Arrondissement of Apt facts for kids

Arrondissement of Apt
Arrondissement of France
Apt in Vaucluse
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Communes	56
Subprefecture	Apt
INSEE code	841
Area
• Total	1,377.2 km2 (531.7 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	128,448
• Density	93.267/km2 (241.562/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Apt is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte 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-Rhône 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, 1,377.2 km² (531.7 sq mi), but the one with fewest people living in it (128,448 inhabitants) and a density of 23.4 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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Apt

INSEE Code	Canton	Apt	Avignon	Carpentras	Total
8401	Apt	27			27
8407	Cavaillon	2			2
8408	Cheval-Blanc	12	2		14
8413	Pertuis	15			15

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Apt are:

1. Ansouis (84002)
2. Apt (84003)
3. Auribeau (84006)
4. La Bastide-des-Jourdans (84009)
5. La Bastidonne (84010)
6. Beaumettes (84013)
7. Beaumont-de-Pertuis (84014)
8. Bonnieux (84020)
9. Buoux (84023)
10. Cabrières-d'Aigues (84024)
11. Cadenet (84026)
12. Caseneuve (84032)
13. Castellet (84033)
14. Caumont-sur-Durance (84034)
15. Cavaillon (84035)
16. Cheval-Blanc (84038)
17. Cucuron (84042)
18. Gargas (84047)
19. Gignac (84048)
20. Gordes (84050)
21. Goult (84051)
22. Grambois (84052)
23. Joucas (84057)
24. Lacoste (84058)
25. Lagarde-d'Apt (84060)
26. Lauris (84065)
27. Lioux (84066)
28. Lourmarin (84068)
29. Maubec (84071)
30. Ménerbes (84073)
31. Mérindol (84074)
32. Mirabeau (84076)
33. La Motte-d'Aigues (84084)
34. Murs (84085)
35. Oppède (84086)
36. Pertuis (84089)
37. Peypin-d'Aigues (84090)
38. Puget (84093)
39. Puyvert (84095)
40. Robion (84099)
41. Roussillon (84102)
42. Rustrel (84103)
43. Saignon (84105)
44. Saint-Martin-de-Castillon (84112)
45. Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque (84113)
46. Saint-Pantaléon (84114)
47. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt (84118)
48. Sannes (84121)
49. Sivergues (84128)
50. Taillades (84131)
51. La Tour-d'Aigues (84133)
52. Vaugines (84140)
53. Viens (84144)
54. Villars (84145)
55. Villelaure (84147)
56. Vitrolles-en-Luberon (84151)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
84035	Cavaillon	26,201	Cavaillon	Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
84089	Pertuis	19,523	Pertuis	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
84003	Apt	11,885	Apt	Pays d'Apt-Luberon
84034	Caumont-sur-Durance	4,718	Cavaillon	Grand Avignon (Coga)
84099	Robion	4,273	Cheval-Blanc	Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
84133	La Tour-d'Aigues	4,190	Pertuis	Territoriale Sud-Luberon
84026	Cadenet	4,136	Cheval-Blanc	Les Portes du Luberon
84038	Cheval-Blanc	1,201	Cheval-Blanc	Luberon Monts de Vaucluse
84065	Lauris	3,787	Cheval-Blanc	Les Portes du Luberon
84147	Villelaure	3,323	Pertuis	Territoriale Sud-Luberon

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Vaucluse department
• List of arrondissements of France