Arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains

The arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains is an arrondissement of France, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Digne-les-Bains.

History
When the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains is in the central part of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Barcelonnette, to the east by the  arrondissement of Castellane, to the south by the Var department and to the west by the arrondissement of Forcalquier.

The arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the second in population (55,758 inhabitants), after the arrondissement of Forcalquier.

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 Digne-les-Bains, there are 6 cantons and 4 of them with all their communes in the arrondissement:

 Digne-les-Bains-1 (0404)
 Digne-les-Bains-2 (0405)
 Oraison (0410) (partly)
 Riez (0412)
 Seyne (0413) (partly)
 Valensole (0415)

Communes
The arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains has 46 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Aiglun (04001)
 Archail (04009)
 Auzet (04017)
 Barles (04020)
 Barras (04021)
 Beaujeu (04024)
 Beynes (04028)
 Bras-d'Asse (04031)
 Le Brusquet (04036)
 Le Castellard-Mélan (04040)
 Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson (04046)
 Champtercier (04047)
 Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (04049)
 Châteauredon (04054)
 Digne-les-Bains (04070)
 Draix (04072)
 Entrages (04074)
 L'Escale (04079)
 Estoublon (04084)
 Ganagobie (04091)
 La Javie (04097)
 Majastres (04107)
 Malijai (04108)
 Mallefougasse-Augès (04109)
 Mallemoisson (04110)
 Marcoux (04113)
 Les Mées (04116)
 Mézel (04121)
 Mirabeau (04122)
 Montclar (04126)
 Moustiers-Sainte-Marie (04135)
 Peyruis (04149)
 Prads-Haute-Bléone (04155)
 La Robine-sur-Galabre (04167)
 Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon (04176)
 Hautes-Duyes (04177)
 Saint-Jeannet (04181)
 Saint-Julien-d'Asse (04182)
 Saint-Jurs (04184)
 Saint-Martin-lès-Seyne (04191)
 Selonnet (04203)
 Seyne (04205)
 Thoard (04217)
 Verdaches (04235)
 Le Vernet (04237)
 Volonne (04244) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 04070  Digne-les-Bains  16,304  Digne-les-Bains-1 and Digne-les-Bains-2  Provence-Alpes Agglomération 04049  Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban  5,210  Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban  Provence-Alpes Agglomération 04116  Les Mées  3,629 Oraison  Provence-Alpes Agglomération 04149  Peyruis  2,829  Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban  Provence-Alpes Agglomération 04108  Malijai  1,990  Digne-les-Bains-2  Provence-Alpes Agglomération 04205  Seyne  1,365  Seyne  Provence-Alpes Agglomération 04001  Aiglun  1,356  Digne-les-Bains-2  Provence-Alpes Agglomération 04110  Mallemoisson  1,029  Digne-les-Bains-2  Provence-Alpes Agglomération 04036  Le Brusquet  965  Seyne  Provence-Alpes Agglomération 04047  Champtercier  766  Digne-les-Bains-2  Provence-Alpes Agglomération

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Digne-les-Bains