Arrondissement of Briançon

The arrondissement of Briançon is a French arrondissement in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Briançon.

History
When the Hautes-Alpes department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Briançon was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Briançon is the most northern of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east by the Piedmont region (Italy), to the southeast by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the south by the Gap arrondissement, to the west by the Drôme department and to the north by the Savoie department.

The arrondissement of Briançon is the smallest of the two arrondissements of the department both in area, , and population (35,752 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 are four cantons in the arrondissement of Briançon and all have their communes in the arrondissement:

 L'Argentière-la-Bessée (0501) (8 communes)
 Briançon-1 (0502) (9 communes and part of Briançon)
 Briançon-2 (0503) (3 communes and part of Briançon)
 Guillestre (0510) (16 communes)

Communes
The arrondissement of Briançon has 37 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Abriès (05001)
 Aiguilles (05003)
 L'Argentière-la-Bessée (05006)
 Arvieux (05007)
 Briançon (05023)
 Ceillac (05026)
 Cervières (05027)
 Champcella (05031)
 Château-Ville-Vieille (05038)
 Eygliers (05052)
 Freissinières (05058)
 La Grave (05063)
 Guillestre (05065)
 Molines-en-Queyras (05077)
 Le Monêtier-les-Bains (05079)
 Mont-Dauphin (05082)
 Montgenèvre (05085)
 Névache (05093)
 Puy-Saint-André (05107)
 Puy-Saint-Pierre (05109)
 Puy-Saint-Vincent (05110)
 Réotier (05116)
 Risoul (05119)
 Ristolas (05120)
 La Roche-de-Rame (05122)
 Saint-Chaffrey (05133)
 Saint-Clément-sur-Durance (05134)
 Saint-Crépin (05136)
 Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières (05151)
 Saint-Véran (05157)
 La Salle-les-Alpes (05161)
 Val-des-Prés (05174)
 Vallouise-Pelvoux (05101)
 Vars (05177)
 Les Vigneaux (05180)
 Villar-d'Arêne (05181)
 Villar-Saint-Pancrace (05183)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 05023  Briançon  12,392  Briançon-1 and Briançon-2  Le Briançonnais 05065  Guillestre  2,323  Guillestre  Guillestrois et du Queyras 05006  L'Argentière-la-Bessée  2,317  L'Argentière-la-Bessée  Le Pays des Ecrins 05133  Saint-Chaffrey  1,645  Briançon-1  Le Briançonnais 05183  Villar-Saint-Pancrace  1,442  Briançon-1  Le Briançonnais 05151  Saint-Martin-de-Queyrières  1,108  L'Argentière-la-Bessée  Le Pays des Ecrins 05079  Le Monêtier-les-Bains  1,007  Briançon-1  Le Briançonnais 05161  La Salle-les-Alpes  988  Briançon-1  Le Briançonnais

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Hautes-Alpes department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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