Forcalquier | |
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Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |
No. of communes | 97 |
Subprefecture | Forcalquier |
Area | 2,605.4 km2 (1,006.0 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 97,653 |
INSEE code | 044 |
The arrondissement of Forcalquier is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Forcalquier.
When the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Forcalquier was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Forcalquier is the most western of the arrondissements of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. It is bordered to the north by the Hautes-Alpes department, to the east by the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains, to the south and west by the Vaucluse department and to the northwest by the Drôme department.
The arrondissement of Forcalquier is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, after the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains, 2,111.6 km2 (815.3 sq mi), but first in population (88,333 inhabitants).
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Forcalquier, there are 9 cantons and 7 of them with all their communes in the arrondissement:
The arrondissement of Forcalquier has 97 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[5] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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04112 | Manosque | 21,941 | Manosque-1, Manosque-2 and Manosque-3 |
Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération |
04209 | Sisteron | 3,629 | Sisteron | Le Sisteronais-Buëch |
04143 | Oraison | 5,792 | Oraison | Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération |
04088 | Forcalquier | 5,210 | Forcalquier | Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure |
04242 | Villeneuve | 5,210 | Oraison | Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération |
04152 | Pierrevert | 3,690 | Manosque-1 | Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération |
04197 | Sainte-Tulle | 3,398 | Manosque-3 | Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération |
04230 | Valensole | 3,206 | Valensole | Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération |
04245 | Volx | 3,134 | Manosque-2 | Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération |
04094 | Gréoux-les-Bains | 2,645 | Valensole | Durance-Luberon-Verdon Agglomération |