Arrondissement of Barcelonnette

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

Barcelonnette
Arrondissement
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
No. of communes	14
Subprefecture	Barcelonnette
Area	1,027.7 km2 (396.8 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	7,770
INSEE code	041

History

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

Geography

The arrondissement of Barcelonnette is in the northeast of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. It is bordered to the northeast by Italy, to the southeast by the Alpes-Maritimes department, to the south by the Castellane and Digne-les-Baines arrondissements and to the west and north by the Hautes-Alpes department.

The arrondissement of Barcelonnette is the smallest arrondissement of the department both in area, 1,027.7 km² (396.8 sq mi), and population (8,004 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 Barcelonnette, with all its communes in the arrondissement: the canton of Barcelonnette (0401).

Communes

The arrondissement of Barcelonnette has 14 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː^[4]

1. Barcelonnette (04019)
2. Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon (04033)
3. La Condamine-Châtelard (04062)
4. Enchastrayes (04073)
5. Faucon-de-Barcelonnette (04086)
6. Jausiers (04096)
7. Le Lauzet-Ubaye (04102)
8. Val-d'Oronaye (04120)
9. Pontis (04154)
10. Méolans-Revel (04161)
11. Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye (04193)
12. Saint-Pons (04195)
13. Les Thuiles (04220)
14. Uvernet-Fours (04226)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[5] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
04019	Barcelonnette	2,698	Barcelonnette	Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon
04096	Jausiers	1,134	Barcelonnette	Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon
04033	Ubaye-Serre-Ponçon	708	Barcelonnette	Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon
04195	Saint-Pons	656	Barcelonnette	Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon
04226	Uvernet-Fours	582	Barcelonnette	Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon
04073	Enchastrayes	390	Barcelonnette	Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon
04220	Les Thuiles	389	Barcelonnette	Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon
04161	Méolans-Revel	336	Barcelonnette	Vallée de l'Ubaye - Serre-Ponçon

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department
• List of arrondissements of France