The arrondissement of Privas is an arrondissement of France in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 66 communes. Its population is 86,154 (2021), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Privas are:
Ajoux Alba-la-Romaine Alissas Aubignas Baix Beauchastel Beauvène Bidon Bourg-Saint-Andéol Chalencon Châteauneuf-de-Vernoux Chomérac Coux Creysseilles Cruas Dunière-sur-Eyrieux Flaviac Freyssenet Gilhac-et-Bruzac Gluiras Gourdon Gras Larnas Lyas Marcols-les-Eaux Meysse Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux Pourchères Le Pouzin Pranles Privas Rochemaure Rochessauve Rompon Saint-Apollinaire-de-Rias Saint-Bauzile Saint-Cierge-la-Serre Saint-Étienne-de-Serre Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux Saint-Jean-Chambre Saint-Julien-du-Gua Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban Saint-Julien-le-Roux Saint-Just-d'Ardèche Saint-Lager-Bressac Saint-Laurent-du-Pape Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche Saint-Martin-sur-Lavezon Saint-Maurice-en-Chalencon Saint-Michel-de-Chabrillanoux Saint-Montan Saint-Pierre-la-Roche Saint-Priest Saint-Sauveur-de-Montagut Saint-Symphorien-sous-Chomérac Saint-Thomé Saint-Vincent-de-Barrès Saint-Vincent-de-Durfort Silhac Le Teil Valvignères Vernoux-en-Vivarais Veyras Viviers La Voulte-sur-Rhône
History
The arrondissement of Privas was created in 1800.Historique de l'Ardèche In 2007 it lost the four cantons of Antraigues-sur-Volane, Aubenas, Vals-les-Bains and Villeneuve-de-Berg to the arrondissement of Largentière. At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Ardèche, it gained eight communes from the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône and it lost five communes to the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône and two communes to the arrondissement of Largentière.
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Privas were, as of January 2015:
Bourg-Saint-Andéol Chomérac Privas Rochemaure Saint-Pierreville Viviers La Voulte-sur-Rhône
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