Arrondissement of Grasse

arrondissement of France

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.

Grasse
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
CountryFrance
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
DepartmentAlpes-Maritimes
No. of communes62
SubprefectureGrasse
Area
1,231.2 km2 (475.4 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
568,675
INSEE code061

History

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

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

Cantons

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
CantonGrasseNiceTotal
0601Antibes-11 + part of Antibes1 + part of Antibes
0602Antibes-2part of Antibespart of Antibes
0603Antibes-31 + part of Antibes1 + part of Antibes
0605Cagnes-sur-Mer-1part of Cagnes-sur-Merpart of Cagnes-sur-Mer
0606Cagnes-sur-Mer-22 + part of Cagnes-sur-Mer2 + part of Cagnes-sur-Mer
0607Cannes-1part of Cannes + part of Le Cannetpart of Cannes + part of Le Cannet
0608Cannes-2part of Cannespart of Cannes
0609Le Cannet1 + part of Le Cannet1 + part of Le Cannet
0611Grasse-118 + part of Grasse18 + part of Grasse
0612Grasse-21 + part of Grasse1 + part of Grasse
0613Mandelieu-la-Napoule55
0617Nice-33part of Nice3 + part of Nice
0625Valbonne11 + part of Antibes11 + part of Antibes
0626Vence103747
0627Villeneuve-Loubet44

Communes

The arrondissement of Grasse has 62 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes[4]

  1. Aiglun (06001)
  2. Amirat (06002)
  3. Andon (06003)
  4. Antibes (06004)
  5. Auribeau-sur-Siagne (06007)
  6. Biot (06018)
  7. Bouyon (06022)
  8. Briançonnet (06024)
  9. Bézaudun-les-Alpes (06017)
  10. Cabris (06026)
  11. Cagnes-sur-Mer (06027)
  12. Caille (06028)
  13. Cannes (06029)
  14. Carros (06033)
  15. Caussols (06037)
  16. Châteauneuf-Grasse (06038)
  17. Cipières (06041)
  18. Collongues (06045)
  19. Conségudes (06047)
  20. Courmes (06049)
  21. Coursegoules (06050)
  22. Escragnolles (06058)
  23. Gars (06063)
  24. Gattières (06064)
  25. Gourdon (06068)
  26. Grasse (06069)
  27. Gréolières (06070)
  28. La Colle-sur-Loup (06044)
  29. La Gaude (06065)
  30. La Roquette-sur-Siagne (06108)
  31. Le Bar-sur-Loup (06010)
  32. Le Broc (06025)
  33. Le Cannet (06030)
  34. Le Mas (06081)
  35. Le Rouret (06112)
  36. Le Tignet (06140)
  37. Les Ferres (06061)
  38. Les Mujouls (06087)
  39. Mandelieu-la-Napoule (06079)
  40. Mouans-Sartoux (06084)
  41. Mougins (06085)
  42. Opio (06089)
  43. Peymeinade (06095)
  44. Pégomas (06090)
  45. Roquefort-les-Pins (06105)
  46. Roquestéron-Grasse (06107)
  47. Saint-Auban (06116)
  48. Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne (06118)
  49. Saint-Jeannet (06122)
  50. Saint-Laurent-du-Var (06123)
  51. Saint-Paul (06128)
  52. Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey (06130)
  53. Sallagriffon (06131)
  54. Spéracèdes (06137)
  55. Séranon (06134)
  56. Théoule-sur-Mer (06138)
  57. Tourrettes-sur-Loup (06148)
  58. Valbonne (06152)
  59. Valderoure (06154)
  60. Vallauris (06155)
  61. Vence (06157)
  62. Villeneuve-Loubet (06161)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code
CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)
CantonIntercommunality
06004Antibes75,731Antibes-1, Antibes-2
Antibes-3 and Valbonne
Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis
06029Cannes73,744Cannes-1 and Cannes-2Communauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins
06069Grasse50,409Grasse-1 and Grasse-2Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Grasse
06027Cagnes-sur-Mer47,811Cagnes-sur-Mer-1 and
Cagnes-sur-Mer-2
Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06030Le Cannet42,454Cannes-1 and Le CannetCommunauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins
06123Saint-Laurent-du-Var29,067Cagnes-sur-Mer-2Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06155Vallauris26,302Antibes-1Communauté d'agglomération de Sophia Antipolis
06079Mandelieu-la-Napoule22,696Mandelieu-la-NapouleCommunauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins
06157Vence18,536VenceMétropole Nice Côte d'Azur
06085Mougins18,391Le CannetCommunauté d'agglomération Cannes Pays de Lérins

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References

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