Castellane
Arrondissement
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-de-Haute-Provence
No. of communes41
SubprefectureCastellane
Area
1,718.1 km2 (663.4 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[1]
11,397
 • Density7/km2 (20/sq mi)
INSEE code042

The arrondissement of Castellane is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 41 communes.[2] Its population is 11,403 (2016), and its area is 1,718.1 km2 (663.4 sq mi).[3]

Composition

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

  1. Allons (04005)
  2. Allos (04006)
  3. Angles (04007)
  4. Annot (04008)
  5. Barrême (04022)
  6. Beauvezer (04025)
  7. Blieux (04030)
  8. Braux (04032)
  9. Castellane (04039)
  10. Castellet-lès-Sausses (04042)
  11. Chaudon-Norante (04055)
  12. Clumanc (04059)
  13. Colmars (04061)
  14. Demandolx (04069)
  15. Entrevaux (04076)
  16. Le Fugeret (04090)
  17. La Garde (04092)
  18. Lambruisse (04099)
  19. Méailles (04115)
  20. Moriez (04133)
  21. La Mure-Argens (04136)
  22. La Palud-sur-Verdon (04144)
  23. Peyroules (04148)
  24. La Rochette (04170)
  25. Rougon (04171)
  26. Saint-André-les-Alpes (04173)
  27. Saint-Benoît (04174)
  28. Saint-Jacques (04180)
  29. Saint-Julien-du-Verdon (04183)
  30. Saint-Lions (04187)
  31. Saint-Pierre (04194)
  32. Sausses (04202)
  33. Senez (04204)
  34. Soleilhas (04210)
  35. Tartonne (04214)
  36. Thorame-Basse (04218)
  37. Thorame-Haute (04219)
  38. Ubraye (04224)
  39. Val-de-Chalvagne (04043)
  40. Vergons (04236)
  41. Villars-Colmars (04240)

History

The arrondissement of Castellane was created in 1800, it was disbanded in 1926 and it was restored in 1942.[4] At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, it gained nine communes from the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains.[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 Castellane were, as of January 2015:[6]

  1. Allos-Colmars
  2. Annot
  3. Castellane
  4. Entrevaux
  5. Saint-André-les-Alpes

References

  1. ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Arrondissement de Castellane (042)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  3. ^ "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  4. ^ Historique des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
  5. ^ "Arrêté préfectoral, 20 December 2016, p 4" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  6. ^ Populations légales 2012: 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, INSEE

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