Arrondissement of Fort-de-France


The arrondissement of Fort-de-France (French: arrondissement de Fort-de-France) is an arrondissement of France in the Martinique department in the Martinique region. It has four communes.[1] Its population is 157,449 (2016), and its area is 171.0 km2 (66.0 sq mi).[2]

Fort-de-France
Location within the region Martinique
CountryFrance
Overseas region
and department
Martinique
No. of communes4
PrefectureFort-de-France
Area
  Total171.0 km2 (66.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
  Total157,449
  Density921/km2 (2,390/sq mi)
INSEE code9721

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France, and their INSEE codes, are:[1]

  1. Fort-de-France (97209)
  2. Le Lamentin (97213)
  3. Saint-Joseph (97224)
  4. Schœlcher (97229)

History

At the creation of the department of Martinique in 1947, its only arrondissement was Fort-de-France.[3] It lost 10 communes to the new arrondissement of La Trinité in 1965,[4] 12 communes to the new arrondissement of Le Marin in 1974,[5] and eight communes to the new arrondissement of Saint-Pierre in 1995.[6]

Before 2015, the arrondissements of Martinique were subdivided into cantons. The cantons of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France were, as of January 2015:[7]

References

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