Arrondissement of Privas

The **arrondissement of Privas** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Ardèche *department*. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Privas.

## History
When the Ardèche department was created on 4 March 1790, the *arrondissement* of Privas was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Privas is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* of Tournon-sur-Rhône, to the  east by the Drôme department, to the southeast by the Vaucluse department,  to the south by the Gard department and to the west by the *arrondissement* of Arrondissement of Largentière.

It is in the southeast of Ardèche. It is the smallest of the *arrondissements* of the department, with an area of . It has 87,774 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

## 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 Privas, there are 3 cantons whose *communes* are in the *arrondissement*: Bourg-Saint-Andéol, Le Pouzin and Privas. The Canton of Le Cheylard has 33 *communes* in the *arrondissement* of Tournon-sur-Rhône and 13 in Privas, the Canton of Le Teil has 13 *communes* in the *arrondissement* of Largentière and 6 in Privas, the Canton of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc has 1 *commune* Privas and 29 in Largentière, and the Canton of La Voulte-sur-Rhône has 9 *communes* in Tournon-sur-Rhône and 8 in Privas.

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Privas has 66 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Ajoux (07004)
# Alba-la-Romaine (07005)
# Alissas (07008)
# Aubignas (07020)
# Baix (07022)
# Beauchastel (07027)
# Beauvène (07030)
# Bidon (07034)
# Bourg-Saint-Andéol (07042)
# Chalencon (07048)
# Châteauneuf-de-Vernoux (07060)
# Chomérac (07066)
# Coux (07072)
# Creysseilles (07074)
# Cruas (07076)
# Dunière-sur-Eyrieux (07083)
# Flaviac (07090)
# Freyssenet (07092)
# Gilhac-et-Bruzac (07094)
# Gluiras (07096)
# Gourdon (07098)
# Gras (07099)
# Larnas (07133)
# Lyas (07146)
# Marcols-les-Eaux (07149)
# Meysse (07157)
# Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux (07167)
# Pourchères (07179)
# Le Pouzin (07181)
# Pranles (07184)
# Privas (07186)
# Rochemaure (07191)
# Rochessauve (07194)
# Rompon (07198)
# Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias (07214)
# Saint-Bauzile (07219)
# Saint-Cierge-la-Serre (07221)
# Saint-Étienne-de-Serre (07233)
# Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux (07237)
# Saint-Jean-Chambre (07244)
# Saint-Julien-du-Gua (07253)
# Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban (07255)
# Saint-Julien-le-Roux (07257)
# Saint-Just-d'Ardèche (07259)
# Saint-Lager-Bressac (07260)
# Saint-Laurent-du-Pape (07261)
# Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche (07264)
# Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche (07268)
# Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon (07270)
# Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon (07274)
# Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux (07278)
# Saint-Montan (07279)
# Saint-Pierre-la-Roche (07283)
# Saint-Priest (07288)
# Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut (07295)
# Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac (07298)
# Saint-Thomé (07300)
# Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès (07302)
# Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort (07303)
# Silhac (07314)
# Le Teil (07319)
# Valvignères (07332)
# Vernoux-en-Vivarais (07338)
# Veyras (07340)
# Viviers (07346)
# La Voulte-sur-Rhône (07349)

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

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

## References