Arrondissement of Le Vigan facts for kids
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Arrondissement of Le Vigan
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Le Vigan in Gard
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Country | France |
Region | Occitanie |
Department | Gard |
Communes | 75 |
Subprefecture | Le Vigan |
INSEE code | 303 |
Area | |
• Total | 1,398.5 km2 (540.0 sq mi) |
Population
(2014)
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• Total | 36,608 |
• Density | 26.1766/km2 (67.797/sq mi) |
The arrondissement of Le Vigan is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Le Vigan.
History
When the Gard department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Le Vigan was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Le Vigan is the most western of the arrondissements of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Lozère department, to the northeast by the Alès arrondissement, to the southeast by the Nîmes arrondissement, to the south by the Hérault department and to the west by the Aveyron department.
The arrondissement of Le Vigan is the second smallest arrondissement of the department in area, 1,398.5 km2 (540.0 sq mi), but the one with fewest people living in it (36,608 inhabitants).
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.
There are only 4 cantons in the arrondissement of Le Vigan. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondiissements:
INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
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Alès | Nîmes | Le Vigan | |||
3007 | Calvisson | 27 | 1 | 28 | |
3008 | La Grand-Combe | 24 | 4 | 28 | |
3015 | Quissac | 17 | 3 | 24 | 44 |
3022 | Le Vigan | 46 | 46 | ||
Total | 75 |
Communes
The arrondissement of Le Vigan has 75 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
- Alzon (30009)
- Arphy (30015)
- Arre (30016)
- Arrigas (30017)
- Aulas (30024)
- Aumessas (30025)
- Avèze (30026)
- Bez-et-Esparon (30038)
- Blandas (30040)
- Bragassargues (30050)
- Brouzet-lès-Quissac (30054)
- Bréau-et-Salagosse (30052)
- Campestre-et-Luc (30064)
- Canaules-et-Argentières (30065)
- Cannes-et-Clairan (30066)
- Carnas (30069)
- Causse-Bégon (30074)
- Colognac (30087)
- Conqueyrac (30093)
- Corconne (30095)
- Cros (30099)
- Dourbies (30105)
- Durfort-et-Saint-Martin-de-Sossenac (30106)
- Fressac (30119)
- Gailhan (30121)
- L'Estréchure (30108)
- La Cadière-et-Cambo (30058)
- Lanuéjols (30139)
- Lasalle (30140)
- Liouc (30148)
- Logrian-Florian (30150)
- Mandagout (30154)
- Mars (30157)
- Molières-Cavaillac (30170)
- Monoblet (30172)
- Montdardier (30176)
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Rouvière (30190)
- Orthoux-Sérignac-Quilhan (30192)
- Peyrolles (30195)
- Les Plantiers (30198)
- Pommiers (30199)
- Pompignan (30200)
- Puechredon (30208)
- Quissac (30210)
- Revens (30213)
- Rogues (30219)
- Roquedur (30220)
- Saint-André-de-Majencoules (30229)
- Saint-André-de-Valborgne (30231)
- Saint-Bonnet-de-Salendrinque (30236)
- Saint-Bresson (30238)
- Saint-Félix-de-Pallières (30252)
- Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort (30263)
- Saint-Jean-de-Crieulon (30265)
- Saint-Julien-de-la-Nef (30272)
- Saint-Laurent-le-Minier (30280)
- Saint-Martial (30283)
- Saint-Nazaire-des-Gardies (30289)
- Saint-Roman-de-Codières (30296)
- Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu (30297)
- Saint-Théodorit (30300)
- Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle (30246)
- Sardan (30309)
- Saumane (30310)
- Sauve (30311)
- Savignargues (30314)
- Soudorgues (30322)
- Sumène (30325)
- Thoiras (30329)
- Trèves (30332)
- Vabres (30335)
- Valleraugue (30339)
- Vic-le-Fesq (30349)
- Le Vigan (30350)
- Vissec (30353)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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30350 | Le Vigan | 3,933 | Le Vigan | Le Pays Viganais |
30263 | Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort | 3,912 | Le Vigan | Le Piémont Cévenol |
30210 | Quissac | 3,156 | Quissac | Le Piémont Cévenol |
30311 | Sauve | 1,970 | Quissac | Le Piémont Cévenol |
30325 | Sumène | 1,598 | Le Vigan | Les Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises |
30140 | Lasalle | 1,160 | Le Vigan | Causses Aigoual Cévennes |
30026 | Avèze | 1,091 | Le Vigan | Le Pays Viganais |
30339 | Valleraugue | 1,044 | Le Vigan | Causses Aigoual Cévennes |
30170 | Molières-Cavaillac | 939 | Le Vigan | Le Pays Viganais |
30200 | Pompignan | 900 | Le Vigan | Le Piémont Cévenol |
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See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Le Vigan para niños