Arrondissement of Carpentras

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

History
When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Carpentras was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Carpentras is in the northeast of the Vaucluse department. It has the Drôme department to the north and east, the Apt arrondissement to the south and the Avignon arrondissement to the southwest and west.

The arrondissement of Carpentras is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, , and the second in population (129,623 inhabitants); it has 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  Carpentras, the Le Pontet and Vaison-la-Romaine cantons do not have all their 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 Carpentras INSEECode  Canton   Apt  Avignon  Carpentras  Total8406 Carpentras  3 38410 Monteux  7 78412 Pernes-les-Fontaines 21218414 Le Pontet  4  1 58416 Vaison-la-Romaine  3  26 29

 Communes 
The communes of the arrondissement of Carpentras are:

 Althen-des-Paluds (84001)
 Aubignan (84004)
 Aurel (84005)
 Beaumes-de-Venise (84012)
 Beaumont-du-Ventoux (84015)
 Bédoin (84017)
 Blauvac (84018)
 Brantes (84021)
 Buisson (84022)
 Cairanne (84028)
 Caromb (84030)
 Carpentras (84031)
 Crestet (84040)
 Crillon-le-Brave (84041)
 Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue (84043)
 Entrechaux (84044)
 Faucon (84045)
 Flassan (84046)
 Gigondas (84049)
 La Roque-Alric (84100)
 La Roque-sur-Pernes (84101)
 Lafare (84059)
 Le Barroux (84008)
 Le Beaucet (84011)
 Loriol-du-Comtat (84067)
 Malaucène (84069)
 Malemort-du-Comtat (84070)
 Mazan (84072)
 Modène (84077)
 Monieux (84079)
 Monteux (84080)
 Mormoiron (84082)
 Méthamis (84075)
 Pernes-les-Fontaines (84088)
 Puyméras (84094)
 Rasteau (84096)
 Roaix (84098)
 Sablet (84104)
 Saint-Christol (84107)
 Saint-Didier (84108)
 Saint-Hippolyte-le-Graveyron (84109)
 Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux (84110)
 Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison (84111)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols (84115)
 Saint-Romain-en-Viennois (84116)
 Saint-Roman-de-Malegarde (84117)
 Saint-Trinit (84120)
 Sarrians (84122)
 Sault (84123)
 Savoillan (84125)
 Suzette (84130)
 Séguret (84126)
 Vacqueyras (84136)
 Vaison-la-Romaine (84137)
 Velleron (84142)
 Venasque (84143)
 Villedieu (84146)
 Villes-sur-Auzon (84148)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 84031  Carpentras  28,447  Carpentras  Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin 84080  Monteux  12,537  Monteux  Les Sorgues du Comtat 84088  Pernes-les-Fontaines  9,823  Pernes-les-Fontaines  Les Sorgues du Comtat 84043  Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue  8,230  Monteux  Grand Avignon (Coga) 84137  Vaison-la-Romaine  6,055  Vaison-la-Romaine  Pays Vaison Ventoux (Copavo) 84122  Sarrians  5,894  Monteux  Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove) 84072  Mazan  5,841  Pernes-les-Fontaines  Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove) 84004  Aubignan  5,404  Carpentras  Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove) 84030  Caromb  3,199  Monteux  Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove) 84017  Bédoin  3,072  Pernes-les-Fontaines  Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)

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

 References 

Carpentras