Arrondissement of Castellane

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

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

The arrondissement was eliminated in 1926, but became again an arrondissement in 1952.

Geography
The arrondissement of Castellane is in eastern Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Barcelonnette, to the east by the Alpes-Maritimes department, to the south by the Var department and to the west by the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains.

The arrondissement of Castellane is the second smallest arrondissement of the department, after the arrondissement of Barcelonnette,  both in area, , and population (9,493 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 is only one canton in the arrondissement of Castellane, with all its communes in the arrondissement: the canton of Castellane  (0402).

Communes
The arrondissement of Castellane has 41 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Allons (04005)
 Allos (04006)
 Angles (04007)
 Annot (04008)
 Barrême (04022)
 Beauvezer (04025)
 Blieux (04030)
 Braux (04032)
 Castellane (04039)
 Castellet-lès-Sausses (04042)
 Val-de-Chalvagne (04043)
 Chaudon-Norante (04055)
 Clumanc (04059)
 Colmars (04061)
 Demandolx (04069)
 Entrevaux (04076)
 Le Fugeret (04090)
 La Garde (04092)
 Lambruisse (04099)
 Méailles (04115)
 Moriez (04133)
 La Mure-Argens (04136)
 La Palud-sur-Verdon (04144)
 Peyroules (04148)
 La Rochette (04170)
 Rougon (04171)
 Saint-André-les-Alpes (04173)
 Saint-Benoît (04174)
 Saint-Jacques (04180)
 Saint-Julien-du-Verdon (04183)
 Saint-Lions (04187)
 Saint-Pierre (04194)
 Sausses (04202)
 Senez (04204)
 Soleilhas (04210)
 Tartonne (04214)
 Thorame-Basse (04218)
 Thorame-Haute (04219)
 Ubraye (04224)
 Vergons (04236)
 Villars-Colmars (04240)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 04039  Castellane  1,541  Castellane  Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière 04008  Annot  1,054  Castellane  Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière 04173  Saint-André-les-Alpes  958  Castellane  Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière 04076  Entrevaux  880  Castellane  Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière 04006  Allos  639  Castellane  Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière 04061  Colmars  398  Castellane  Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière 04025  Beauvezer  363  Castellane  Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière 04136  La Mure-Argens  344  Castellane  Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière

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

References

Castellane