Arrondissement of Nîmes

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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Nîmes is the most eastern of the arrondissements of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the northeast by the Vaucluse department, to the east by the Bouches-du-Rhône department, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the southwest by the Hérault department and to the west by the Le Vigan and the Alès arrondissements.

The arrondissement of Nîmes is the largest arrondissement of the department, both in area, , and population (547,598 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 18 cantons in the arrondissement of Nîmes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondiissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of  Nîmes INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Alès  Nîmes  Le Vigan3001 Aigues-Mortes773003 Alès-210 + part of Alès414 + part of Alès3005 Bagnols-sur-Cèze11113006 Beaucaire773007 Calvisson271283009 Marguerittes773010 Nîmes-1part of Nîmespart of Nîmes3011 Nîmes-2part of Nîmespart of Nîmes3012 Nîmes-3part of Nîmespart of Nîmes3013 Nîmes-4part of Nîmespart of Nîmes3014 Pont-Saint-Esprit24243015 Quissac17324443016 Redessan21213017 Roquemaure11113019 Saint-Gilles883020 Uzès31313021 Vauvert10103023 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon55 Total   177  

Communes
The arrondissement of Nîmes has 177 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Aigaliers (30001)
 Aigues-Mortes (30003)
 Aigues-Vives (30004)
 Aiguèze (30005)
 Aimargues (30006)
 Les Angles (30011)
 Aramon (30012)
 Argilliers (30013)
 Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac (30014)
 Aspères (30018)
 Aubais (30019)
 Aubord (30020)
 Aubussargues (30021)
 Aujargues (30023)
 Bagnols-sur-Cèze (30028)
 Baron (30030)
 Beaucaire (30032)
 Beauvoisin (30033)
 Bellegarde (30034)
 Belvézet (30035)
 Bernis (30036)
 Bezouce (30039)
 Blauzac (30041)
 Boissières (30043)
 Bouillargues (30047)
 Bourdic (30049)
 Cabrières (30057)
 Le Cailar (30059)
 Caissargues (30060)
 Calvisson (30062)
 Carsan (30070)
 Castillon-du-Gard (30073)
 Caveirac (30075)
 Cavillargues (30076)
 Chusclan (30081)
 Clarensac (30082)
 Codognan (30083)
 Codolet (30084)
 Collias (30085)
 Collorgues (30086)
 Combas (30088)
 Comps (30089)
 Congénies (30091)
 Connaux (30092)
 Cornillon (30096)
 Crespian (30098)
 Dions (30102)
 Domazan (30103)
 Estézargues (30107)
 Flaux (30110)
 Foissac (30111)
 Fons (30112)
 Fons-sur-Lussan (30113)
 Fontanès (30114)
 Fontarèches (30115)
 Fournès (30116)
 Fourques (30117)
 Gajan (30122)
 Gallargues-le-Montueux (30123)
 Le Garn (30124)
 Garons (30125)
 Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie (30126)
 Gaujac (30127)
 Goudargues (30131)
 Le Grau-du-Roi (30133)
 Générac (30128)
 Issirac (30134)
 Jonquières-Saint-Vincent (30135)
 Junas (30136)
 La Bastide-d'Engras (30031)
 La Bruguière (30056)
 La Calmette (30061)
 La Capelle-et-Masmolène (30067)
 La Roque-sur-Cèze (30222)
 La Rouvière (30224)
 Langlade (30138)
 Laudun-l'Ardoise (30141)
 Laval-Saint-Roman (30143)
 Lecques (30144)
 Lirac (30149)
 Lussan (30151)
 Lédenon (30145)
 Manduel (30155)
 Marguerittes (30156)
 Meynes (30166)
 Milhaud, Gard (30169)
 Montagnac (30354)
 Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers (30174)
 Montclus (30175)
 Montfaucon (30178)
 Montfrin (30179)
 Montignargues (30180)
 Montmirat (30181)
 Montpezat (30182)
 Moulézan (30183)
 Moussac (30184)
