Arrondissement of Gap

The arrondissement of Gap is an arrondissement of France, in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. Its capital, and prefecture, is the city of Gap, the largest city in the department.
History
When the Hautes-Alpes department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Gap was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Gap is in the southern half of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east and south by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the west by the Drome department, to the north by the Isere department and to the northeast by the Briancon arrondissement.
The arrondissement of Gap is the largest of the two arrondissements of the department both in area, , and population (104,131 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 11 cantons in the arrondissement of Gap and all have their communes in the arrondissement:
Chorges (0504) (17 communes)
Embrun (0505) (8 communes)
Gap-1 (0506) (part of Gap)
Gap-2 (0507) (part of Gap)
Gap-3 (0508) (part of Gap)
Gap-4 (0509) (part of Gap)
Laragne-Monteglin (0511) (11 communes)
Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (0512) (27 communes)
Serres (0513) (39 communes)
Tallard (0514) (19 communes)
Veynes (0515) (8 communes)
Communes
The arrondissement of Gap has 130 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Ancelle (05004)
Aspremont (05008)
Aspres-les-Corps (05009)
Aspres-sur-Buech (05010)
Avancon (05011)
Baratier (05012)
Barcillonnette (05013)
Barret-sur-Meouge (05014)
La Batie-Montsaleon (05016)
La Batie-Neuve (05017)
La Batie-Vieille (05018)
La Beaume (05019)
Le Bersac (05021)
Breziers (05022)
Bruis (05024)
Buissard (05025)
Chabestan (05028)
Chabottes (05029)
Champoleon (05032)
Chanousse (05033)
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar (05064)
Chateauneuf-d'Oze (05035)
Chateauroux-les-Alpes (05036)
Chateauvieux (05037)
Chauffayer (05039)
Chorges (05040)
Les Costes (05043)
Crevoux (05044)
Crots (05045)
Le Devoluy (05139)
Embrun (05046)
Eourres (05047)
L'Epine (05048)
Esparron (05049)
Espinasses (05050)
Etoile-Saint-Cyrice (05051)
La Fare-en-Champsaur (05054)
La Faurie (05055)
Forest-Saint-Julien (05056)
Fouillouse (05057)
La Freissinouse (05059)
Furmeyer (05060)
Gap (05061)
Garde-Colombe (05053)
Le Glaizil (05062)
La Haute-Beaume (05066)
Jarjayes (05068)
Laragne-Monteglin (05070)
Lardier-et-Valenca (05071)
Laye (05072)
Lazer (05073)
Lettret (05074)
Manteyer (05075)
Mereuil (05076)
Monetier-Allemont (05078)
Montbrand (05080)
Montclus (05081)
Montgardin (05084)
Montjay (05086)
Montmaur (05087)
Montmorin (05088)
Montrond (05089)
La Motte-en-Champsaur (05090)
Moydans (05091)
Neffes (05092)
Nossage-et-Benevent (05094)
Le Noyer (05095)
Orcieres (05096)
Orpierre (05097)
Les Orres (05098)
Oze (05099)
Pelleautier (05100)
La Piarre (05102)
Le Poet (05103)
Poligny (05104)
Prunieres (05106)
Puy-Saint-Eusebe (05108)
Puy-Sanieres (05111)
Rabou (05112)
Rambaud (05113)
Reallon (05114)
Remollon (05115)
Ribeyret (05117)
Rochebrune (05121)
La Roche-des-Arnauds (05123)
La Rochette (05124)
Rosans (05126)
Rousset (05127)
Saint-Andre-d'Embrun (05128)
Saint-Andre-de-Rosans (05129)
Saint-Apollinaire (05130)
Saint-Auban-d'Oze (05131)
Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (05132)
Sainte-Colombe (05135)
Sainte-Marie (05150)
Saint-Etienne-le-Laus (05140)
Saint-Eusebe-en-Champsaur (05141)
Saint-Firmin (05142)
Saint-Jacques-en-Valgodemard (05144)
Saint-Jean-Saint-Nicolas (05145)
Saint-Julien-en-Beauchene (05146)
Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur (05147)
Saint-Laurent-du-Cros (05148)
Saint-Leger-les-Melezes (05149)
Saint-Maurice-en-Valgodemard (05152)
Saint-Michel-de-Chaillol (05153)
Saint-Pierre-Avez (05155)
Saint-Pierre-d'Argencon (05154)
Saint-Sauveur (05156)
Le Saix (05158)
Saleon (05159)
Salerans (05160)
La Saulce (05162)
Le Sauze-du-Lac (05163)
Savines-le-Lac (05164)
Savournon (05165)
Serres (05166)
Sigottier (05167)
Sigoyer (05168)
Sorbiers (05169)
Tallard (05170)
Theus (05171)
Trescleoux (05172)
Upaix (05173)
Val Buech-Meouge (05118)
Valserres (05176)
Ventavon (05178)
Veynes (05179)
Villar-Loubiere (05182)
Vitrolles (05184)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Hautes-Alpes department
List of arrondissements of France
References
Gap