Arrondissement of Marseille

The arrondissement of Marseille is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Marseille. History When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Marseille was part of that original department. Geography The arrondissement of Marseille is in the southeast of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north and west by the Aix-en-Provence arrondissement, to the east by the Var department and to the south by the Mediterranean Sea. The arrondissement of Marseille is the second smallest arrondissement in area of the department but the one with more people living in it. It has an area of 671.6 km2 (259.3 sq mi) and a population of 1,058,615 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 15 cantons in the arrondissement of Marseille and all of them have all their communes' in the arrondissement: Communes The arrondissement of Marseille has 37 communes, including 16 subdivisions ("municipal arrondissements") of the city of Marseille; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are: Related pages Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department List of arrondissements of France References