Arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence

The arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Aix-en-Provence.

Aix-en-Provence
Arrondissement
Location within the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Bouches-du-Rhône
No. of communes	48
Subprefecture	Aix-en-Provence
Area	1,657.5 km2 (640.0 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	455,914
INSEE code	131

History

When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence was part of that original department.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence is in the northeast of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north by the Vaucluse department, to the east by the Var department, to the southeast by the Marseille arrondissement, to the southwest by the Istres arrondissement and to the northwest by the Arles arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence is the second largest arrondissement of the department both in area, 1,532.4 km² (591.7 sq mi), and population (429,436 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 are 9 cantons in the arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence and 5 of them do not have all their communes in the arrondissement:

1. Aix-en-Provence-1 (1301)
2. Aix-en-Provence-2 (1302)
3. Berre-l'Étang (1306) (partly)
4. Gardanne (1309)
5. Pélissanne (1325) (partly)
6. Salon-de-Provence-1 (1326) (partly)
7. Salon-de-Provence-2 (1327) (partly)
8. Trets (1328)
9. Vitrolles (1329) (partly)

Communes

The arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence has 44 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː^[4]

1. Aix-en-Provence (13001)
2. Aurons (13008)
3. Beaurecueil (13012)
4. Bouc-Bel-Air (13015)
5. Cabriès (13019)
6. Charleval (13024)
7. Châteauneuf-le-Rouge (13025)
8. Cornillon-Confoux (13029)
9. Coudoux (13118)
10. Fuveau (13040)
11. Gardanne (13041)
12. Grans (13044)
13. Jouques (13048)
14. La Barben (13009)
15. La Fare-les-Oliviers (13037)
16. La Roque-d'Anthéron (13084)
17. Lambesc (13050)
18. Lançon-Provence (13051)
19. Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade (13080)
20. Le Tholonet (13109)
21. Les Pennes-Mirabeau (13071)
22. Meyrargues (13059)
23. Meyreuil (13060)
24. Mimet (13062)
25. Peynier (13072)
26. Peyrolles-en-Provence (13074)
27. Puyloubier (13079)
28. Pélissanne (13069)
29. Rognes (13082)
30. Rousset (13087)
31. Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon (13090)
32. Saint-Cannat (13091)
33. Saint-Estève-Janson (13093)
34. Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde (13095)
35. Saint-Paul-lès-Durance (13099)
36. Salon-de-Provence (13103)
37. Septèmes-les-Vallons (13106)
38. Simiane-Collongue (13107)
39. Trets (13110)
40. Vauvenargues (13111)
41. Velaux (13112)
42. Venelles (13113)
43. Ventabren (13114)
44. Éguilles (13032)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[5] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
13001	Aix-en-Provence	142,149	Aix-en-Provence-1 and Aix-en-Provence-2	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13103	Salon-de-Provence	44,187	Salon-de-Provence-1 and Salon-de-Provence-2	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13071	Les Pennes-Mirabeau	20,492	Gardanne	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13041	Gardanne	19,910	Gardanne	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13015	Bouc-Bel-Air	14,097	Vitrolles	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13110	Trets	10,896	Trets	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13106	Septèmes-les-Vallons	10,794	Gardanne	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13069	Pélissanne	9,909	Pélissanne	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13040	Fuveau	9,638	Trets	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13019	Cabriès	9,492	Vitrolles	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence
13050	Lambesc	9,459	Pélissanne	Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
• List of arrondissements of France