Arrondissement of Alès


The arrondissement of Alès is an arrondissement of France in the Gard department in the Occitanie region. It has 97 communes. Its population is 148,139, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Alès, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Alès
  2. Allègre-les-Fumades
  3. Anduze
  4. Aujac
  5. Bagard
  6. Barjac
  7. Bessèges
  8. Boisset-et-Gaujac
  9. Bonnevaux
  10. Bordezac
  11. Boucoiran-et-Nozières
  12. Bouquet
  13. Branoux-les-Taillades
  14. Brignon
  15. Brouzet-lès-Alès
  16. Castelnau-Valence
  17. Cendras
  18. Chambon
  19. Chamborigaud
  20. Concoules
  21. Corbès
  22. Courry
  23. Cruviers-Lascours
  24. Deaux
  25. Euzet
  26. Gagnières
  27. Générargues
  28. Génolhac
  29. La Grand-Combe
  30. Lamelouze
  31. Laval-Pradel
  32. Lézan
  33. Les Mages
  34. Malons-et-Elze
  35. Martignargues
  36. Le Martinet
  37. Massanes
  38. Massillargues-Attuech
  39. Méjannes-le-Clap
  40. Méjannes-lès-Alès
  41. Meyrannes
  42. Mialet
  43. Molières-sur-Cèze
  44. Mons
  45. Monteils
  46. Navacelles
  47. Ners
  48. Peyremale
  49. Les Plans
  50. Ponteils-et-Brésis
  51. Portes
  52. Potelières
  53. Ribaute-les-Tavernes
  54. Rivières
  55. Robiac-Rochessadoule
  56. Rochegude
  57. Rousson
  58. Saint-Ambroix
  59. Saint-Bonnet-de-Salendrinque
  60. Saint-Brès
  61. Saint-Césaire-de-Gauzignan
  62. Saint-Christol-lès-Alès
  63. Saint-Denis
  64. Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge
  65. Sainte-Croix-de-Caderle
  66. Saint-Étienne-de-l'Olm
  67. Saint-Florent-sur-Auzonnet
  68. Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas
  69. Saint-Hippolyte-de-Caton
  70. Saint-Jean-de-Ceyrargues
  71. Saint-Jean-de-Maruéjols-et-Avéjan
  72. Saint-Jean-de-Serres
  73. Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle
  74. Saint-Jean-du-Gard
  75. Saint-Jean-du-Pin
  76. Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas
  77. Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers
  78. Saint-Just-et-Vacquières
  79. Saint-Martin-de-Valgalgues
  80. Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille
  81. Saint-Paul-la-Coste
  82. Saint-Privat-de-Champclos
  83. Saint-Privat-des-Vieux
  84. Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille
  85. Saint-Victor-de-Malcap
  86. Salindres
  87. Les Salles-du-Gardon
  88. Sénéchas
  89. Servas
  90. Seynes
  91. Soustelle
  92. Tharaux
  93. Thoiras
  94. Tornac
  95. Vabres
  96. La Vernarède
  97. Vézénobres

    History

The arrondissement of Alès was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Gard, it gained four communes from the arrondissement of Le Vigan, and it lost two communes to the arrondissement of Nîmes and six communes to the arrondissement of Le Vigan.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Alès were, as of January 2015:
  1. Alès-Nord-Est
  2. Alès-Ouest
  3. Alès-Sud-Est
  4. Anduze
  5. Barjac
  6. Bessèges
  7. Génolhac
  8. La Grand-Combe
  9. Lédignan
  10. Saint-Ambroix
  11. Saint-Jean-du-Gard
  12. Vézénobres