Arrondissement of Gap

The arrondissement of Gap is an arrondissement of France, in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and prefecture, is the city of Gap, the largest city in the department.

History
When the Hautes-Alpes department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Gap was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Gap is in the southern half of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east and south by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the west by the Drôme department, to the north by the Isère department and to the northeast by the Briançon arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Gap is the largest of the two arrondissements of the department both in area, , and population (104,131 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 11 cantons in the arrondissement of Gap and all have their communes in the arrondissement:

 Chorges (0504) (17 communes)
 Embrun (0505) (8 communes)
 Gap-1 (0506) (part of Gap)
 Gap-2 (0507) (part of Gap)
 Gap-3 (0508) (part of Gap)
 Gap-4 (0509) (part of Gap)
 Laragne-Montéglin (0511) (11 communes)
 Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (0512) (27 communes)
 Serres (0513) (39 communes)
 Tallard (0514) (19 communes)
 Veynes (0515) (8 communes)

Communes
The arrondissement of Gap has 130 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Ancelle (05004)
 Aspremont (05008)
 Aspres-lès-Corps (05009)
 Aspres-sur-Buëch (05010)
 Avançon (05011)
 Baratier (05012)
 Barcillonnette (05013)
 Barret-sur-Méouge (05014)
 La Bâtie-Montsaléon (05016)
 La Bâtie-Neuve (05017)
 La Bâtie-Vieille (05018)
 La Beaume (05019)
 Le Bersac (05021)
 Bréziers (05022)
 Bruis (05024)
 Buissard (05025)
 Chabestan (05028)
 Chabottes (05029)
 Champoléon (05032)
 Chanousse (05033)
 La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar (05064)
 Châteauneuf-d'Oze (05035)
 Châteauroux-les-Alpes (05036)
 Châteauvieux (05037)
 Chauffayer (05039)
 Chorges (05040)
 Les Costes (05043)
 Crévoux (05044)
 Crots (05045)
 Le Dévoluy (05139)
 Embrun (05046)
 Éourres (05047)
 L'Épine (05048)
 Esparron (05049)
 Espinasses (05050)
 Étoile-Saint-Cyrice (05051)
 La Fare-en-Champsaur (05054)
 La Faurie (05055)
 Forest-Saint-Julien (05056)
 Fouillouse (05057)
 La Freissinouse (05059)
 Furmeyer (05060)
 Gap (05061)
 Garde-Colombe (05053)
 Le Glaizil (05062)
 La Haute-Beaume (05066)
 Jarjayes (05068)
 Laragne-Montéglin (05070)
 Lardier-et-Valença (05071)
 Laye (05072)
 Lazer (05073)
 Lettret (05074)
 Manteyer (05075)
 Méreuil (05076)
 Monêtier-Allemont (05078)
 Montbrand (05080)
 Montclus (05081)
 Montgardin (05084)
 Montjay (05086)
 Montmaur (05087)
 Montmorin (05088)
 Montrond (05089)
 La Motte-en-Champsaur (05090)
 Moydans (05091)
 Neffes (05092)
 Nossage-et-Bénévent (05094)
 Le Noyer (05095)
 Orcières (05096)
 Orpierre (05097)
 Les Orres (05098)
 Oze (05099)
 Pelleautier (05100)
 La Piarre (05102)
 Le Poët (05103)
 Poligny (05104)
 Prunières (05106)
 Puy-Saint-Eusèbe (05108)
 Puy-Sanières (05111)
 Rabou (05112)
 Rambaud (05113)
 Réallon (05114)
 Remollon (05115)
 Ribeyret (05117)
 Rochebrune (05121)
 La Roche-des-Arnauds (05123)
 La Rochette (05124)
 Rosans (05126)
 Rousset (05127)
 Saint-André-d'Embrun (05128)
 Saint-André-de-Rosans (05129)
 Saint-Apollinaire (05130)
 Saint-Auban-d'Oze (05131)
 Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (05132)
 Sainte-Colombe (05135)
 Sainte-Marie (05150)
 Saint-Étienne-le-Laus (05140)
 Saint-Eusèbe-en-Champsaur (05141)
 Saint-Firmin (05142)
 Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard (05144)
 Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas (05145)
 Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne (05146)
 Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur (05147)
 Saint-Laurent-du-Cros (05148)
 Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes (05149)
 Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard (05152)
 Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol (05153)
 Saint-Pierre-Avez (05155)
 Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon (05154)
 Saint-Sauveur (05156)
 Le Saix (05158)
 Saléon (05159)
 Salérans (05160)
 La Saulce (05162)
 Le Sauze-du-Lac (05163)
 Savines-le-Lac (05164)
 Savournon (05165)
 Serres (05166)
 Sigottier (05167)
 Sigoyer (05168)
 Sorbiers (05169)
 Tallard (05170)
 Théus (05171)
 Trescléoux (05172)
 Upaix (05173)
 Val Buëch-Méouge (05118)
 Valserres (05176)
 Ventavon (05178)
 Veynes (05179)
 Villar-Loubière (05182)
 Vitrolles (05184)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 05061  Gap  40,225  Gap-1, Gap-2, Gap-3 and Gap-4  CA Gap-Tallard-Durance 05046  Embrun  6,150  Embrun  Serre-Ponçon 05070  Laragne-Montéglin  3,480  Laragne-Montéglin  Le Sisteronais-Buëch 05179  Veynes  3,151  Veynes  Buëch-Dévoluy 05040  Chorges  2,791  Chorges  Serre-Ponçon Val d'Avance 05017  La Bâtie-Neuve  2,468  Chorges  Le Pays des Ecrins 05170  Tallard  2,061  Tallard  CA Gap-Tallard-Durance 05132  Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur  2,034  Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur  Champsaur-Valgaudemar 05123  La Roche-des-Arnauds  1,482  Veynes  Buëch-Dévoluy 05162  La Saulce  1,447  Tallard  CA Gap-Tallard-Durance

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Hautes-Alpes department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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