Arrondissement of Nîmes

arrondissement of France

The arrondissement of Nîmes is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Nîmes.

Nîmes
Location within the region Occitanie
Location within the region Occitanie
CountryFrance
RegionOccitanie
DepartmentGard
No. of communes180
PrefectureNîmes
Area
3,158.1 km2 (1,219.3 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
558,707
INSEE code302

History

When the Gard department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Nîmes was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

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

Cantons

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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Nîmes
INSEE
Code
CantonArrondissementsTotal
AlèsNîmesLe Vigan
3001Aigues-Mortes77
3003Alès-210 + part of Alès414 + part of Alès
3005Bagnols-sur-Cèze1111
3006Beaucaire77
3007Calvisson27128
3009Marguerittes77
3010Nîmes-1part of Nîmespart of Nîmes
3011Nîmes-2part of Nîmespart of Nîmes
3012Nîmes-3part of Nîmespart of Nîmes
3013Nîmes-4part of Nîmespart of Nîmes
3014Pont-Saint-Esprit2424
3015Quissac1732444
3016Redessan2121
3017Roquemaure1111
3019Saint-Gilles88
3020Uzès3131
3021Vauvert1010
3023Villeneuve-lès-Avignon55
Total177

Communes

The arrondissement of Nîmes has 177 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes[6]

