Arrondissement of Carpentras

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

Carpentras
Arrondissement
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
No. of communes	77
Subprefecture	Carpentras
Area	1,807.0 km2 (697.7 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	217,432
INSEE code	843

History

When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the arrondissement of Carpentras was part of that original department.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Carpentras is in the northeast of the Vaucluse department. It has the Drôme department to the north and east, the Apt arrondissement to the south and the Avignon arrondissement to the southwest and west.

The arrondissement of Carpentras is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, 1,266.4 km² (489.0 sq mi), and the second in population (129,623 inhabitants); it has a density of 102.4 inhabitants/km².^[3]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,^[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Carpentras, the Le Pontet and Vaison-la-Romaine cantons do not have all their 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 Carpentras

INSEE Code	Canton	Apt	Avignon	Carpentras	Total
8406	Carpentras			3	3
8410	Monteux			7	7
8412	Pernes-les-Fontaines			21	21
8414	Le Pontet		4	1	5
8416	Vaison-la-Romaine		3	26	29

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Carpentras are:^[5]

1. Althen-des-Paluds (84001)
2. Aubignan (84004)
3. Aurel (84005)
4. Beaumes-de-Venise (84012)
5. Beaumont-du-Ventoux (84015)
6. Bédoin (84017)
7. Blauvac (84018)
8. Brantes (84021)
9. Buisson (84022)
10. Cairanne (84028)
11. Caromb (84030)
12. Carpentras (84031)
13. Crestet (84040)
14. Crillon-le-Brave (84041)
15. Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue (84043)
16. Entrechaux (84044)
17. Faucon (84045)
18. Flassan (84046)
19. Gigondas (84049)
20. La Roque-Alric (84100)
21. La Roque-sur-Pernes (84101)
22. Lafare (84059)
23. Le Barroux (84008)
24. Le Beaucet (84011)
25. Loriol-du-Comtat (84067)
26. Malaucène (84069)
27. Malemort-du-Comtat (84070)
28. Mazan (84072)
29. Modène (84077)
30. Monieux (84079)
31. Monteux (84080)
32. Mormoiron (84082)
33. Méthamis (84075)
34. Pernes-les-Fontaines (84088)
35. Puyméras (84094)
36. Rasteau (84096)
37. Roaix (84098)
38. Sablet (84104)
39. Saint-Christol (84107)
40. Saint-Didier (84108)
41. Saint-Hippolyte-le-Graveyron (84109)
42. Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux (84110)
43. Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison (84111)
44. Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols (84115)
45. Saint-Romain-en-Viennois (84116)
46. Saint-Roman-de-Malegarde (84117)
47. Saint-Trinit (84120)
48. Sarrians (84122)
49. Sault (84123)
50. Savoillan (84125)
51. Suzette (84130)
52. Séguret (84126)
53. Vacqueyras (84136)
54. Vaison-la-Romaine (84137)
55. Velleron (84142)
56. Venasque (84143)
57. Villedieu (84146)
58. Villes-sur-Auzon (84148)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[3] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
84031	Carpentras	28,447	Carpentras	Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin
84080	Monteux	12,537	Monteux	Les Sorgues du Comtat
84088	Pernes-les-Fontaines	9,823	Pernes-les-Fontaines	Les Sorgues du Comtat
84043	Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue	8,230	Monteux	Grand Avignon (Coga)
84137	Vaison-la-Romaine	6,055	Vaison-la-Romaine	Pays Vaison Ventoux (Copavo)
84122	Sarrians	5,894	Monteux	Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)
84072	Mazan	5,841	Pernes-les-Fontaines	Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)
84004	Aubignan	5,404	Carpentras	Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)
84030	Caromb	3,199	Monteux	Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)
84017	Bédoin	3,072	Pernes-les-Fontaines	Ventoux-Comtat-Venaissin (Cove)

Related pages

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

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
2. "Historique de Vaucluse". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
3. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
4. "Décret n° 2014-249 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Vaucluse" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
5. "Arrondissement de Carpentras (843)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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