Arrondissement of Nîmes
Nîmes | |
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Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Gard |
No. of communes | 180 |
Prefecture | Nîmes |
Area | 3,158.1 km2 (1,219.3 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 558,707 |
INSEE code | 302 |
The arrondissement of Nîmes is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Nîmes.
History
[change | change source]When the Gard department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Nîmes was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Nîmes is the most eastern of the arrondissements of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the northeast by the Vaucluse department, to the east by the Bouches-du-Rhône department, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, to the southwest by the Hérault department and to the west by the Le Vigan and the Alès arrondissements.
The arrondissement of Nîmes is the largest arrondissement of the department, both in area, 3,132.8 square kilometres (1,209.6 square miles),[3] and population (547,598 inhabitants).[4]
Composition
[change | change source]Cantons
[change | change source]After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are 18 cantons in the arrondissement of Nîmes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondiissements:
INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alès | Nîmes | Le Vigan | |||
3001 | Aigues-Mortes | 7 | 7 | ||
3003 | Alès-2 | 10 + part of Alès | 4 | 14 + part of Alès | |
3005 | Bagnols-sur-Cèze | 11 | 11 | ||
3006 | Beaucaire | 7 | 7 | ||
3007 | Calvisson | 27 | 1 | 28 | |
3009 | Marguerittes | 7 | 7 | ||
3010 | Nîmes-1 | part of Nîmes | part of Nîmes | ||
3011 | Nîmes-2 | part of Nîmes | part of Nîmes | ||
3012 | Nîmes-3 | part of Nîmes | part of Nîmes | ||
3013 | Nîmes-4 | part of Nîmes | part of Nîmes | ||
3014 | Pont-Saint-Esprit | 24 | 24 | ||
3015 | Quissac | 17 | 3 | 24 | 44 |
3016 | Redessan | 21 | 21 | ||
3017 | Roquemaure | 11 | 11 | ||
3019 | Saint-Gilles | 8 | 8 | ||
3020 | Uzès | 31 | 31 | ||
3021 | Vauvert | 10 | 10 | ||
3023 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | 5 | 5 | ||
Total | 177 |
Communes
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Nîmes has 177 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]
- Aigaliers (30001)
- Aigues-Mortes (30003)
- Aigues-Vives (30004)
- Aiguèze (30005)
- Aimargues (30006)
- Les Angles (30011)
- Aramon (30012)
- Argilliers (30013)
- Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac (30014)
- Aspères (30018)
- Aubais (30019)
- Aubord (30020)
- Aubussargues (30021)
- Aujargues (30023)
- Bagnols-sur-Cèze (30028)
- Baron (30030)
- Beaucaire (30032)
- Beauvoisin (30033)
- Bellegarde (30034)
- Belvézet (30035)
- Bernis (30036)
- Bezouce (30039)
- Blauzac (30041)
- Boissières (30043)
- Bouillargues (30047)
- Bourdic (30049)
- Cabrières (30057)
- Le Cailar (30059)
- Caissargues (30060)
- Calvisson (30062)
- Carsan (30070)
- Castillon-du-Gard (30073)
- Caveirac (30075)
- Cavillargues (30076)
- Chusclan (30081)
- Clarensac (30082)
- Codognan (30083)
- Codolet (30084)
- Collias (30085)
- Collorgues (30086)
- Combas (30088)
- Comps (30089)
- Congénies (30091)
- Connaux (30092)
- Cornillon (30096)
- Crespian (30098)
- Dions (30102)
- Domazan (30103)
- Estézargues (30107)
- Flaux (30110)
- Foissac (30111)
- Fons (30112)
- Fons-sur-Lussan (30113)
- Fontanès (30114)
- Fontarèches (30115)
- Fournès (30116)
- Fourques (30117)
- Gajan (30122)
- Gallargues-le-Montueux (30123)
- Le Garn (30124)
- Garons (30125)
- Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie (30126)
- Gaujac (30127)
- Goudargues (30131)
- Le Grau-du-Roi (30133)
- Générac (30128)
- Issirac (30134)
- Jonquières-Saint-Vincent (30135)
- Junas (30136)
- La Bastide-d'Engras (30031)
- La Bruguière (30056)
- La Calmette (30061)
- La Capelle-et-Masmolène (30067)
- La Roque-sur-Cèze (30222)
- La Rouvière (30224)
- Langlade (30138)
- Laudun-l'Ardoise (30141)
- Laval-Saint-Roman (30143)
- Lecques (30144)
- Lirac (30149)
- Lussan (30151)
- Lédenon (30145)
- Manduel (30155)
- Marguerittes (30156)
- Meynes (30166)
- Milhaud, Gard (30169)
- Montagnac (30354)
- Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers (30174)
- Montclus (30175)
- Montfaucon (30178)
- Montfrin (30179)
- Montignargues (30180)
- Montmirat (30181)
- Montpezat (30182)
- Moulézan (30183)
- Moussac (30184)
- Mus (30185)
- Nages-et-Solorgues (30186)
- Nîmes (30189)
- Orsan (30191)
- Parignargues (30193)
- Le Pin (30196)
- Pont-Saint-Esprit (30202)
- Pougnadoresse (30205)
- Poulx (30206)
- Pouzilhac (30207)
- Pujaut (30209)
- Redessan (30211)
- Remoulins (30212)
- Rochefort-du-Gard (30217)
- Rodilhan (30356)
- Roquemaure (30221)
- Sabran (30225)
- Saint-Alexandre (30226)
- Saint-André-d'Olérargues (30232)
- Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis (30230)
- Saint-Bauzély (30233)
- Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard (30235)
- Saint-Chaptes (30241)
- Saint-Christol-de-Rodières (30242)
- Saint-Clément (30244)
- Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols (30245)
- Saint-Dionizy (30249)
- Saint-Dézéry (30248)
- Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas (30254)
- Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès (30255)
- Saint-Gervais (30256)
- Saint-Gervasy (30257)
- Saint-Gilles (30258)
- Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan (30260)
- Saint-Hippolyte-de-Montaigu (30262)
- Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas (30273)
- Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze (30276)
- Saint-Laurent-de-Carnols (30277)
- Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres (30278)
- Saint-Laurent-la-Vernède (30279)
- Saint-Mamert-du-Gard (30281)
- Saint-Marcel-de-Careiret (30282)
- Saint-Maximin (30286)
- Saint-Michel-d'Euzet (30287)
- Saint-Nazaire (30288)
- Saint-Paul-les-Fonts (30355)
- Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson (30290)
- Saint-Pons-la-Calm (30292)
- Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (30295)
- Saint-Siffret (30299)
- Saint-Victor-des-Oules (30301)
- Saint-Victor-la-Coste (30302)
- Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts (30251)
- Sainte-Anastasie (30228)
- Salazac (30304)
- Salinelles (30306)
- Sanilhac-Sagriès (30308)
- Sauveterre (30312)
- Sauzet (30313)
- Saze (30315)
- Sernhac (30317)
- Serviers-et-Labaume (30319)
- Sommières (30321)
- Souvignargues (30324)
- Tavel (30326)
- Théziers (30328)
- Tresques (30331)
- Uchaud (30333)
- Uzès (30334)
- Vallabrix (30337)
- Vallabrègues (30336)
- Valliguières (30340)
- Vallérargues (30338)
- Vauvert (30341)
- Verfeuil (30343)
- Vergèze (30344)
- Vers-Pont-du-Gard (30346)
- Vestric-et-Candiac (30347)
- Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (30351)
- Villevieille (30352)
- Vénéjan (30342)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
30189 | Nîmes | 151,075 | Nîmes-1, Nîmes-2, Nîmes-3, Nîmes-4 and Saint-Gilles |
Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole |
30028 | Bagnols-sur-Cèze | 18,172 | Bagnols-sur-Cèze | Le Gard Rhodanien |
30032 | Beaucaire | 15,859 | Beaucaire | Beaucaire Terre d'Argence |
30258 | Saint-Gilles | 13,326 | Saint-Gilles | Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole |
30351 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | 11,716 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Avignon |
30341 | Vauvert | 11,353 | Vauvert | Petite Camargue |
30202 | Pont-Saint-Esprit | 10,155 | Pont-Saint-Esprit | Le Gard Rhodanien |
30156 | Marguerittes | 8,577 | Marguerittes | Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole |
30334 | Uzès | 8,569 | Uzès | Pays d'Uzès |
30011 | Les Angles | 8,443 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | Communauté d'agglomération Le Grand Avignon |
30003 | Aigues-Mortes | 8,417 | Aigues-Mortes | Terre de Camargue |
30133 | Le Grau-du-Roi | 8,372 | Aigues-Mortes | Terre de Camargue |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique du Gard". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ↑ "Département du Gard (30)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-232 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Gard" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Nîmes (302)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 January 2017.