What is Arrondissement of Carpentras?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Carpentras | INSEE=843 | nbcomm=77 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Carpentras]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1807.0 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Carpentras 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Carpentras''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Vaucluse]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Carpentras]]. ==History== When the Vaucluse department was created on 1793, the ''arrondissement'' of Carpentras was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/84his.html |title=Historique de Vaucluse |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=9 February 2017 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Carpentras is in the northeast of the Vaucluse department. It has the [[Drôme]] department to the north and east, the [[Arrondissement of Apt|Apt]] ''arrondissement'' to the south and the [[Arrondissement of Avignon|Avignon]] ''arrondissement'' to the southwest and west. The ''arrondissement'' of Carpentras is the second largest ''arrondissement'' of the department in area, {{Convert|1266.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and the second in population (129,623 inhabitants); it has a [[Population density|density]] of {{Pop density|129623|1266.4|km2|prec=1|disp=num}} inhabitants/km².<ref name=insee>{{cite web |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2525755/dep84.pdf |title=Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes |work= Populations légales 2014 |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |language=French |accessdate=9 February 2017|date= }}</ref> == Composition =