Arrondissement of Apt

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

History
When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Apt was part of that original department. In 1926, the subprefecture of Apt was moved to Cavaillon but returned to Apt in 1933.

Geography
The arrondissement of Apt is in the most southern of the arrondissements of the Vaucluse department. It has the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department to the east, the Var department to the southeast (for a very short distance), the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south and west, the Avignon arrondissement to the northwest and the Carpentras arrondissement to the north.

The arrondissement of Apt is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (128,448 inhabitants) and a density of  inhabitants/km².

 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  Apt, only the Cheval-Blanc canton does not has all its communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of  Apt INSEECode  Canton   Apt  Avignon  Carpentras  Total8401 Apt27278407 Cavaillon228408 Cheval-Blanc122148413 Pertuis1515

 Communes 
The communes of the arrondissement of Apt are:

 Ansouis (84002)
 Apt (84003)
 Auribeau (84006)
 La Bastide-des-Jourdans (84009)
 La Bastidonne (84010)
 Beaumettes (84013)
 Beaumont-de-Pertuis (84014)
 Bonnieux (84020)
 Buoux (84023)
 Cabrières-d'Aigues (84024)
 Cadenet (84026)
 Caseneuve (84032)
 Castellet (84033)
 Caumont-sur-Durance (84034)
 Cavaillon (84035)
 Cheval-Blanc (84038)
 Cucuron (84042)
 Gargas (84047)
 Gignac (84048)
 Gordes (84050)
 Goult (84051)
 Grambois (84052)
 Joucas (84057)
 Lacoste (84058)
 Lagarde-d'Apt (84060)
 Lauris (84065)
 Lioux (84066)
 Lourmarin (84068)
 Maubec (84071)
 Ménerbes (84073)
 Mérindol (84074)
 Mirabeau (84076)
 La Motte-d'Aigues (84084)
 Murs (84085)
 Oppède (84086)
 Pertuis (84089)
 Peypin-d'Aigues (84090)
 Puget (84093)
 Puyvert (84095)
 Robion (84099)
 Roussillon (84102)
 Rustrel (84103)
 Saignon (84105)
 Saint-Martin-de-Castillon (84112)
 Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque (84113)
 Saint-Pantaléon (84114)
 Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt (84118)
 Sannes (84121)
 Sivergues (84128)
 Taillades (84131)
 La Tour-d'Aigues (84133)
 Vaugines (84140)
 Viens (84144)
 Villars (84145)
 Villelaure (84147)
 Vitrolles-en-Luberon (84151)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 84035  Cavaillon  26,201  Cavaillon  Luberon Monts de Vaucluse 84089  Pertuis  19,523  Pertuis  Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence 84003  Apt  11,885  Apt  Pays d'Apt-Luberon 84034  Caumont-sur-Durance  4,718  Cavaillon  Grand Avignon (Coga) 84099  Robion  4,273  Cheval-Blanc   Luberon Monts de Vaucluse 84133  La Tour-d'Aigues  4,190  Pertuis  Territoriale Sud-Luberon 84026  Cadenet  4,136  Cheval-Blanc  Les Portes du Luberon 84038  Cheval-Blanc  1,201  Cheval-Blanc  Luberon Monts de Vaucluse 84065  Lauris  3,787  Cheval-Blanc  Les Portes du Luberon 84147  Villelaure  3,323  Pertuis  Territoriale Sud-Luberon

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

 References 

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