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  and a population of 1,058,615 inhabitants.

### 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:

1. Allauch <small>(1303)</small>
1. Aubagne <small>(1305)</small>
1. La Ciotat <small>(1308)</small>
1. Marseille-1 <small>(1312)</small>
1. Marseille-2 <small>(1313)</small>
1. Marseille-3 <small>(1314)</small>
1. Marseille-4 <small>(1315)</small>
1. Marseille-5 <small>(1316)</small>
1. Marseille-6 <small>(1317)</small>
1. Marseille-7 <small>(1318)</small>
1. Marseille-8 <small>(1319)</small>
1. Marseille-9 <small>(1320)</small>
1. Marseille-10 <small>(1321)</small>
1. Marseille-11 <small>(1322)</small>
1. Marseille-12 <small>(1323)</small>

### 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

1. Allauch <small>(13002)</small>
1. Aubagne <small>(13005)</small>
1. Auriol <small>(13007)</small>
1. Belcodène <small>(13013)</small>
1. La Bouilladisse <small>(13016)</small>
1. Cadolive <small>(13020)</small>
1. Cassis <small>(13022)</small>
1. Ceyreste <small>(13023)</small>
1. La Ciotat <small>(13028)</small>
1. Cuges-les-Pins <small>(13030)</small>
1. La Destrousse <small>(13031)</small>
1. Gémenos <small>(13042)</small>
1. Gréasque <small>(13046)</small>
1. Marseille <small>(13055)</small>
1. La Penne-sur-Huveaune <small>(13070)</small>
1. Peypin <small>(13073)</small>
1. Plan-de-Cuques <small>(13075)</small>
1. Roquefort-la-Bédoule <small>(13085)</small>
1. Roquevaire <small>(13086)</small>
1. Saint-Savournin <small>(13101)</small>
1. Carnoux-en-Provence <small>(13119)</small>
1. Marseille 1er Arrondissement <small>(13201)</small>
1. Marseille 2e Arrondissement <small>(13202)</small>
1. Marseille 3e Arrondissement <small>(13203)</small>
1. Marseille 4e Arrondissement <small>(13204)</small>
1. Marseille 5e Arrondissement <small>(13205)</small>
1. Marseille 6e Arrondissement <small>(13206)</small>
1. Marseille 7e Arrondissement <small>(13207)</small>
1. Marseille 8e Arrondissement <small>(13208)</small>
1. Marseille 9e Arrondissement <small>(13209)</small>
1. Marseille 10e Arrondissement <small>(13210)</small>
1. Marseille 11e Arrondissement <small>(13211)</small>
1. Marseille 12e Arrondissement <small>(13212)</small>
1. Marseille 13e Arrondissement <small>(13213)</small>
1. Marseille 14e Arrondissement <small>(13214)</small>
1. Marseille 15e Arrondissement <small>(13215)</small>
1. Marseille 16e Arrondissement <small>(13216) </small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13055 and from 13201 to 13216 || Marseille || align="right" | 858,120 || (capital of 12 cantons) || Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|||||
|13005|Aubagne|45,128|Aubagne|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13028|La Ciotat|35,631|La Ciotat|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13002|Allauch|21,481|Allauch|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13007|Auriol|11,377|Allauch|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13075|Plan-de-Cuques|10,518|Allauch|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13086|Roquevaire|8,857|Aubagne|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13022|Cassis|7,333|La Ciotat|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13119|Carnoux-en-Provence|6,684|La Ciotat|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|
|13070|La Penne-sur-Huveaune|6,338|Aubagne|Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Bouches-du-Rhône department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Marseille
- **insee**: 133
- **nbcomm**: 21
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Marseille
- **area**: 683.2
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Marseille 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur