Arrondissement of Grasse


The arrondissement of Grasse is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 62 communes. Its population is 561,067, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Grasse, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Aiglun
  2. Amirat
  3. Andon
  4. Antibes
  5. Auribeau-sur-Siagne
  6. Le Bar-sur-Loup
  7. Bézaudun-les-Alpes
  8. Biot
  9. Bouyon
  10. Briançonnet
  11. Le Broc
  12. Cabris
  13. Cagnes-sur-Mer
  14. Caille
  15. Cannes
  16. Le Cannet
  17. Carros
  18. Caussols
  19. Châteauneuf-Grasse
  20. Cipières
  21. La Colle-sur-Loup
  22. Collongues
  23. Conségudes
  24. Courmes
  25. Coursegoules
  26. Escragnolles
  27. Les Ferres
  28. Gars
  29. Gattières
  30. La Gaude
  31. Gourdon
  32. Grasse
  33. Gréolières
  34. Mandelieu-la-Napoule
  35. Le Mas
  36. Mouans-Sartoux
  37. Mougins
  38. Les Mujouls
  39. Opio
  40. Pégomas
  41. Peymeinade
  42. La Roque-en-Provence
  43. Roquefort-les-Pins
  44. La Roquette-sur-Siagne
  45. Le Rouret
  46. Saint-Auban
  47. Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne
  48. Saint-Jeannet
  49. Saint-Laurent-du-Var
  50. Saint-Paul
  51. Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey
  52. Sallagriffon
  53. Séranon
  54. Spéracèdes
  55. Théoule-sur-Mer
  56. Le Tignet
  57. Tourrettes-sur-Loup
  58. Valbonne
  59. Valderoure
  60. Vallauris
  61. Vence
  62. Villeneuve-Loubet

    History

The arrondissement of Grasse was created in 1800 as part of the department Var. In 1860 it became part of the department Alpes-Maritimes.
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 Grasse were, as of January 2015:
  1. Antibes-Biot
  2. Antibes-Centre
  3. Le Bar-sur-Loup
  4. Cagnes-sur-Mer-Centre
  5. Cagnes-sur-Mer-Ouest
  6. Cannes-Centre
  7. Cannes-Est
  8. Le Cannet
  9. Carros
  10. Coursegoules
  11. Grasse-Nord
  12. Grasse-Sud
  13. Mandelieu-Cannes-Ouest
  14. Mougins
  15. Saint-Auban
  16. Saint-Laurent-du-Var-Cagnes-sur-Mer-Est
  17. Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey
  18. Vallauris-Antibes-Ouest
  19. Vence