Arrondissement of Alès

The arrondissement of Alès is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Alès.

History
When the Gard department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Alès, with the name of Alais, was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Alès is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the east by the Nîmes arrondissement, to the south by the Le Vigan arrondissement and to the west by the Lozère department.

The arrondissement of Alès is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, , and the second in population (151,823 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 Alès, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Cazères, Escalquens and Plaisance-du-Touch. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondiissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Alès INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Alès  Nîmes  Le Vigan 3002  Alès-1  7 + part of Alès    7 + part of Alès 3003  Alès-2  10 + part of Alès  4   14 + part of Alès  3004  Alès-3  13 + part of Alès    13 + part of Alès 3008  La Grand-Combe  24   4  28 3015  Quissac  17  3  24  44 3015  Rousson  29    29 Total  101   

Communes
The arrondissement of Alès has 101 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Aigremont (30002)
 Allègre-les-Fumades (30008)
 Alès (30007)
 Anduze (30010)
 Aujac (30022)
 Bagard (30027)
 Barjac (30029)
 Bessèges (30037)
 Boisset-et-Gaujac (30042)
 Bonnevaux (30044)
 Bordezac (30045)
 Boucoiran-et-Nozières (30046)
 Bouquet (30048)
 Branoux-les-Taillades (30051)
 Brignon (30053)
 Brouzet-lès-Alès (30055)
 Cardet (30068)
 Cassagnoles (30071)
 Castelnau-Valence (30072)
 Cendras (30077)
 Chambon (30079)
 Chamborigaud (30080)
 Concoules (30090)
 Corbès (30094)
 Courry (30097)
 Cruviers-Lascours (30100)
 Deaux (30101)
 Domessargues (30104)
 Euzet (30109)
 Gagnières (30120)
 Génolhac (30130)
 Générargues (30129)
 La Grand-Combe (30132)
 La Vernarède (30345)
 Lamelouze (30137)
 Laval-Pradel (30142)
 Le Martinet (30159)
 Les Mages (30152)
 Les Plans (30197)
 Les Salles-du-Gardon (30307)
 Lédignan (30146)
 Lézan (30147)
 Malons-et-Elze (30153)
 Martignargues (30158)
 Maruéjols-lès-Gardon (30160)
 Massanes (30161)
 Massillargues-Attuech (30162)
 Mauressargues (30163)
 Meyrannes (30167)
 Mialet (30168)
 Molières-sur-Cèze (30171)
 Mons (30173)
 Monteils (30177)
 Méjannes-le-Clap (30164)
 Méjannes-lès-Alès (30165)
 Navacelles (30187)
 Ners (30188)
 Peyremale (30194)
 Ponteils-et-Brésis (30201)
 Portes (30203)
 Potelières (30204)
 Ribaute-les-Tavernes (30214)
 Rivières (30215)
 Robiac-Rochessadoule (30216)
 Rochegude (30218)
 Rousson (30223)
 Saint-Ambroix (30227)
 Saint-Brès (30237)
 Saint-Bénézet (30234)
 Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (30243)
 Saint-Césaire-de-Gauzignan (30240)
 Saint-Denis (30247)
 Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet (30253)
 Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas (30259)
 Saint-Hippolyte-de-Caton (30261)
 Saint-Jean-de-Ceyrargues (30264)
 Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan (30266)
 Saint-Jean-de-Serres (30267)
 Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle (30268)
 Saint-Jean-du-Gard (30269)
 Saint-Jean-du-Pin (30270)
 Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas (30271)
 Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers (30274)
 Saint-Just-et-Vacquières (30275)
 Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues (30284)
 Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille (30285)
 Saint-Paul-la-Coste (30291)
 Saint-Privat-de-Champclos (30293)
 Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (30294)
 Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille (30298)
 Saint-Victor-de-Malcap (30303)
 Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm (30250)
 Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge (30239)
 Salindres (30305)
 Servas (30318)
 Seynes (30320)
 Soustelle (30323)
 Sénéchas (30316)
 Tharaux (30327)
 Tornac (30330)
 Vézénobres (30348)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 30007  Alès  39,993  Alès-1, Alès-2 and Alès-3  Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération 30243  Saint-Christol-lès-Alès  6,951  Alès-1  Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération 30132  La Grand-Combe  5,162  La Grand-Combe  Le Pays Grand Combien 30294  Saint-Privat-des-Vieux  5,083  Alès-2  Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération 30284  Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues  4,325  Alès-2  Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération 30259  Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas  4,200  Alès-3  Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération 30223  Rousson  3,967  Rousson  Vivre en Cévennes 30010  Anduze  3,431  Alès-1  Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération 30274  Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers  3,295  Rousson  Vivre en Cévennes 30305  Salindres  3,229  Alès-2  Communauté d'agglomération Alès Agglomération 30227  Saint-Ambroix  3,176  Rousson   Cèze Cévennes

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

References

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