  1. Aigaliers (30001)
  2. Aigues-Mortes (30003)
  3. Aigues-Vives (30004)
  4. Aiguèze (30005)
  5. Aimargues (30006)
  6. Les Angles (30011)
  7. Aramon (30012)
  8. Argilliers (30013)
  9. Arpaillargues-et-Aureillac (30014)
  10. Aspères (30018)
  11. Aubais (30019)
  12. Aubord (30020)
  13. Aubussargues (30021)
  14. Aujargues (30023)
  15. Bagnols-sur-Cèze (30028)
  16. Baron (30030)
  17. Beaucaire (30032)
  18. Beauvoisin (30033)
  19. Bellegarde (30034)
  20. Belvézet (30035)
  21. Bernis (30036)
  22. Bezouce (30039)
  23. Blauzac (30041)
  24. Boissières (30043)
  25. Bouillargues (30047)
  26. Bourdic (30049)
  27. Cabrières (30057)
  28. Le Cailar (30059)
  29. Caissargues (30060)
  30. Calvisson (30062)
  31. Carsan (30070)
  32. Castillon-du-Gard (30073)
  33. Caveirac (30075)
  34. Cavillargues (30076)
  35. Chusclan (30081)
  36. Clarensac (30082)
  37. Codognan (30083)
  38. Codolet (30084)
  39. Collias (30085)
  40. Collorgues (30086)
  41. Combas (30088)
  42. Comps (30089)
  43. Congénies (30091)
  44. Connaux (30092)
  45. Cornillon (30096)
  46. Crespian (30098)
  47. Dions (30102)
  48. Domazan (30103)
  49. Estézargues (30107)
  50. Flaux (30110)
  51. Foissac (30111)
  52. Fons (30112)
  53. Fons-sur-Lussan (30113)
  54. Fontanès (30114)
  55. Fontarèches (30115)
  56. Fournès (30116)
  57. Fourques (30117)
  58. Gajan (30122)
  59. Gallargues-le-Montueux (30123)
  60. Le Garn (30124)
  61. Garons (30125)
  62. Garrigues-Sainte-Eulalie (30126)
  63. Gaujac (30127)
  64. Goudargues (30131)
  65. Le Grau-du-Roi (30133)
  66. Générac (30128)
  67. Issirac (30134)
  68. Jonquières-Saint-Vincent (30135)
  69. Junas (30136)
  70. La Bastide-d'Engras (30031)
  71. La Bruguière (30056)
  72. La Calmette (30061)
  73. La Capelle-et-Masmolène (30067)
  74. La Roque-sur-Cèze (30222)
  75. La Rouvière (30224)
  76. Langlade (30138)
  77. Laudun-l'Ardoise (30141)
  78. Laval-Saint-Roman (30143)
  79. Lecques (30144)
  80. Lirac (30149)
  81. Lussan (30151)
  82. Lédenon (30145)
  83. Manduel (30155)
  84. Marguerittes (30156)
  85. Meynes (30166)
  86. Milhaud, Gard (30169)
  87. Montagnac (30354)
  88. Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers (30174)
  89. Montclus (30175)
  90. Montfaucon (30178)
  91. Montfrin (30179)
  92. Montignargues (30180)
  93. Montmirat (30181)
  94. Montpezat (30182)
  95. Moulézan (30183)
  96. Moussac (30184)
  97. Mus (30185)
  98. Nages-et-Solorgues (30186)
  99. Nîmes (30189)
  100. Orsan (30191)
  101. Parignargues (30193)
  102. Le Pin (30196)
  103. Pont-Saint-Esprit (30202)
  104. Pougnadoresse (30205)
  105. Poulx (30206)
  106. Pouzilhac (30207)
  107. Pujaut (30209)
  108. Redessan (30211)
  109. Remoulins (30212)
  110. Rochefort-du-Gard (30217)
  111. Rodilhan (30356)
  112. Roquemaure (30221)
  113. Sabran (30225)
  114. Saint-Alexandre (30226)
  115. Saint-André-d'Olérargues (30232)
  116. Saint-André-de-Roquepertuis (30230)
  117. Saint-Bauzély (30233)
  118. Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard (30235)
  119. Saint-Chaptes (30241)
  120. Saint-Christol-de-Rodières (30242)
  121. Saint-Clément (30244)
  122. Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols (30245)
  123. Saint-Dionizy (30249)
  124. Saint-Dézéry (30248)
  125. Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas (30254)
  126. Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès (30255)
  127. Saint-Gervais (30256)
  128. Saint-Gervasy (30257)
  129. Saint-Gilles (30258)
  130. Saint-Hilaire-d'Ozilhan (30260)
  131. Saint-Hippolyte-de-Montaigu (30262)
  132. Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas (30273)
  133. Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze (30276)
  134. Saint-Laurent-de-Carnols (30277)
  135. Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres (30278)
  136. Saint-Laurent-la-Vernède (30279)
  137. Saint-Mamert-du-Gard (30281)
  138. Saint-Marcel-de-Careiret (30282)
  139. Saint-Maximin (30286)
  140. Saint-Michel-d'Euzet (30287)
  141. Saint-Nazaire (30288)
  142. Saint-Paul-les-Fonts (30355)
  143. Saint-Paulet-de-Caisson (30290)
  144. Saint-Pons-la-Calm (30292)
  145. Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (30295)
  146. Saint-Siffret (30299)
  147. Saint-Victor-des-Oules (30301)
  148. Saint-Victor-la-Coste (30302)
  149. Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts (30251)
  150. Sainte-Anastasie (30228)
  151. Salazac (30304)
  152. Salinelles (30306)
  153. Sanilhac-Sagriès (30308)
  154. Sauveterre (30312)
  155. Sauzet (30313)
  156. Saze (30315)
  157. Sernhac (30317)
  158. Serviers-et-Labaume (30319)
  159. Sommières (30321)
  160. Souvignargues (30324)
  161. Tavel (30326)
  162. Théziers (30328)
  163. Tresques (30331)
  164. Uchaud (30333)
  165. Uzès (30334)
  166. Vallabrix (30337)
  167. Vallabrègues (30336)
  168. Valliguières (30340)
  169. Vallérargues (30338)
  170. Vauvert (30341)
  171. Verfeuil (30343)
  172. Vergèze (30344)
  173. Vers-Pont-du-Gard (30346)
  174. Vestric-et-Candiac (30347)
  175. Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (30351)
  176. Villevieille (30352)
  177. Vénéjan (30342)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code
CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)
CantonIntercommunality
30189Nîmes151,075Nîmes-1, Nîmes-2, Nîmes-3,
Nîmes-4 and Saint-Gilles
Communauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole
30028Bagnols-sur-Cèze18,172Bagnols-sur-CèzeLe Gard Rhodanien
30032Beaucaire15,859BeaucaireBeaucaire Terre d'Argence
30258Saint-Gilles13,326Saint-GillesCommunauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole
30351Villeneuve-lès-Avignon11,716Villeneuve-lès-AvignonCommunauté d'agglomération Le Grand Avignon
30341Vauvert11,353VauvertPetite Camargue
30202Pont-Saint-Esprit10,155Pont-Saint-EspritLe Gard Rhodanien
30156Marguerittes8,577MarguerittesCommunauté d'agglomération de Nîmes Métropole
30334Uzès8,569UzèsPays d'Uzès
30011Les Angles8,443Villeneuve-lès-AvignonCommunauté d'agglomération Le Grand Avignon
30003Aigues-Mortes8,417Aigues-MortesTerre de Camargue
30133Le Grau-du-Roi8,372Aigues-MortesTerre de Camargue

References

43°49′49″N 4°21′22″E / 43.83028°N 4.35611°E / 43.83028; 4.35611