 Mus (30185)
 Nages-et-Solorgues (30186)
 Nîmes (30189)
 Orsan (30191)
 Parignargues (30193)
 Le Pin (30196)
 Pont-Saint-Esprit (30202)
 Pougnadoresse (30205)
 Poulx (30206)
 Pouzilhac (30207)
 Pujaut (30209)
 Redessan (30211)
 Remoulins (30212)
 Rochefort-du-Gard (30217)
 Rodilhan (30356)
 Roquemaure (30221)
 Sabran (30225)
 Saint-Alexandre (30226)
 Saint-André-d'Olérargues (30232)
 Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis (30230)
 Saint-Bauzély (30233)
 Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard (30235)
 Saint-Chaptes (30241)
 Saint-Christol-de-Rodières (30242)
 Saint-Clément (30244)
 Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols (30245)
 Saint-Dionizy (30249)
 Saint-Dézéry (30248)
 Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas (30254)
 Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès (30255)
 Saint-Gervais (30256)
 Saint-Gervasy (30257)
 Saint-Gilles (30258)
 Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan (30260)
 Saint-Hippolyte-de-Montaigu (30262)
 Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas (30273)
 Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze (30276)
 Saint-Laurent-de-Carnols (30277)
 Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres (30278)
 Saint-Laurent-la-Vernède (30279)
 Saint-Mamert-du-Gard (30281)
 Saint-Marcel-de-Careiret (30282)
 Saint-Maximin (30286)
 Saint-Michel-d'Euzet (30287)
 Saint-Nazaire (30288)
 Saint-Paul-les-Fonts (30355)
 Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson (30290)
 Saint-Pons-la-Calm (30292)
 Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (30295)
 Saint-Siffret (30299)
 Saint-Victor-des-Oules (30301)
 Saint-Victor-la-Coste (30302)
 Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts (30251)
 Sainte-Anastasie (30228)
 Salazac (30304)
 Salinelles (30306)
 Sanilhac-Sagriès (30308)
 Sauveterre (30312)
 Sauzet (30313)
 Saze (30315)
 Sernhac (30317)
 Serviers-et-Labaume (30319)
 Sommières (30321)
 Souvignargues (30324)
 Tavel (30326)
 Théziers (30328)
 Tresques (30331)
 Uchaud (30333)
 Uzès (30334)
 Vallabrix (30337)
 Vallabrègues (30336)
 Valliguières (30340)
 Vallérargues (30338)
 Vauvert (30341)
 Verfeuil (30343)
 Vergèze (30344)
 Vers-Pont-du-Gard (30346)
 Vestric-et-Candiac (30347)
 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (30351)
 Villevieille (30352)
 Vénéjan (30342)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 30189  Nîmes  151,075 Nîmes-1, Nîmes-2, Nîmes-3,Nîmes-4 and Saint-Gilles  Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole 30028  Bagnols-sur-Cèze  18,172  Bagnols-sur-Cèze  Le Gard Rhodanien 30032  Beaucaire  15,859  Beaucaire  Beaucaire Terre d'Argence 30258  Saint-Gilles  13,326  Saint-Gilles  Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole 30351  Villeneuve-lès-Avignon  11,716  Villeneuve-lès-Avignon  Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Avignon 30341  Vauvert  11,353  Vauvert  Petite Camargue 30202  Pont-Saint-Esprit  10,155  Pont-Saint-Esprit  Le Gard Rhodanien 30156  Marguerittes  8,577  Marguerittes  Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole 30334  Uzès  8,569  Uzès  Pays d'Uzès 30011  Les Angles  8,443  Villeneuve-lès-Avignon  Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Avignon 30003  Aigues-Mortes  8,417  Aigues-Mortes   Terre de Camargue 30133  Le Grau-du-Roi  8,372  Aigues-Mortes   Terre de Camargue

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

References

Nimes