Arrondissement of Alès

The arrondissement of Alès is an arrondissement of France, in the Gard department, Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Alès.
History.
When the Gard department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Alès, with the name of Alais, was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Alès is the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the Gard department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardèche department, to the east by the Nîmes "arrondissement", to the south by the Le Vigan "arrondissement" and to the west by the Lozère department.
The "arrondissement" of Alès is the smallest "arrondissement" of the department in area, , and the second in population (151,823 inhabitants).
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 Alès, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Cazères, Escalquens and Plaisance-du-Touch. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondiissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Alès has 101 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: