The arrondissement of Castellane is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements ...

of France in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (; or , ; commonly shortened to PACA; en, Provence-Alps-French Riviera, italic=yes; also branded as Région Sud) is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, the far southeastern on the mainland. Its pref ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

. It has 41

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...

. Its population is 11,403 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Castellane, and their

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s, are: # Allons (04005) #

Allos Allos (; oc, Alòs) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Allos is a high mountain commune in the southern Alps. The commune experienced a significant rural exo ...

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Angles The Angles ( ang, Ængle, ; la, Angli) were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period. They founded several kingdoms of the Heptarchy in Anglo-Saxon England. Their name is the root of the name ...

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Annot Annot (; oc, Anòt) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Annotains'' or ''Annotaines'' The commune has been awa ...

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Barrême Barrême (; oc, Barrema) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. The inhabitants of this commune are known as ''Barrêmois'' or ''Barrêmoises''. Geography Barrême is located at an altitude of 722 m so ...

(04022) # Beauvezer (04025) # Blieux (04030) # Braux (04032) #

Castellane Castellane (; Provençal: ''Castelana'') is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. With about 1,600 inhabitants, Castellane has the distinction of being the least-populated sub-prefecture of France. Its in ...

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Castellet-lès-Sausses Castellet-lès-Sausses () is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department The following is a list of the 198 communes of the Alpes-de-H ...

(04042) # Chaudon-Norante (04055) # Clumanc (04059) # Colmars (04061) #

Demandolx Demandolx is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department References

Communes of Al ...

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Entrevaux Entrevaux (; oc, Entrevaus) is a commune (municipality), former episcopal seat (not bishopric in title, that remained the Diocese of Glandèves) and Latin Catholic titular see in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. ...

(04076) # Le Fugeret (04090) # La Garde (04092) # Lambruisse (04099) # Méailles (04115) # Moriez (04133) # La Mure-Argens (04136) # La Palud-sur-Verdon (04144) # Peyroules (04148) # La Rochette (04170) # Rougon (04171) #

Saint-André-les-Alpes Saint-André-les-Alpes (; oc, Sant Andrieu) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department The following is a list of the 198 Communes ...

(04173) # Saint-Benoît (04174) # Saint-Jacques (04180) # Saint-Julien-du-Verdon (04183) #

Saint-Lions Saint-Lions is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Geography The river Asse de Clumanc flows south through the western part of the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Prove ...

(04187) # Saint-Pierre (04194) #

Sausses Sausses (; oc, Saussas) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department The following is a list of the 198 Communes of France, commune ...

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Senez Senez is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Ecclesiastical history Marcellus I, the first known bishop of Senez, attended the Council of Agde in 506 CE; nevertheless, Senez must have been an episcopal ...

(04204) # Soleilhas (04210) #

Tartonne Tartonne (; oc, Tartona) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. The name of the inhabitants is ''Tartonnais''. Geography Site and climate The village of Tartonne is located bottom of Valley, altitud ...

(04214) # Thorame-Basse (04218) # Thorame-Haute (04219) # Ubraye (04224) #

Val-de-Chalvagne Val-de-Chalvagne (, literally ''Vale of Chalvagne''; oc, Vau de Chalvanha) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. It was established in 1974 by the merger of the former communes Castellet-Saint-Cassien, ...

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Vergons Vergons is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department The following is a list of the 198 Communes of France, communes of the Alpes-de ...

(04236) # Villars-Colmars (04240)

History

The arrondissement of Castellane was created in 1800, it was disbanded in 1926 and it was restored in 1942.Historique des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, it gained nine communes from the arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's departments and arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, ...

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 Castellane were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
INSEE # Allos-Colmars #

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