Arrondissement of Avignon

Arrondissement of Avignon
Location of Avignon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country	France
Region	Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Department	Vaucluse
Communes	37
Prefecture	Avignon
Area¹
• Total	924 km2 (357 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	269,828
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers.

The arrondissement of Avignon is an arrondissement of France in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 37 communes.

Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Avignon are:

• Avignon-1
• Avignon-2
• Avignon-3
• Bollène
• Cheval-Blanc (partly)
• L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
• Orange
• Le Pontet (partly)
• Sorgues
• Vaison-la-Romaine (partly)
• Valréas

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Avignon, and their INSEE codes, are:

1. Avignon (84007)	2. Bollène (84019)	3. Bédarrides (84016)
4. Cabrières-d'Avignon (84025)	5. Caderousse (84027)	6. Camaret-sur-Aigues (84029)
7. Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne (84036)	8. Châteauneuf-du-Pape (84037)	9. Courthézon (84039)
10. Fontaine-de-Vaucluse (84139)	11. Grillon (84053)	12. Jonquerettes (84055)
13. Jonquières (84056)	14. L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (84054)	15. Lagarde-Paréol (84061)
16. Lagnes (84062)	17. Lamotte-du-Rhône (84063)	18. Lapalud (84064)
19. Le Pontet (84092)	20. Le Thor (84132)	21. Mondragon (84078)
22. Morières-lès-Avignon (84081)	23. Mornas (84083)	24. Orange (84087)
25. Piolenc (84091)	26. Richerenches (84097)	27. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon (84119)
28. Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes (84106)	29. Saumane-de-Vaucluse (84124)	30. Sorgues (84129)
31. Sérignan-du-Comtat (84127)	32. Travaillan (84134)	33. Uchaux (84135)
34. Valréas (84138)	35. Vedène (84141)	36. Violès (84149)
37. Visan (84150)

External links

• (French) Avignon on French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies site (INSEE)