The arrondissement of Draguignan is an arrondissement of France, in the Var department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Its capital is the city of Draguignan.
Draguignan | |
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Country | France |
Region | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Department | Var |
No. of communes | 54 |
Subprefecture | Draguignan |
Area | 2,220.8 km2 (857.5 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019) | 310,401 |
INSEE code | 831 |
When the Var department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Draguignan was part of that original department.
The arrondissement of Draguignan is the most eastern of the arrondissements of the Var department. It is bordered to the north by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the east by the Alpes-Maritimes department, to the south by the Toulon arrondissement and to the west by the Brignoles arrondissement.
The arrondissement of Draguignan is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, 2,416.5 km2 (933.0 sq mi), but the second in population (321,569 inhabitants).
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are 9 cantons in the arrondissement of Draguignan and 3 of them do not have all their communes in the arrondissement:
The arrondissement of Draguignan has 54 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
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83061 | Fréjus | 53,511 | Fréjus and Saint-Raphaël | Communauté d'agglomération Var Estérel Méditerranée |
83050 | Draguignan | 40,054 | Draguignan | Communauté d'agglomération Dracénoise |
83118 | Saint-Raphaël | 34,567 | Saint-Raphaël | Communauté d'agglomération Var Estérel Méditerranée |
83115 | Sainte-Maxime | 14,018 | Sainte-Maxime | Le Golfe de Saint-Tropez |
83042 | Cogolin | 12,517 | Sainte-Maxime | Le Golfe de Saint-Tropez |
83107 | Roquebrune-sur-Argens | 12,344 | Roquebrune-sur-Argens | Communauté d'agglomération Var Estérel Méditerranée |
83148 | Vidauban | 11,152 | Vidauban | Communauté d'agglomération Dracénoise |
83086 | Le Muy | 9,389 | Vidauban | Communauté d'agglomération Dracénoise |
83072 | Lorgues | 9,116 | Vidauban | Communauté d'agglomération Dracénoise |
83099 | Puget-sur-Argens | 7,322 | Roquebrune-sur-Argens | Communauté d'agglomération Var Estérel Méditerranée |
43°32′00″N 6°28′00″E / 43.5333°N 6.4667°E
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