Arrondissement of Alès

The **arrondissement of Alès** is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Alès.

## History
When the Gard department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Alès, with the name of Alais, was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Alès is the most northern of the *arrondissements* of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the east by the Nîmes *arrondissement*, to the south by the Le Vigan *arrondissement* and to the west by the Lozère department.

The *arrondissement* of Alès is the smallest *arrondissement* of the department in area, , and the second in population (151,823 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*.

In the *arrondissement* of Alès, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the *arrondissement*: Cazères, Escalquens and Plaisance-du-Touch. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondiissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Alès has 101 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Aigremont (30002)
# Allègre-les-Fumades (30008)
# Alès (30007)
# Anduze (30010)
# Aujac (30022)
# Bagard (30027)
# Barjac (30029)
# Bessèges (30037)
# Boisset-et-Gaujac (30042)
# Bonnevaux (30044)
# Bordezac (30045)
# Boucoiran-et-Nozières (30046)
# Bouquet (30048)
# Branoux-les-Taillades (30051)
# Brignon (30053)
# Brouzet-lès-Alès (30055)
# Cardet (30068)
# Cassagnoles (30071)
# Castelnau-Valence (30072)
# Cendras (30077)
# Chambon (30079)
# Chamborigaud (30080)
# Concoules (30090)
# Corbès (30094)
# Courry (30097)
# Cruviers-Lascours (30100)
# Deaux (30101)
# Domessargues (30104)
# Euzet (30109)
# Gagnières (30120)
# Génolhac (30130)
# Générargues (30129)
# La Grand-Combe (30132)
# La Vernarède (30345)
# Lamelouze (30137)
# Laval-Pradel (30142)
# Le Martinet (30159)
# Les Mages (30152)
# Les Plans (30197)
# Les Salles-du-Gardon (30307)
# Lédignan (30146)
# Lézan (30147)
# Malons-et-Elze (30153)
# Martignargues (30158)
# Maruéjols-lès-Gardon (30160)
# Massanes (30161)
# Massillargues-Attuech (30162)
# Mauressargues (30163)
# Meyrannes (30167)
# Mialet (30168)
# Molières-sur-Cèze (30171)
# Mons (30173)
# Monteils (30177)
# Méjannes-le-Clap (30164)
# Méjannes-lès-Alès (30165)
# Navacelles (30187)
# Ners (30188)
# Peyremale (30194)
# Ponteils-et-Brésis (30201)
# Portes (30203)
# Potelières (30204)
# Ribaute-les-Tavernes (30214)
# Rivières (30215)
# Robiac-Rochessadoule (30216)
# Rochegude (30218)
# Rousson (30223)
# Saint-Ambroix (30227)
# Saint-Brès (30237)
# Saint-Bénézet (30234)
# Saint-Christol-lès-Alès (30243)
# Saint-Césaire-de-Gauzignan (30240)
# Saint-Denis (30247)
# Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet (30253)
# Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas (30259)
# Saint-Hippolyte-de-Caton (30261)
# Saint-Jean-de-Ceyrargues (30264)
# Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan (30266)
# Saint-Jean-de-Serres (30267)
# Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle (30268)
# Saint-Jean-du-Gard (30269)
# Saint-Jean-du-Pin (30270)
# Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas (30271)
# Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers (30274)
# Saint-Just-et-Vacquières (30275)
# Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues (30284)
# Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille (30285)
# Saint-Paul-la-Coste (30291)
# Saint-Privat-de-Champclos (30293)
# Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (30294)
# Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille (30298)
# Saint-Victor-de-Malcap (30303)
# Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm (30250)
# Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge (30239)
# Salindres (30305)
# Servas (30318)
# Seynes (30320)
# Soustelle (30323)
# Sénéchas (30316)
# Tharaux (30327)
# Tornac (30330)
# Vézénobres (30348)

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

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Gard department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References