Arrondissement of Apt


The arrondissement of Apt is an arrondissement of France in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 57 communes. Its population is 128,793, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Apt are:
  1. Ansouis
  2. Apt
  3. Auribeau
  4. La Bastide-des-Jourdans
  5. La Bastidonne
  6. Beaumettes
  7. Beaumont-de-Pertuis
  8. Bonnieux
  9. Buoux
  10. Cabrières-d'Aigues
  11. Cabrières-d'Avignon
  12. Cadenet
  13. Caseneuve
  14. Castellet-en-Luberon
  15. Cavaillon
  16. Cheval-Blanc
  17. Cucuron
  18. Gargas
  19. Gignac
  20. Gordes
  21. Goult
  22. Grambois
  23. Joucas
  24. Lacoste
  25. Lagarde-d'Apt
  26. Lagnes
  27. Lauris
  28. Lioux
  29. Lourmarin
  30. Maubec
  31. Ménerbes
  32. Mérindol
  33. Mirabeau
  34. La Motte-d'Aigues
  35. Murs
  36. Oppède
  37. Pertuis
  38. Peypin-d'Aigues
  39. Puget
  40. Puyvert
  41. Robion
  42. Roussillon
  43. Rustrel
  44. Saignon
  45. Saint-Martin-de-Castillon
  46. Saint-Martin-de-la-Brasque
  47. Saint-Pantaléon
  48. Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt
  49. Sannes
  50. Sivergues
  51. Taillades
  52. La Tour-d'Aigues
  53. Vaugines
  54. Viens
  55. Villars
  56. Villelaure
  57. Vitrolles-en-Luberon

    History

The arrondissement of Apt was created in 1800. The subprefecture was moved to Cavaillon in 1926, and back to Apt in 1933. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Vaucluse, it received two communes from the arrondissement of Avignon, and it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Avignon.
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 Apt were, as of January 2015:
  1. Apt
  2. Bonnieux
  3. Cadenet
  4. Cavaillon
  5. Gordes
  6. Pertuis