Arrondissement of Gap

The **arrondissement of Gap** is an arrondissement of France, in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and prefecture, is the city of Gap, the largest city in the department.

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

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Gap is in the southern half of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east and south by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the west by the Drôme department, to the north by the Isère department and to the northeast by the Briançon *arrondissement*.

The *arrondissement* of Gap is the largest of the two *arrondissements* of the department both in area, , and population (104,131 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 11 cantons in the *arrondissement* of Gap and all have their communes in the *arrondissement*:

# Chorges (0504) (17 communes)
# Embrun (0505) (8 communes)
# Gap-1 (0506) (part of Gap)
# Gap-2 (0507) (part of Gap)
# Gap-3 (0508) (part of Gap)
# Gap-4 (0509) (part of Gap)
# Laragne-Montéglin (0511) (11 communes)
# Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (0512) (27 communes)
# Serres (0513) (39 communes)
# Tallard (0514) (19 communes)
# Veynes (0515) (8 communes)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Gap has 130 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Ancelle (05004)
# Aspremont (05008)
# Aspres-lès-Corps (05009)
# Aspres-sur-Buëch (05010)
# Avançon (05011)
# Baratier (05012)
# Barcillonnette (05013)
# Barret-sur-Méouge (05014)
# La Bâtie-Montsaléon (05016)
# La Bâtie-Neuve (05017)
# La Bâtie-Vieille (05018)
# La Beaume (05019)
# Le Bersac (05021)
# Bréziers (05022)
# Bruis (05024)
# Buissard (05025)
# Chabestan (05028)
# Chabottes (05029)
# Champoléon (05032)
# Chanousse (05033)
# La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar (05064)
# Châteauneuf-d'Oze (05035)
# Châteauroux-les-Alpes (05036)
# Châteauvieux (05037)
# Chauffayer (05039)
# Chorges (05040)
# Les Costes (05043)
# Crévoux (05044)
# Crots (05045)
# Le Dévoluy (05139)
# Embrun (05046)
# Éourres (05047)
# L'Épine (05048)
# Esparron (05049)
# Espinasses (05050)
# Étoile-Saint-Cyrice (05051)
# La Fare-en-Champsaur (05054)
# La Faurie (05055)
# Forest-Saint-Julien (05056)
# Fouillouse (05057)
# La Freissinouse (05059)
# Furmeyer (05060)
# Gap (05061)
# Garde-Colombe (05053)
# Le Glaizil (05062)
# La Haute-Beaume (05066)
# Jarjayes (05068)
# Laragne-Montéglin (05070)
# Lardier-et-Valença (05071)
# Laye (05072)
# Lazer (05073)
# Lettret (05074)
# Manteyer (05075)
# Méreuil (05076)
# Monêtier-Allemont (05078)
# Montbrand (05080)
# Montclus (05081)
# Montgardin (05084)
# Montjay (05086)
# Montmaur (05087)
# Montmorin (05088)
# Montrond (05089)
# La Motte-en-Champsaur (05090)
# Moydans (05091)
# Neffes (05092)
# Nossage-et-Bénévent (05094)
# Le Noyer (05095)
# Orcières (05096)
# Orpierre (05097)
# Les Orres (05098)
# Oze (05099)
# Pelleautier (05100)
# La Piarre (05102)
# Le Poët (05103)
# Poligny (05104)
# Prunières (05106)
# Puy-Saint-Eusèbe (05108)
# Puy-Sanières (05111)
# Rabou (05112)
# Rambaud (05113)
# Réallon (05114)
# Remollon (05115)
# Ribeyret (05117)
# Rochebrune (05121)
# La Roche-des-Arnauds (05123)
# La Rochette (05124)
# Rosans (05126)
# Rousset (05127)
# Saint-André-d'Embrun (05128)
# Saint-André-de-Rosans (05129)
# Saint-Apollinaire (05130)
# Saint-Auban-d'Oze (05131)
# Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (05132)
# Sainte-Colombe (05135)
# Sainte-Marie (05150)
# Saint-Étienne-le-Laus (05140)
# Saint-Eusèbe-en-Champsaur (05141)
# Saint-Firmin (05142)
# Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard (05144)
# Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas (05145)
# Saint-Julien-en-Beauchêne (05146)
# Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur (05147)
# Saint-Laurent-du-Cros (05148)
# Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes (05149)
# Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard (05152)
# Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol (05153)
# Saint-Pierre-Avez (05155)
# Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon (05154)
# Saint-Sauveur (05156)
# Le Saix (05158)
# Saléon (05159)
# Salérans (05160)
# La Saulce (05162)
# Le Sauze-du-Lac (05163)
# Savines-le-Lac (05164)
# Savournon (05165)
# Serres (05166)
# Sigottier (05167)
# Sigoyer (05168)
# Sorbiers (05169)
# Tallard (05170)
# Théus (05171)
# Trescléoux (05172)
# Upaix (05173)
# Val Buëch-Méouge (05118)
# Valserres (05176)
# Ventavon (05178)
# Veynes (05179)
# Villar-Loubière (05182)
# Vitrolles (05184)

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

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

## References