Arrondissements of the Ardèche department

Arrondissement of Largentière in green, Privas in brown, Tournon-sur-Rhône in blue

There are 3 arrondissements in the Ardèche department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of the Ardèche are:

Arrondissements of the Ardèche

INSEE code	Arrondissement	Capital	Population (2014)	Area (km²)	Density (Inh./km²)	Communes
071	Largentière	Largentière	98,821	2,511.3	39.4	153
072	Privas	Privas	87,774	1,159.4	75.7	66
073	Tournon-sur-Rhône	Tournon-sur-Rhône	135,786	1,858.0	73.1	120

History

Since its creation, the Ardèche department has had few changes:

• 1790 : creation of the department with seven districts: Annonay, Aubenas, L'Argentière, Privas, Tournon, Vernoux and Villeneuve-de-Berg; the capital was Privas alternating with Annonay, Aubenas, Le Bourg(-Saint-Andéol) and Tournon. In August of that year, the number of districts was reduced to three: Mézenc, Aubenas and Tanargue. In September, Privas became the only capital of the department.
• 1800 : creation of three arrondissements: Privas, L'Argentière and Tournon.
• 1988 : Tournon changed its name to Tournon-sur-Rhône.

Related pages

• Arrondissement of Largentière
• Arrondissement of Privas
• Arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône
• List of arrondissements of France