Arrondissement of Avignon

The arrondissement of Avignon is an arrondissement of France, in the Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital is the city of Avignon.
History.
When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the "arrondissement" of Avignon was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Avignon is in the northwest of the Vaucluse department. It includes the exclave of Valreás that is to the north of the department surrounded by the Drôme department.
It has the Carpentras "arrondissement" to the east, the Apt "arrondissement" to the southeast, the Bouches-du-Rhône department to the south, the Gard department to the west, the Ardèche department to the northwest and the Drôme department to the north.
The "arrondissement" of Avignon is the smallest "arrondissement" of the department in area, , but the one with more people living in it (296,303 inhabitants) and 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 Avignon, the Cheval-Blanc, 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 Avignon are:
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: