Arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost

The **arrondissement of Argelès-Gazost** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées *department* in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Argelès-Gazost. 

## History
When the *arrondissements* were created in 1800, Argelès-Gazost was one of them in the Hautes-Pyrénées department.

In 1926, the *arrondissement* of Argelès-Gazost was eliminated but, in 1942, it was made again an *arrondissement*.

## Geography
It is the smallest of the *arrondissements* of the department with an area of , and a population 39,130 inhabitants; its population density is of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* of Argelès-Gazost is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* of Tarbes, to the  east by the *arrondissement* of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, to the south by Spain and to west by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region).

## 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*.

The three cantons found in the *arrondissement* of Argelès-Gazost have all their *communes* in the *arrondissement*:

# Lourdes-1  (6505) - 11 *communes* + part of Lourdes;
# Lourdes-2 (6506) - 27 *communes* + part of Lourdes); and
# La Vallée des Gaves (6516) - 48 *communes*.

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Argelès-Gazost has 87 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Adast (65001)
# Adé (65002)
# Agos-Vidalos (65004)
# Les Angles (65011)
# Arbéost (65018)
# Arcizac-ez-Angles (65020)
# Arcizans-Avant (65021)
# Arcizans-Dessus (65022)
# Argelès-Gazost (65025)
# Arras-en-Lavedan (65029)
# Arrayou-Lahitte (65247)
# Arrens-Marsous (65032)
# Arrodets-ez-Angles (65033)
# Artalens-Souin (65036)
# Artigues (65038)
# Aspin-en-Lavedan (65040)
# Aucun (65045)
# Ayros-Arbouix (65055)
# Ayzac-Ost (65056)
# Barèges (65481)
# Barlest (65065)
# Bartrès (65070)
# Beaucens (65077)
# Berbérust-Lias (65082)
# Betpouey (65089)
# Boô-Silhen (65098)
# Bourréac (65107)
# Bun (65112)
# Cauterets (65138)
# Cheust (65144)
# Chèze (65145)
# Escoubès-Pouts (65164)
# Esquièze-Sère (65168)
# Estaing (65169)
# Esterre (65173)
# Ferrières (65176)
# Gaillagos (65182)
# Gavarnie-Gèdre (65192)
# Gazost (65191)
# Ger (65197)
# Germs-sur-l'Oussouet (65200)
# Geu (65201)
# Gez (65202)
# Gez-ez-Angles (65203)
# Grust (65210)
# Jarret (65233)
# Julos (65236)
# Juncalas (65237)
# Lau-Balagnas (65267)
# Lézignan (65271)
# Loubajac (65280)
# Lourdes (65286)
# Lugagnan (65291)
# Luz-Saint-Sauveur (65295)
# Omex (65334)
# Ossen (65343)
# Ossun-ez-Angles (65345)
# Ourdis-Cotdoussan (65348)
# Ourdon (65349)
# Ousté (65351)
# Ouzous (65352)
# Paréac (65355)
# Peyrouse (65360)
# Pierrefitte-Nestalas (65362)
# Poueyferré (65366)
# Préchac (65371)
# Saint-Créac (65386)
# Saint-Pastous (65393)
# Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre (65395)
# Saint-Savin (65396)
# Saligos (65399)
# Salles (65400)
# Sassis (65411)
# Sazos (65413)
# Ségus (65415)
# Sère-en-Lavedan (65420)
# Sère-Lanso (65421)
# Sers (65424)
# Sireix (65428)
# Soulom (65435)
# Uz (65458)
# Viella (65463)
# Vier-Bordes (65467)
# Viey (65469)
# Viger (65470)
# Villelongue (65473)
# Viscos (65478)

There are only 4 *communes* with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the *arrondissement*; they are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
* Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department

## References