Arrondissement of Alès
Arrondissement of Alès | |
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region | Occitania |
Department | Gard |
Sub-prefecture | Alès |
Residents | 148,487 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 114 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 1,304.17 km² |
Cantons | 6th |
Communities | 97 |
INSEE code | 301 |
Location of the Alès arrondissement in the Occitanie region |
The Arrondissement Alès is an administrative unit of the French department of Gard within the Occitanie region . The administrative seat ( sub-prefecture ) is Alès .
It consists of 97 municipalities, which have been divided into six constituencies since a reorganization in 2015 . Some of the constituencies also include municipalities in other arrondissements.
Constituencies (cantons)
- Canton of Alès-1
- Canton Alès-2 (with 11 out of 15 communes)
- Canton of Alès-3
- Canton of La Grand-Combe
- Canton Quissac (9 of 44 municipalities)
- Canton of Rousson
Communities
The municipalities of the Arrondissement of Alès are:
Reorganization of the arrondissements in 2017
As a result of the reorganization of the arrondissements in 2017, the arrondissement Alès became the area of the six municipalities Aigremont , Cardet , Cassagnoles , Lédignan , Maruéjols-lès-Gardon and Saint-Bénézet the arrondissement Le Vigan and the area of the two municipalities Domessargues and Mauressargues the arrondissement Assigned to Nîmes .
Instead, the area of the four municipalities of Saint-Bonnet-de-Salendrinque , Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle , Thoiras and Vabres changed from the Arrondissement of Le Vigan to the Arrondissement of Alès.