Arrondissement of Forcalquier

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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Forcalquier is the most western of the arrondissements of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. It is bordered to the north by the Hautes-Alpes department, to the east by the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains, to the south and west by the Vaucluse department and to the northwest by the Drôme department.

The arrondissement of Forcalquier is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, after the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains, , but first in population (88,333 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 Forcalquier, there are 9 cantons and 7 of them with all their communes in the arrondissement:

 Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (0403)
 Forcalquier (0406)
 Manosque-1 (0407)
 Manosque-2 (0408)
 Manosque-3 (0409)
 Oraison (0410) (partly)
 Reillanne (0411)
 Seyne (0413) (partly)
 Sisteron (0414)

Communes
The arrondissement of Forcalquier has 97 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Allemagne-en-Provence (04004)
 Aubenas-les-Alpes (04012)
 Aubignosc (04013)
 Authon (04016)
 Banon (04018)
 Bayons (04023)
 Bellaffaire (04026)
 Bevons (04027)
 La Brillanne (04034)
 Brunet (04035)
 Le Caire (04037)
 Le Castellet (04041)
 Céreste (04045)
 Châteaufort (04050)
 Châteauneuf-Miravail (04051)
 Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat (04053)
 Clamensane (04057)
 Claret (04058)
 Corbières (04063)
 Cruis (04065)
 Curbans (04066)
 Curel (04067)
 Dauphin (04068)
 Entrepierres (04075)
 Entrevennes (04077)
 Esparron-de-Verdon (04081)
 Faucon-du-Caire (04085)
 Fontienne (04087)
 Forcalquier (04088)
 Gigors (04093)
 Gréoux-les-Bains (04094)
 L’Hospitalet (04095)
 Lardiers (04101)
 Limans (04104)
 Lurs (04106)
 Mane (04111)
 Manosque (04112)
 Melve (04118)
 Mison (04123)
 Montagnac-Montpezat (04124)
 Montfort (04127)
 Montfuron (04128)
 Montjustin (04129)
 Montlaux (04130)
 Montsalier (04132)
 La Motte-du-Caire (04134)
 Nibles (04137)
 Niozelles (04138)
 Noyers-sur-Jabron (04139)
 Les Omergues (04140)
 Ongles (04141)
 Oppedette (04142)
 Oraison (04143)
 Peipin (04145)
 Piégut (04150)
 Pierrerue (04151)
 Pierrevert (04152)
 Puimichel (04156)
 Puimoisson (04157)
 Quinson (04158)
 Redortiers (04159)
 Reillanne (04160)
 Revest-des-Brousses (04162)
 Revest-du-Bion (04163)
 Revest-Saint-Martin (04164)
 Riez (04166)
 La Rochegiron (04169)
 Roumoules (04172)
 Sainte-Croix-à-Lauze (04175)
 Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues (04178)
 Saint-Geniez (04179)
 Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon (04186)
 Saint-Maime (04188)
 Saint-Martin-de-Brômes (04189)
 Saint-Martin-les-Eaux (04190)
 Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire (04192)
 Sainte-Tulle (04197)
 Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron (04199)
 Salignac (04200)
 Saumane (04201)
 Sigonce (04206)
 Sigoyer (04207)
 Simiane-la-Rotonde (04208)
 Sisteron (04209)
 Sourribes (04211)
 Thèze (04216)
 Turriers (04222)
 Vachères (04227)
 Valavoire (04228)
 Valbelle (04229)
 Valensole (04230)
 Valernes (04231)
 Vaumeilh (04233)
 Venterol (04234)
 Villemus (04241)
 Villeneuve (04242)
 Volx (04245)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 04112  Manosque  21,941  Manosque-1, Manosque-2and Manosque-3  Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération 04209  Sisteron  3,629 Sisteron  Le Sisteronais-Buëch 04143  Oraison  5,792  Oraison  Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération 04088  Forcalquier  5,210  Forcalquier  Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure 04242  Villeneuve  5,210  Oraison  Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération 04152  Pierrevert  3,690  Manosque-1  Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération 04197  Sainte-Tulle  3,398  Manosque-3  Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération 04230  Valensole  3,206  Valensole  Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération 04245  Volx  3,134  Manosque-2  Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération 04094  Gréoux-les-Bains  2,645  Valensole  Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération

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

References

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