Arrondissement of Grasse
# Arrondissement of Grasse

The arrondissement of Grasse is an arrondissement of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. It has 62 communes. Its population is 561,067 (2016), and its area is 1,231.2 $km^2$ (475.4 sq mi).

## Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Grasse, and their INSEE codes, are:

* Aiglun (06001)
* Amirat (06002)
* Andon (06003)
* Antibes (06004)
* Auribeau-sur-Siagne (06007)
* Le Bar-sur-Loup (06010)
* Bézaudun-les-Alpes (06017)
* Biot (06018)
* Bouyon (06022)
* Briançonnet (06024)
* Le Broc (06025)
* Cabris (06026)
* Cagnes-sur-Mer (06027)
* Caille (06028)
* Cannes (06029)
* Le Cannet (06030)
* Carros (06033)
* Caussols (06037)
* Châteauneuf-Grasse (06038)
* Cipières (06041)
* La Colle-sur-Loup (06044)
* Collongues (06045)
* Conségudes (06047)
* Courmes (06049)
* Coursegoules (06050)
* Escragnolles (06058)
* Les Ferres (06061)
* Gars (06063)
* Gattières (06064)
* La Gaude (06065)
* Gourdon (06068)
* Grasse (06069)
* Gréolières (06070)
* Mandelieu-la-Napoule (06079)
* Le Mas (06081)
* Mouans-Sartoux (06084)
* Mougins (06085)
* Les Mujouls (06087)
* Opio (06089)
* Pégomas (06090)
* Peymeinade (06095)
* La Roque-en-Provence (06107)
* Roquefort-les-Pins (06105)
* La Roquette-sur-Siagne (06108)
* Le Rouret (06112)
* Saint-Auban (06116)
* Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne (06118)
* Saint-Jeannet (06122)
* Saint-Laurent-du-Var (06123)
* Saint-Paul (06128)
* Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey (06130)
* Sallagriffon (06131)
* Séranon (06134)
* Spéracèdes (06137)
* Théoule-sur-Mer (06138)
* Le Tignet (06140)
* Tourrettes-sur-Loup (06148)
* Valbonne (06152)
* Valderoure (06154)
* Vallauris (06155)
* Vence (06157)
* Villeneuve-Loubet (06161)

## History

The arrondissement of Grasse was created in 1800 as part of the department Var. In 1860 it became part of the department Alpes-Maritimes.

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 Grasse were, as of January 2015:

* Antibes-Biot
* Antibes-Centre
* Le Bar-sur-Loup
* Cagnes-sur-Mer-Centre
* Cagnes-sur-Mer-Ouest
* Cannes-Centre
* Cannes-Est
* Le Cannet
* Carros
* Coursegoules
* Grasse-Nord
* Grasse-Sud
* Mandelieu-Cannes-Ouest
* Mougins
* Saint-Auban
* Saint-Laurent-du-Var-Cagnes-sur-Mer-Est
* Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey
* Vallauris-Antibes-Ouest
* Vence
