Arrondissement of Nîmes

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

## History
When the Gard department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Nîmes was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Nîmes is the most eastern of the *arrondissements* of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the northeast by the Vaucluse department, to the east by the Bouches-du-Rhône department, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the southwest by the Hérault department and to the west by the Le Vigan and the Alès *arrondissements*.

The *arrondissement* of Nîmes is the largest *arrondissement* of the department, both in area, , and population (547,598 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 18 cantons in the *arrondissement* of Nîmes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondiissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Nîmes has 177 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Aigaliers (30001)
# Aigues-Mortes (30003)
# Aigues-Vives (30004)
# Aiguèze (30005)
# Aimargues (30006)
# Les Angles (30011)
# Aramon (30012)
# Argilliers (30013)
# Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac (30014)
# Aspères (30018)
# Aubais (30019)
# Aubord (30020)
# Aubussargues (30021)
# Aujargues (30023)
# Bagnols-sur-Cèze (30028)
# Baron (30030)
# Beaucaire (30032)
# Beauvoisin (30033)
# Bellegarde (30034)
# Belvézet (30035)
# Bernis (30036)
# Bezouce (30039)
# Blauzac (30041)
# Boissières (30043)
# Bouillargues (30047)
# Bourdic (30049)
# Cabrières (30057)
# Le Cailar (30059)
# Caissargues (30060)
# Calvisson (30062)
# Carsan (30070)
# Castillon-du-Gard (30073)
# Caveirac (30075)
# Cavillargues (30076)
# Chusclan (30081)
# Clarensac (30082)
# Codognan (30083)
# Codolet (30084)
# Collias (30085)
# Collorgues (30086)
# Combas (30088)
# Comps (30089)
# Congénies (30091)
# Connaux (30092)
# Cornillon (30096)
# Crespian (30098)
# Dions (30102)
# Domazan (30103)
# Estézargues (30107)
# Flaux (30110)
# Foissac (30111)
# Fons (30112)
# Fons-sur-Lussan (30113)
# Fontanès (30114)
# Fontarèches (30115)
# Fournès (30116)
# Fourques (30117)
# Gajan (30122)
# Gallargues-le-Montueux (30123)
# Le Garn (30124)
# Garons (30125)
# Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie (30126)
# Gaujac (30127)
# Goudargues (30131)
# Le Grau-du-Roi (30133)
# Générac (30128)
# Issirac (30134)
# Jonquières-Saint-Vincent (30135)
# Junas (30136)
# La Bastide-d'Engras (30031)
# La Bruguière (30056)
# La Calmette (30061)
# La Capelle-et-Masmolène (30067)
# La Roque-sur-Cèze (30222)
# La Rouvière (30224)
# Langlade (30138)
# Laudun-l'Ardoise (30141)
# Laval-Saint-Roman (30143)
# Lecques (30144)
# Lirac (30149)
# Lussan (30151)
# Lédenon (30145)
# Manduel (30155)
# Marguerittes (30156)
# Meynes (30166)
# Milhaud, Gard (30169)
# Montagnac (30354)
# Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers (30174)
# Montclus (30175)
# Montfaucon (30178)
# Montfrin (30179)
# Montignargues (30180)
# Montmirat (30181)
# Montpezat (30182)
# Moulézan (30183)
# Moussac (30184)
# Mus (30185)
# Nages-et-Solorgues (30186)
# Nîmes (30189)
# Orsan (30191)
# Parignargues (30193)
# Le Pin (30196)
# Pont-Saint-Esprit (30202)
# Pougnadoresse (30205)
# Poulx (30206)
# Pouzilhac (30207)
# Pujaut (30209)
# Redessan (30211)
# Remoulins (30212)
# Rochefort-du-Gard (30217)
# Rodilhan (30356)
# Roquemaure (30221)
# Sabran (30225)
# Saint-Alexandre (30226)
# Saint-André-d'Olérargues (30232)
# Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis (30230)
# Saint-Bauzély (30233)
# Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard (30235)
# Saint-Chaptes (30241)
# Saint-Christol-de-Rodières (30242)
# Saint-Clément (30244)
# Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols (30245)
# Saint-Dionizy (30249)
# Saint-Dézéry (30248)
# Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas (30254)
# Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès (30255)
# Saint-Gervais (30256)
# Saint-Gervasy (30257)
# Saint-Gilles (30258)
# Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan (30260)
# Saint-Hippolyte-de-Montaigu (30262)
# Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas (30273)
# Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze (30276)
# Saint-Laurent-de-Carnols (30277)
# Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres (30278)
# Saint-Laurent-la-Vernède (30279)
# Saint-Mamert-du-Gard (30281)
# Saint-Marcel-de-Careiret (30282)
# Saint-Maximin (30286)
# Saint-Michel-d'Euzet (30287)
# Saint-Nazaire (30288)
# Saint-Paul-les-Fonts (30355)
# Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson (30290)
# Saint-Pons-la-Calm (30292)
# Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (30295)
# Saint-Siffret (30299)
# Saint-Victor-des-Oules (30301)
# Saint-Victor-la-Coste (30302)
# Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts (30251)
# Sainte-Anastasie (30228)
# Salazac (30304)
# Salinelles (30306)
# Sanilhac-Sagriès (30308)
# Sauveterre (30312)
# Sauzet (30313)
# Saze (30315)
# Sernhac (30317)
# Serviers-et-Labaume (30319)
# Sommières (30321)
# Souvignargues (30324)
# Tavel (30326)
# Théziers (30328)
# Tresques (30331)
# Uchaud (30333)
# Uzès (30334)
# Vallabrix (30337)
# Vallabrègues (30336)
# Valliguières (30340)
# Vallérargues (30338)
# Vauvert (30341)
# Verfeuil (30343)
# Vergèze (30344)
# Vers-Pont-du-Gard (30346)
# Vestric-et-Candiac (30347)
# Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (30351)
# Villevieille (30352)
# Vénéjan (30342)

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

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

## References