Arrondissement of Carpentras

The arrondissement of Carpentras is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Carpentras.
History.
When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the "arrondissement" of Carpentras was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Carpentras is in the northeast of the Vaucluse department. It has the Drôme department to the north and east, the Apt "arrondissement" to the south and the Avignon "arrondissement" to the southwest and west.
The "arrondissement" of Carpentras is the second largest "arrondissement" of the department in area, , and the second in population (129,623 inhabitants); it has a density of inhabitants/km².
Composition.
Cantons.
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".
In the "arrondissement" of Carpentras, the Le Pontet and Vaison-la-Romaine cantons do not have all their "communes" in the "arrondissement". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The communes of the arrondissement of Carpentras are:
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: