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.

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:

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

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

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

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 13055 andfrom 13201 to 13216  Marseille  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

References

Marseille