Arrondissement of Grasse

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

History
When the Alpes-Maritimes department was created on 1793, Grasse was part of the Var department. It became an arrondissement of the Alpes-Maritimes department in 1860.

Geography
The arrondissement of Grasse is the most southern of the Alpes-Maritimes department. It is bordered to the north by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the east by the Nice arrondissement, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Var department.

The arrondissement of Grasse is the smallest in area of the two arrondissements of the department, , but the one with a higher population (560,045 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.

In the arrondissement of Grasse, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Nice-3 and Vence. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

 INSEEcodeCantonGrasseNiceTotal0601 Antibes-11 + part of Antibes1 + part of Antibes0602 Antibes-2part of Antibespart of Antibes0603 Antibes-31 + part of Antibes1 + part of Antibes0605 Cagnes-sur-Mer-1part of Cagnes-sur-Merpart of Cagnes-sur-Mer0606 Cagnes-sur-Mer-22 + part of Cagnes-sur-Mer2 + part of Cagnes-sur-Mer0607 Cannes-1part of Cannes + part of Le Cannetpart of Cannes + part of Le Cannet0608 Cannes-2part of Cannespart of Cannes0609 Le Cannet1 + part of Le Cannet1 + part of Le Cannet0611 Grasse-118 + part of Grasse18 + part of Grasse0612 Grasse-21 + part of Grasse1 + part of Grasse0613 Mandelieu-la-Napoule550617 Nice-33part of Nice3 + part of Nice0625 Valbonne11 + part of Antibes11 + part of Antibes0626 Vence1037470627 Villeneuve-Loubet44

Communes
The arrondissement of Grasse has 62 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː


 Aiglun (06001)
 Amirat (06002)
 Andon (06003)
 Antibes (06004)
 Auribeau-sur-Siagne (06007)
 Biot (06018)
 Bouyon (06022)
 Briançonnet (06024)
 Bézaudun-les-Alpes (06017)
 Cabris (06026)
 Cagnes-sur-Mer (06027)
 Caille (06028)
 Cannes (06029)
 Carros (06033)
 Caussols (06037)
 Châteauneuf-Grasse (06038)
 Cipières (06041)
 Collongues (06045)
 Conségudes (06047)
 Courmes (06049)
 Coursegoules (06050)
 Escragnolles (06058)
 Gars (06063)
 Gattières (06064)
 Gourdon (06068)
 Grasse (06069)
 Gréolières (06070)
 La Colle-sur-Loup (06044)
 La Gaude (06065)
 La Roquette-sur-Siagne (06108)
 Le Bar-sur-Loup (06010)
 Le Broc (06025)
 Le Cannet (06030)
 Le Mas (06081)
 Le Rouret (06112)
 Le Tignet (06140)
 Les Ferres (06061)
 Les Mujouls (06087)
 Mandelieu-la-Napoule (06079)
 Mouans-Sartoux (06084)
 Mougins (06085)
 Opio (06089)
 Peymeinade (06095)
 Pégomas (06090)
 Roquefort-les-Pins (06105)
 Roquestéron-Grasse (06107)
 Saint-Auban (06116)
 Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne (06118)
 Saint-Jeannet (06122)
 Saint-Laurent-du-Var (06123)
 Saint-Paul (06128)
 Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey (06130)
 Sallagriffon (06131)
 Spéracèdes (06137)
 Séranon (06134)
 Théoule-sur-Mer (06138)
 Tourrettes-sur-Loup (06148)
 Valbonne (06152)
 Valderoure (06154)
 Vallauris (06155)
 Vence (06157)
 Villeneuve-Loubet (06161)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 06004  Antibes  75,731  Antibes-1, Antibes-2Antibes-3 and Valbonne  Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis 06029  Cannes  73,744  Cannes-1 and Cannes-2  Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins 06069  Grasse  50,409  Grasse-1 and Grasse-2  Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Grasse 06027  Cagnes-sur-Mer  47,811  Cagnes-sur-Mer-1 andCagnes-sur-Mer-2  Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 06030  Le Cannet  42,454  Cannes-1 and Le Cannet  Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins 06123  Saint-Laurent-du-Var  29,067  Cagnes-sur-Mer-2  Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 06155  Vallauris  26,302  Antibes-1  Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis 06079  Mandelieu-la-Napoule  22,696  Mandelieu-la-Napoule  Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins 06157  Vence  18,536  Vence  Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur 06085 Mougins  18,391  Le Cannet  Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins

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

References

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