Arrondissement of Albertville

The arrondissement of Albertville is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Savoie département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Albertville.

History
When the Savoie department was created in 1860, the arrondissement of Albertville was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Albertville is bordered to the north by the Haute-Savoie department, to the east by Italy, to the south by the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and to the west by the arrondissement of Chambéry.

It is in the north of the department and is the largest arrondissement with an area of , and the second in population, with 111,839 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 Albertville, there are 5 cantons:

 Albertville-1 (7303)
 Albertville-2 (7304)
 Bourg-Saint-Maurice (7305)
 Moûtiers (7313)
 Ugine (7319)

Communes
The arrondissement of Albertville has 74 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aigueblanche (73003)
 Aime-la-Plagne (73006)
 Albertville (73011)
 Allondaz (73014)
 Les Allues (73015)
 Les Avanchers-Valmorel (73024)
 La Bâthie (73032)
 Beaufort (73034)
 Les Belleville (73257)
 Le Bois (73045)
 Bonneval (73046)
 Bonvillard (73048)
 Bourg-Saint-Maurice (73054)
 Bozel (73055)
 Brides-les-Bains (73057)
 Césarches (73061)
 Cevins (73063)
 Champagny-en-Vanoise (73071)
 Les Chapelles (73077)
 Cléry (73086)
 Cohennoz (73088)
 Courchevel (73227)
 Crest-Voland (73094)
 Esserts-Blay (73110)
 Feissons-sur-Isère (73112)
 Feissons-sur-Salins (73113)
 Flumet (73114)
 Frontenex (73121)
 La Giettaz (73123)
 Gilly-sur-Isère (73124)
 Grésy-sur-Isère (73129)
 Grignon (73130)
 Hautecour (73131)
 Hauteluce (73132)
 Landry (73142)
 La Léchère (73187)
 Marthod (73153)
 Mercury (73154)
 Montagny (73161)
 Montailleur (73162)
 Monthion (73170)
 Montvalezan (73176)
 Moûtiers (73181)
 Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe (73186)
 Notre-Dame-des-Millières (73188)
 Notre-Dame-du-Pré (73190)
 Pallud (73196)
 Peisey-Nancroix (73197)
 La Plagne-Tarentaise (73150)
 Planay (73201)
 Plancherine (73202)
 Pralognan-la-Vanoise (73206)
 Queige (73211)
 Rognaix (73216)
 Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (73232)
 Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère (73241)
 Saint-Jean-de-Belleville (73244)
 Saint-Marcel (73253)
 Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle (73262)
 Saint-Oyen (73266)
 Saint-Paul-sur-Isère (73268)
 Saint-Vital (73283)
 Salins-Fontaine (73284)
 Séez (73285)
 Thénésol (73292)
 Tignes (73296)
 Tournon (73297)
 Tours-en-Savoie (73298)
 Ugine (73303)
 Val-d'Isère (73304)
 Venthon (73308)
 Verrens-Arvey (73312)
 Villard-sur-Doron (73317)
 Villaroger (73323)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 73011  Albertville  18,950  Albertville-1, Albertville-2  CA Arlysère 73054  Bourg-Saint-Maurice  7,204  Bourg-Saint-Maurice  Maison de l'Intercommunalité de Haute-Tarentaise 73303  Ugine  7,019  Ugine  CA Arlysère 73006  Aime-la-Plagne  4,421  Bourg-Saint-Maurice  Les Versants d'Aime 73150  La Plagne Tarentaise  3,760  Bourg-Saint-Maurice  Les Versants d'Aime 73181  Moûtiers  3,705  Moûtiers  Cœur de Tarentaise 73003  Aigueblanche  3,118  Moûtiers  Les Vallées d'Aigueblanche 73154  Mercury  3,013  Albertville-1  CA Arlysère 73257  Les Belleville  2,992  Moûtiers  Cœur de Tarentaise 73124  Gilly-sur-Isère  2,912  Albertville-2  CA Arlysère

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

References

Albertville