Arrondissement of Castellane

Castellane
Arrondissement
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-de-Haute-Provence
No. of communes41
SubprefectureCastellane
Area
1,718.1 km2 (663.4 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
11,422
INSEE code042

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

History

When the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Castellane was part of that original department.[2]

The arrondissement was eliminated in 1926, but became again an arrondissement in 1952.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Castellane is in eastern Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Barcelonnette, to the east by the Alpes-Maritimes department, to the south by the Var department and to the west by the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains.

The arrondissement of Castellane is the second smallest arrondissement of the department, after the arrondissement of Barcelonnette, both in area, 1,320.4 km2 (509.8 sq mi), and population (9,493 inhabitants).

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There is only one canton in the arrondissement of Castellane, with all its communes in the arrondissement: the canton of Castellane (0402).

Communes

The arrondissement of Castellane has 41 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Allons (04005)
  2. Allos (04006)
  3. Angles (04007)
  4. Annot (04008)
  5. Barrême (04022)
  6. Beauvezer (04025)
  7. Blieux (04030)
  8. Braux (04032)
  9. Castellane (04039)
  10. Castellet-lès-Sausses (04042)
  11. Val-de-Chalvagne (04043)
  12. Chaudon-Norante (04055)
  13. Clumanc (04059)
  14. Colmars (04061)
  15. Demandolx (04069)
  16. Entrevaux (04076)
  17. Le Fugeret (04090)
  18. La Garde (04092)
  19. Lambruisse (04099)
  20. Méailles (04115)
  21. Moriez (04133)
  22. La Mure-Argens (04136)
  23. La Palud-sur-Verdon (04144)
  24. Peyroules (04148)
  25. La Rochette (04170)
  26. Rougon (04171)
  27. Saint-André-les-Alpes (04173)
  28. Saint-Benoît (04174)
  29. Saint-Jacques (04180)
  30. Saint-Julien-du-Verdon (04183)
  31. Saint-Lions (04187)
  32. Saint-Pierre (04194)
  33. Sausses (04202)
  34. Senez (04204)
  35. Soleilhas (04210)
  36. Tartonne (04214)
  37. Thorame-Basse (04218)
  38. Thorame-Haute (04219)
  39. Ubraye (04224)
  40. Vergons (04236)
  41. Villars-Colmars (04240)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		 Commune Population[5]
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
04039 Castellane 1,541 Castellane Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière
04008 Annot 1,054 Castellane Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière
04173 Saint-André-les-Alpes 958 Castellane Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière
04076 Entrevaux 880 Castellane Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière
04006 Allos 639 Castellane Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière
04061 Colmars 398 Castellane Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière
04025 Beauvezer 363 Castellane Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière
04136 La Mure-Argens 344 Castellane Alpes Provence Verdon - Sources de Lumière

References

  1. ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Historique des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Décret n° 2014-226 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Arrondissement de Castellane (042)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 July 2017.

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