Arrondissement of Forcalquier

The **arrondissement of Forcalquier** is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Forcalquier.

## History
When the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Forcalquier was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Forcalquier is the most western of the *arrondissements* of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. It is bordered to the north by the Hautes-Alpes department, to the east by the *arrondissement* of Digne-les-Bains, to the south and west by the Vaucluse department and to the northwest by the Drôme department.

The *arrondissement* of Forcalquier is the second largest *arrondissement* of the department in area, after the *arrondissement* of Digne-les-Bains, , but first in population (88,333 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 Forcalquier, there are 9 cantons and 7 of them with all their *communes* in the *arrondissement*:

# Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban (0403)
# Forcalquier (0406)
# Manosque-1 (0407)
# Manosque-2 (0408)
# Manosque-3 (0409)
# Oraison (0410) (partly)
# Reillanne (0411)
# Seyne (0413) (partly)
# Sisteron (0414)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Forcalquier has 97 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Allemagne-en-Provence (04004)
# Aubenas-les-Alpes (04012)
# Aubignosc (04013)
# Authon (04016)
# Banon (04018)
# Bayons (04023)
# Bellaffaire (04026)
# Bevons (04027)
# La Brillanne (04034)
# Brunet (04035)
# Le Caire (04037)
# Le Castellet (04041)
# Céreste (04045)
# Châteaufort (04050)
# Châteauneuf-Miravail (04051)
# Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat (04053)
# Clamensane (04057)
# Claret (04058)
# Corbières (04063)
# Cruis (04065)
# Curbans (04066)
# Curel (04067)
# Dauphin (04068)
# Entrepierres (04075)
# Entrevennes (04077)
# Esparron-de-Verdon (04081)
# Faucon-du-Caire (04085)
# Fontienne (04087)
# Forcalquier (04088)
# Gigors (04093)
# Gréoux-les-Bains (04094)
# L’Hospitalet (04095)
# Lardiers (04101)
# Limans (04104)
# Lurs (04106)
# Mane (04111)
# Manosque (04112)
# Melve (04118)
# Mison (04123)
# Montagnac-Montpezat (04124)
# Montfort (04127)
# Montfuron (04128)
# Montjustin (04129)
# Montlaux (04130)
# Montsalier (04132)
# La Motte-du-Caire (04134)
# Nibles (04137)
# Niozelles (04138)
# Noyers-sur-Jabron (04139)
# Les Omergues (04140)
# Ongles (04141)
# Oppedette (04142)
# Oraison (04143)
# Peipin (04145)
# Piégut (04150)
# Pierrerue (04151)
# Pierrevert (04152)
# Puimichel (04156)
# Puimoisson (04157)
# Quinson (04158)
# Redortiers (04159)
# Reillanne (04160)
# Revest-des-Brousses (04162)
# Revest-du-Bion (04163)
# Revest-Saint-Martin (04164)
# Riez (04166)
# La Rochegiron (04169)
# Roumoules (04172)
# Sainte-Croix-à-Lauze (04175)
# Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues (04178)
# Saint-Geniez (04179)
# Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon (04186)
# Saint-Maime (04188)
# Saint-Martin-de-Brômes (04189)
# Saint-Martin-les-Eaux (04190)
# Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire (04192)
# Sainte-Tulle (04197)
# Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron (04199)
# Salignac (04200)
# Saumane (04201)
# Sigonce (04206)
# Sigoyer (04207)
# Simiane-la-Rotonde (04208)
# Sisteron (04209)
# Sourribes (04211)
# Thèze (04216)
# Turriers (04222)
# Vachères (04227)
# Valavoire (04228)
# Valbelle (04229)
# Valensole (04230)
# Valernes (04231)
# Vaumeilh (04233)
# Venterol (04234)
# Villemus (04241)
# Villeneuve (04242)
# Volx (04245)

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

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References