Arrondissement of Forcalquier


The arrondissement of Forcalquier is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 97 communes. Its population is 95,990, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Forcalquier, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Allemagne-en-Provence
  2. Aubenas-les-Alpes
  3. Aubignosc
  4. Authon
  5. Banon
  6. Bayons
  7. Bellaffaire
  8. Bevons
  9. La Brillanne
  10. Brunet
  11. Le Caire
  12. Le Castellet
  13. Céreste
  14. Châteaufort
  15. Châteauneuf-Miravail
  16. Châteauneuf-Val-Saint-Donat
  17. Clamensane
  18. Claret
  19. Corbières-en-Provence
  20. Cruis
  21. Curbans
  22. Curel
  23. Dauphin
  24. Entrepierres
  25. Entrevennes
  26. Esparron-de-Verdon
  27. Faucon-du-Caire
  28. Fontienne
  29. Forcalquier
  30. Gigors
  31. Gréoux-les-Bains
  32. L'Hospitalet
  33. Lardiers
  34. Limans
  35. Lurs
  36. Mane
  37. Manosque
  38. Melve
  39. Mison
  40. Montagnac-Montpezat
  41. Montfort
  42. Montfuron
  43. Montjustin
  44. Montlaux
  45. Montsalier
  46. La Motte-du-Caire
  47. Nibles
  48. Niozelles
  49. Noyers-sur-Jabron
  50. Les Omergues
  51. Ongles
  52. Oppedette
  53. Oraison
  54. Peipin
  55. Piégut
  56. Pierrerue
  57. Pierrevert
  58. Puimichel
  59. Puimoisson
  60. Quinson
  61. Redortiers
  62. Reillanne
  63. Revest-des-Brousses
  64. Revest-du-Bion
  65. Revest-Saint-Martin
  66. Riez
  67. La Rochegiron
  68. Roumoules
  69. Sainte-Croix-à-Lauze
  70. Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues
  71. Sainte-Tulle
  72. Saint-Geniez
  73. Saint-Laurent-du-Verdon
  74. Saint-Maime
  75. Saint-Martin-de-Brômes
  76. Saint-Martin-les-Eaux
  77. Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire
  78. Saint-Vincent-sur-Jabron
  79. Salignac
  80. Saumane
  81. Sigonce
  82. Sigoyer
  83. Simiane-la-Rotonde
  84. Sisteron
  85. Sourribes
  86. Thèze
  87. Turriers
  88. Vachères
  89. Valavoire
  90. Valbelle
  91. Valensole
  92. Valernes
  93. Vaumeilh
  94. Venterol
  95. Villemus
  96. Villeneuve
  97. Volx

    History

The arrondissement of Forcalquier was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, it gained 16 communes from the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains, and it lost six communes to the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains.
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 Forcalquier were, as of January 2015:
  1. Banon
  2. Forcalquier
  3. Manosque-Nord
  4. Manosque-Sud-Est
  5. Manosque-Sud-Ouest
  6. La Motte-du-Caire
  7. Noyers-sur-Jabron
  8. Peyruis
  9. Reillanne
  10. Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues
  11. Sisteron
  12. Turriers
  13. Volonne