Arrondissement of Albertville facts for kids
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Arrondissement of Albertville
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Location of Albertville in Savoie
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Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Savoie |
Communes | 74 |
Subprefecture | Albertville |
INSEE code | 731 |
Area | |
• Total | 2,466.1 km2 (952.2 sq mi) |
Population
(2014)
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• Total | 111,839 |
• Density | 45.3506/km2 (117.4574/sq mi) |
The arrondissement of Albertville is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Savoie département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Albertville.
History
When the Savoie department was created in 1860, the arrondissement of Albertville was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Albertville is bordered to the north by the Haute-Savoie department, to the east by Italy, to the south by the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and to the west by the arrondissement of Chambéry.
It is in the north of the department and is the largest arrondissement with an area of 2,466.1 km2 (952.2 sq mi), and the second in population, with 111,839 inhabitants and a density of 45.4 inhabitants/km².
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Albertville, there are 5 cantons:
- Albertville-1 (7303)
- Albertville-2 (7304)
- Bourg-Saint-Maurice (7305)
- Moûtiers (7313)
- Ugine (7319)
Communes
The arrondissement of Albertville has 74 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
- Aigueblanche (73003)
- Aime-la-Plagne (73006)
- Albertville (73011)
- Allondaz (73014)
- Les Allues (73015)
- Les Avanchers-Valmorel (73024)
- La Bâthie (73032)
- Beaufort (73034)
- Les Belleville (73257)
- Le Bois (73045)
- Bonneval (73046)
- Bonvillard (73048)
- Bourg-Saint-Maurice (73054)
- Bozel (73055)
- Brides-les-Bains (73057)
- Césarches (73061)
- Cevins (73063)
- Champagny-en-Vanoise (73071)
- Les Chapelles (73077)
- Cléry (73086)
- Cohennoz (73088)
- Courchevel (73227)
- Crest-Voland (73094)
- Esserts-Blay (73110)
- Feissons-sur-Isère (73112)
- Feissons-sur-Salins (73113)
- Flumet (73114)
- Frontenex (73121)
- La Giettaz (73123)
- Gilly-sur-Isère (73124)
- Grésy-sur-Isère (73129)
- Grignon (73130)
- Hautecour (73131)
- Hauteluce (73132)
- Landry (73142)
- La Léchère (73187)
- Marthod (73153)
- Mercury (73154)
- Montagny (73161)
- Montailleur (73162)
- Monthion (73170)
- Montvalezan (73176)
- Moûtiers (73181)
- Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe (73186)
- Notre-Dame-des-Millières (73188)
- Notre-Dame-du-Pré (73190)
- Pallud (73196)
- Peisey-Nancroix (73197)
- La Plagne-Tarentaise (73150)
- Planay (73201)
- Plancherine (73202)
- Pralognan-la-Vanoise (73206)
- Queige (73211)
- Rognaix (73216)
- Sainte-Foy-Tarentaise (73232)
- Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère (73241)
- Saint-Jean-de-Belleville (73244)
- Saint-Marcel (73253)
- Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle (73262)
- Saint-Oyen (73266)
- Saint-Paul-sur-Isère (73268)
- Saint-Vital (73283)
- Salins-Fontaine (73284)
- Séez (73285)
- Thénésol (73292)
- Tignes (73296)
- Tournon (73297)
- Tours-en-Savoie (73298)
- Ugine (73303)
- Val-d'Isère (73304)
- Venthon (73308)
- Verrens-Arvey (73312)
- Villard-sur-Doron (73317)
- Villaroger (73323)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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73011 | Albertville | 18,950 | Albertville-1, Albertville-2 | CA Arlysère |
73054 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 7,204 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | Maison de l'Intercommunalité de Haute-Tarentaise |
73303 | Ugine | 7,019 | Ugine | CA Arlysère |
73006 | Aime-la-Plagne | 4,421 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | Les Versants d'Aime |
73150 | La Plagne Tarentaise | 3,760 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice | Les Versants d'Aime |
73181 | Moûtiers | 3,705 | Moûtiers | Cœur de Tarentaise |
73003 | Aigueblanche | 3,118 | Moûtiers | Les Vallées d'Aigueblanche |
73154 | Mercury | 3,013 | Albertville-1 | CA Arlysère |
73257 | Les Belleville | 2,992 | Moûtiers | Cœur de Tarentaise |
73124 | Gilly-sur-Isère | 2,912 | Albertville-2 | CA Arlysère |
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See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Albertville para niños