Arrondissement of Grasse
Grasse | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Department | Alpes-Maritimes |
| No. of communes | 62 |
| Subprefecture | Grasse |
| Area | 1,231.2 km2 (475.4 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 568,675 |
| INSEE code | 061 |
The arrondissement of Grasse is an arrondissement of France, in the Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Grasse.
History
[change | change source]When the Alpes-Maritimes department was created on 1793, Grasse was part of the Var department. It became an arrondissement of the Alpes-Maritimes department in 1860.[2]
Geography
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Grasse is the most southern of the Alpes-Maritimes department. It is bordered to the north by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the east by the Nice arrondissement, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and to the west by the Var department.
The arrondissement of Grasse is the smallest in area of the two arrondissements of the department, 1,231.2 km2 (475.4 sq mi), but the one with a higher population (560,045 inhabitants).
Composition
[change | change source]Cantons
[change | change source]After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Grasse, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Nice-3 and Vence. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE code |
Canton | Grasse | Nice | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0601 | Antibes-1 | 1 + part of Antibes | 1 + part of Antibes | |
| 0602 | Antibes-2 | part of Antibes | part of Antibes | |
| 0603 | Antibes-3 | 1 + part of Antibes | 1 + part of Antibes | |
| 0605 | Cagnes-sur-Mer-1 | part of Cagnes-sur-Mer | part of Cagnes-sur-Mer | |
| 0606 | Cagnes-sur-Mer-2 | 2 + part of Cagnes-sur-Mer | 2 + part of Cagnes-sur-Mer | |
| 0607 | Cannes-1 | part of Cannes + part of Le Cannet | part of Cannes + part of Le Cannet | |
| 0608 | Cannes-2 | part of Cannes | part of Cannes | |
| 0609 | Le Cannet | 1 + part of Le Cannet | 1 + part of Le Cannet | |
| 0611 | Grasse-1 | 18 + part of Grasse | 18 + part of Grasse | |
| 0612 | Grasse-2 | 1 + part of Grasse | 1 + part of Grasse | |
| 0613 | Mandelieu-la-Napoule | 5 | 5 | |
| 0617 | Nice-3 | 3 | part of Nice | 3 + part of Nice |
| 0625 | Valbonne | 11 + part of Antibes | 11 + part of Antibes | |
| 0626 | Vence | 10 | 37 | 47 |
| 0627 | Villeneuve-Loubet | 4 | 4 |
Communes
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Grasse has 62 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
- Aiglun (06001)
- Amirat (06002)
- Andon (06003)
- Antibes (06004)
- Auribeau-sur-Siagne (06007)
- Biot (06018)
- Bouyon (06022)
- Briançonnet (06024)
- Bézaudun-les-Alpes (06017)
- Cabris (06026)
- Cagnes-sur-Mer (06027)
- Caille (06028)
- Cannes (06029)
- Carros (06033)
- Caussols (06037)
- Châteauneuf-Grasse (06038)
- Cipières (06041)
- Collongues (06045)
- Conségudes (06047)
- Courmes (06049)
- Coursegoules (06050)
- Escragnolles (06058)
- Gars (06063)
- Gattières (06064)
- Gourdon (06068)
- Grasse (06069)
- Gréolières (06070)
- La Colle-sur-Loup (06044)
- La Gaude (06065)
- La Roquette-sur-Siagne (06108)
- Le Bar-sur-Loup (06010)
- Le Broc (06025)
- Le Cannet (06030)
- Le Mas (06081)
- Le Rouret (06112)
- Le Tignet (06140)
- Les Ferres (06061)
- Les Mujouls (06087)
- Mandelieu-la-Napoule (06079)
- Mouans-Sartoux (06084)
- Mougins (06085)
- Opio (06089)
- Peymeinade (06095)
- Pégomas (06090)
- Roquefort-les-Pins (06105)
- Roquestéron-Grasse (06107)
- Saint-Auban (06116)
- Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne (06118)
- Saint-Jeannet (06122)
- Saint-Laurent-du-Var (06123)
- Saint-Paul (06128)
- Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey (06130)
- Sallagriffon (06131)
- Spéracèdes (06137)
- Séranon (06134)
- Théoule-sur-Mer (06138)
- Tourrettes-sur-Loup (06148)
- Valbonne (06152)
- Valderoure (06154)
- Vallauris (06155)
- Vence (06157)
- Villeneuve-Loubet (06161)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[5] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06004 | Antibes | 75,731 | Antibes-1, Antibes-2 Antibes-3 and Valbonne |
Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis |
| 06029 | Cannes | 73,744 | Cannes-1 and Cannes-2 | Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins |
| 06069 | Grasse | 50,409 | Grasse-1 and Grasse-2 | Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Grasse |
| 06027 | Cagnes-sur-Mer | 47,811 | Cagnes-sur-Mer-1 and Cagnes-sur-Mer-2 |
Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| 06030 | Le Cannet | 42,454 | Cannes-1 and Le Cannet | Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins |
| 06123 | Saint-Laurent-du-Var | 29,067 | Cagnes-sur-Mer-2 | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| 06155 | Vallauris | 26,302 | Antibes-1 | Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis |
| 06079 | Mandelieu-la-Napoule | 22,696 | Mandelieu-la-Napoule | Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins |
| 06157 | Vence | 18,536 | Vence | Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur |
| 06085 | Mougins | 18,391 | Le Cannet | Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique des Alpes-Maritimes". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-227 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Alpes-Maritimes" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Grasse (061)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 July 2017.