Arrondissement of Apt
The arrondissement of Apt is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Apt.
History
When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Apt was part of that original department. In 1926, the subprefecture of Apt was moved to Cavaillon but returned to Apt in 1933.
Geography
The arrondissement of Apt is in the most southern of the arrondissements of the Vaucluse department. It has the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department to the east, the Var department to the southeast (for a very short distance), the Bouches-du-Rhone department to the south and west, the Avignon arrondissement to the northwest and the Carpentras arrondissement to the north.
The arrondissement of Apt is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it (128,448 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 Apt, only the Cheval-Blanc canton does not has all its communes in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
Communes
The communes of the arrondissement of Apt are:
Ansouis (84002)
Apt (84003)
Auribeau (84006)
La Bastide-des-Jourdans (84009)
La Bastidonne (84010)
Beaumettes (84013)
Beaumont-de-Pertuis (84014)
Bonnieux (84020)
Buoux (84023)
Cabrieres-d'Aigues (84024)
Cadenet (84026)
Caseneuve (84032)
Castellet (84033)
Caumont-sur-Durance (84034)
Cavaillon (84035)
Cheval-Blanc (84038)
Cucuron (84042)
Gargas (84047)
Gignac (84048)
Gordes (84050)
Goult (84051)
Grambois (84052)
Joucas (84057)
Lacoste (84058)
Lagarde-d'Apt (84060)
Lauris (84065)
Lioux (84066)
Lourmarin (84068)
Maubec (84071)
Menerbes (84073)
Merindol (84074)
Mirabeau (84076)
La Motte-d'Aigues (84084)
Murs (84085)
Oppede (84086)
Pertuis (84089)
Peypin-d'Aigues (84090)
Puget (84093)
Puyvert (84095)
Robion (84099)
Roussillon (84102)
Rustrel (84103)
Saignon (84105)
Saint-Martin-de-Castillon (84112)
Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque (84113)
Saint-Pantaleon (84114)
Saint-Saturnin-les-Apt (84118)
Sannes (84121)
Sivergues (84128)
Taillades (84131)
La Tour-d'Aigues (84133)
Vaugines (84140)
Viens (84144)
Villars (84145)
Villelaure (84147)
Vitrolles-en-Luberon (84151)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department
List of arrondissements of France
References
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