Arrondissement of Tarbes

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

## History
When the Hautes-Pyrénées department was created on 17 February 1800, the *arrondissement* of Tarbes was part of that original department and was made the capital (préfecture) of it.

## Geography
It is the most northern of the *arrondissements* of the department, with an area of , the second in area of the department. It is the most populated *arrondissement* with 143,753 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* of Tarbes is bordered to the north by the Gers department, to the  east by the Haute-Garonne department, to the south *arrondissement* of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, to the southwest by the *arrondissement* of Argelès-Gazost and to west by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.

## 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 Tarbes, there are 10 cantons with all its *communes* in the *arrondissement*. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Tarbes has 212 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Allier (65005)
# Andrest (65007)
# Angos (65010)
# Ansost (65013)
# Antin (65015)
# Arcizac-Adour (65019)
# Aries-Espénan (65026)
# Artagnan (65035)
# Aubarède (65044)
# Aureilhan (65047)
# Aurensan (65048)
# Auriébat (65049)
# Averan (65052)
# Azereix (65057)
# Barbachen (65061)
# Barbazan-Debat (65062)
# Barbazan-Dessus (65063)
# Barry (65067)
# Barthe (65068)
# Bazet (65072)
# Bazillac (65073)
# Bazordan (65074)
# Bégole (65079)
# Bénac (65080)
# Bernac-Debat (65083)
# Bernac-Dessus (65084)
# Bernadets-Debat (65085)
# Bernadets-Dessus (65086)
# Betbèze (65088)
# Betpouy (65090)
# Bonnefont (65095)
# Bordères-sur-l'Échez (65100)
# Bordes (65101)
# Bouilh-Devant (65102)
# Bouilh-Péreuilh (65103)
# Boulin (65104)
# Bours (65108)
# Bugard (65110)
# Burg (65113)
# Buzon (65114)
# Cabanac (65115)
# Caharet (65118)
# Caixon (65119)
# Calavanté (65120)
# Camalès (65121)
# Campuzan (65126)
# Castelnau-Magnoac (65129)
# Castelnau-Rivière-Basse (65130)
# Castelvieilh (65131)
# Castéra-Lanusse (65132)
# Castéra-Lou (65133)
# Casterets (65134)
# Caubous (65136)
# Caussade-Rivière (65137)
# Chelle-Debat (65142)
# Chis (65146)
# Cizos (65148)
# Clarac (65149)
# Collongues (65151)
# Coussan (65153)
# Devèze (65155)
# Dours (65156)
# Escaunets (65160)
# Escondeaux (65161)
# Estampures (65170)
# Estirac (65174)
# Fontrailles (65177)
# Fréchède (65178)
# Fréchou-Fréchet (65181)
# Gardères (65185)
# Gaussan (65187)
# Gayan (65189)
# Gensac (65196)
# Gonez (65204)
# Goudon (65206)
# Guizerix (65213)
# Hachan (65214)
# Hagedet (65215)
# Hères (65219)
# Hibarette (65220)
# Hitte (65222)
# Horgues (65223)
# Hourc (65225)
# Ibos (65226)
# Jacque (65232)
# Juillan (65235)
# Labatut-Rivière (65240)
# Lacassagne (65242)
# Lafitole (65243)
# Lagarde (65244)
# Lahitte-Toupière (65248)
# Lalanne (65249)
# Lalanne-Trie (65250)
# Laloubère (65251)
# Lamarque-Pontacq (65252)
# Lamarque-Rustaing (65253)
# Laméac (65254)
# Lanespède (65256)
# Lanne (65257)
# Lansac (65259)
# Lapeyre (65260)
# Laran (65261)
# Larreule (65262)
# Larroque (65263)
# Lascazères (65264)
# Laslades (65265)
# Lassales (65266)
# Layrisse (65268)
# Lescurry (65269)
# Lespouey (65270)
# Lhez (65272)
# Liac (65273)
# Lizos (65276)
# Loucrup (65281)
# Louey (65284)
# Louit (65285)
# Lubret-Saint-Luc (65288)
# Luby-Betmont (65289)
# Luc (65290)
# Luquet (65292)
# Lustar (65293)
# Madiran (65296)
# Mansan (65297)
# Marquerie (65298)
# Marsac (65299)
# Marseillan (65301)
# Mascaras (65303)
# Maubourguet (65304)
# Mazerolles (65308)
# Mingot (65311)
# Momères (65313)
# Montfaucon (65314)
# Monléon-Magnoac (65315)
# Monlong (65316)
# Montignac (65321)
# Moulédous (65324)
# Moumoulous (65325)
# Mun (65326)
# Nouilhan (65330)
# Odos (65331)
# Oléac-Debat (65332)
# Oléac-Dessus (65333)
# Organ (65336)
# Orieux (65337)
# Orincles (65339)
# Orleix (65340)
# Oroix (65341)
# Osmets (65342)
# Ossun (65344)
# Oueilloux (65346)
# Oursbelille (65350)
# Ozon (65353)
# Peyraube (65357)
# Peyret-Saint-André (65358)
# Peyriguère (65359)
# Peyrun (65361)
# Pintac (65364)
# Poumarous (65367)
# Pouy (65368)
# Pouyastruc (65369)
# Pujo (65372)
# Puntous (65373)
# Puydarrieux (65374)
# Rabastens-de-Bigorre (65375)
# Ricaud (65378)
# Sabalos (65380)
# Sadournin (65383)
# Saint-Lanne (65387)
# Saint-Lézer (65390)
# Saint-Martin (65392)
# Saint-Sever-de-Rustan (65397)
# Salles-Adour (65401)
# Sanous (65403)
# Sariac-Magnoac (65404)
# Sarniguet (65406)
# Sarriac-Bigorre (65409)
# Sarrouilles (65410)
# Sauveterre (65412)
# Ségalas (65414)
# Séméac (65417)
# Sénac (65418)
# Sère-Rustaing (65423)
# Séron (65422)
# Siarrouy (65425)
# Sinzos (65426)
# Sombrun (65429)
# Soréac (65430)
# Soublecause (65432)
# Soues (65433)
# Souyeaux (65436)
# Talazac (65438)
# Tarasteix (65439)
# Tarbes (65440)
# Thermes-Magnoac (65442)
# Thuy (65443)
# Tostat (65446)
# Tournay (65447)
# Tournous-Darré (65448)
# Trie-sur-Baïse (65452)
# Trouley-Labarthe (65454)
# Ugnouas (65457)
# Vic-en-Bigorre (65460)
# Vidou (65461)
# Vidouze (65462)
# Vielle-Adour (65464)
# Vieuzos (65468)
# Villefranque (65472)
# Villembits (65474)
# Villemur (65475)
# Villenave-près-Béarn (65476)
# Villenave-près-Marsac (65477)
# Visker (65479)

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

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

## References