Arrondissement 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	78
Subprefecture	Carpentras
Area	1,839.8 km^2 (710.4 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	227,317
• Density	124/km^2 (320/sq mi)
INSEE code	843

The arrondissement of Carpentras is an arrondissement of France in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 78 communes.[2] Its population is 226,140 (2021), and its area is 1,839.8 km^2 (710.4 sq mi).[3]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Carpentras, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

1. Althen-des-Paluds (84001)
2. Aubignan (84004)
3. Aurel (84005)
4. Le Barroux (84008)
5. Le Beaucet (84011)
6. Beaumes-de-Venise (84012)
7. Beaumont-du-Ventoux (84015)
8. Bédoin (84017)
9. Blauvac (84018)
10. Bollène (84019)
11. Brantes (84021)
12. Buisson (84022)
13. Caderousse (84027)
14. Cairanne (84028)
15. Camaret-sur-Aigues (84029)
16. Caromb (84030)
17. Carpentras (84031)
18. Châteauneuf-du-Pape (84037)
19. Courthézon (84039)
20. Crestet (84040)
21. Crillon-le-Brave (84041)
22. Entrechaux (84044)
23. Faucon (84045)
24. Flassan (84046)
25. Gigondas (84049)
26. Grillon (84053)
27. Jonquières (84056)
28. Lafare (84059)
29. Lagarde-Paréol (84061)
30. Lamotte-du-Rhône (84063)
31. Lapalud (84064)
32. Loriol-du-Comtat (84067)
33. Malaucène (84069)
34. Malemort-du-Comtat (84070)
35. Mazan (84072)
36. Méthamis (84075)
37. Modène (84077)
38. Mondragon (84078)
39. Monieux (84079)
40. Monteux (84080)
41. Mormoiron (84082)
42. Mornas (84083)
43. Orange (84087)
44. Pernes-les-Fontaines (84088)
45. Piolenc (84091)
46. Puyméras (84094)
47. Rasteau (84096)
48. Richerenches (84097)
49. Roaix (84098)
50. La Roque-Alric (84100)
51. La Roque-sur-Pernes (84101)
52. Sablet (84104)
53. Saint-Christol (84107)
54. Saint-Didier (84108)
55. Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes (84106)
56. Saint-Hippolyte-le-Graveyron (84109)
57. Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux (84110)
58. Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison (84111)
59. Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols (84115)
60. Saint-Romain-en-Viennois (84116)
61. Saint-Roman-de-Malegarde (84117)
62. Saint-Trinit (84120)
63. Sarrians (84122)
64. Sault (84123)
65. Savoillan (84125)
66. Séguret (84126)
67. Sérignan-du-Comtat (84127)
68. Suzette (84130)
69. Travaillan (84134)
70. Uchaux (84135)
71. Vacqueyras (84136)
72. Vaison-la-Romaine (84137)
73. Valréas (84138)
74. Venasque (84143)
75. Villedieu (84146)
76. Villes-sur-Auzon (84148)
77. Violès (84149)
78. Visan (84150)

History

The arrondissement of Carpentras was created in 1800.[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Vaucluse, it received 21 communes from the arrondissement of Avignon, and it lost two communes to the arrondissement of Avignon.[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Carpentras were, as of January 2015:[6]

1. Beaumes-de-Venise
2. Carpentras-Nord
3. Carpentras-Sud
4. Malaucène
5. Mormoiron
6. Pernes-les-Fontaines
7. Sault
8. Vaison-la-Romaine

References

1. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
2. "Populations légales 2021: 84 Vaucluse" (PDF). INSEE. December 2023.
3. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2023". INSEE. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
4. "Historique de Vaucluse". Site sur la Population et les Limites Administratives de la France (in French). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
5. "Arrêté préfectoral, 20 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 11–15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2017.
6. Populations légales 2012: 84 Vaucluse, INSEE

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