays de Rhône et Ouvèze 84054  L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue  19,240  L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue  Le Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse 84129  Sorgues  18,328  Sorgues  Le Pays de Rhône et Ouvèze 84092  Le Pontet  17,476  Le Pontet   Grand Avignon (Coga) 84019  Bollène  13,574  Bollène  Rhône Lez Provence 84141  Vedène  11,045  Le Pontet   Grand Avignon (Coga) 84138  Valréas  9,520  Valréas  Enclave des Papes-Pays de Grignan 84132  Le Thor  8,706  L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue  Le Pays des Sorgues et des Monts de Vaucluse 84081  Morières-lès-Avignon  8,100  Avignon-3  Grand Avignon (Coga)

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

 References 

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