Arrondissement of Gap

The arrondissement of Gap is an arrondissement of France, in the Hautes-Alpes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and prefecture, is the city of Gap, the largest city in the department.
History.
When the Hautes-Alpes department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Gap was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Gap is in the southern half of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east and south by the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, to the west by the Drôme department, to the north by the Isère department and to the northeast by the Briançon "arrondissement".
The "arrondissement" of Gap is the largest of the two "arrondissements" of the department both in area, , and population (104,131 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".
There are 11 cantons in the "arrondissement" of Gap and all have their communes in the "arrondissement":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Gap has 130 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: