Arrondissement of Forcalquier

The arrondissement of Forcalquier is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Cote 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 Drome 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:
Chateau-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):
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)
Cereste (04045)
Chateaufort (04050)
Chateauneuf-Miravail (04051)
Chateauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat (04053)
Clamensane (04057)
Claret (04058)
Corbieres (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)
Greoux-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)
Piegut (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-a-Lauze (04175)
Saint-Etienne-les-Orgues (04178)
Saint-Geniez (04179)
Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon (04186)
Saint-Maime (04188)
Saint-Martin-de-Bromes (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)
Theze (04216)
Turriers (04222)
Vacheres (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
Forcalquier