Arrondissement of Draguignan

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

History
When the Var department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Draguignan was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Draguignan is the most eastern of the arrondissements of the Var department. It is bordered to the north by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the east by the Alpes-Maritimes department, to the south by the Toulon arrondissement and to the west by the Brignoles arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Draguignan is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the second in population (321,569 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 9 cantons in the arrondissement of Draguignan and 3 of them do not have all their communes in the arrondissement:

 La Crau (8302) (partly)
 Draguignan (8303)
 Flayosc (8304) (partly)
 Fréjus (8305)
 Le Luc (8309) (partly)
 Roquebrune-sur-Argens (8311)
 Sainte-Maxime (8313)
 Saint-Raphaël (8315)
 Vidauban (8323)

Communes
The arrondissement of Draguignan has 54 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel (83001)
 Ampus (83003)
 Les ArcsLes Arcs (83004)
 Bagnols-en-Forêt (83008)
 Bargème (83010)
 Bargemon (83011)
 La Bastide (83013)
 Le Bourguet (83020)
 Brenon (83022)
 Callas (83028)
 Callian (83029)
 Cavalaire-sur-Mer (83036)
 Châteaudouble (83038)
 Châteauvieux (83040)
 Claviers (83041)
 Cogolin (83042)
 Comps-sur-Artuby (83044)
 La Croix-Valmer (83048)
 Draguignan (83050)
 Fayence (83055)
 Figanières (83056)
 Flayosc (83058)
 Fréjus (83061)
 La Garde-Freinet (83063)
 Gassin (83065)
 Grimaud (83068)
 Lorgues (83072)
 La Martre (83074)
 La Môle (83079)
 Mons (83080)
 Montauroux (83081)
 Montferrat (83082)
 La Motte (83085)
 Le Muy (83086)
 Le Plan-de-la-Tour (83094)
 Puget-sur-Argens (83099)
 Ramatuelle (83101)
 Roquebrune-sur-Argens (83107)
 La Roque-Esclapon (83109)
 Sainte-Maxime (83115)
 Saint-Paul-en-Forêt (83117)
 Saint-Raphaël (83118)
 Saint-Tropez (83119)
 Salernes (83121)
 Seillans (83124)
 Sillans-la-Cascade (83128)
 Tanneron (83133)
 Taradeau (83134)
 Tourrettes (83138)
 Trans-en-Provence (83141)
 Trigance (83142)
 Vidauban (83148)
 Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer (83152)
 Saint-Antonin-du-Var (83154)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 83061  Fréjus  53,511  Fréjus and Saint-Raphaël  Communauté d'agglomération Var Estérel Méditerranée 83050  Draguignan  40,054  Draguignan  Communauté d'agglomération Dracénoise 83118  Saint-Raphaël  34,567  Saint-Raphaël  Communauté d'agglomération Var Estérel Méditerranée 83115  Sainte-Maxime  14,018  Sainte-Maxime  Le Golfe de Saint-Tropez 83042  Cogolin  12,517  Sainte-Maxime  Le Golfe de Saint-Tropez 83107  Roquebrune-sur-Argens  12,344  Roquebrune-sur-Argens  Communauté d'agglomération Var Estérel Méditerranée 83148  Vidauban  11,152  Vidauban  Communauté d'agglomération Dracénoise 83086  Le Muy  9,389  Vidauban  Communauté d'agglomération Dracénoise 83072  Lorgues  9,116  Vidauban  Communauté d'agglomération Dracénoise 83099  Puget-sur-Argens  7,322  Roquebrune-sur-Argens  Communauté d'agglomération Var Estérel Méditerranée

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

References

Draguignan