Arrondissement of Fort-de-France

The arrondissement of Fort-de-France (French: arrondissement de Fort-de-France) is an arrondissement in the French overseas region and department of Martinique. It has four communes.[2] Its population is 157,449 (2016), and its area is 171.0 km2 (66.0 sq mi).[3]

Fort-de-France
Arrondissement
Location within the region Martinique
Location within the region Martinique
CountryFrance
Overseas region
and department		Martinique
No. of communes4
PrefectureFort-de-France
Area
171.0 km2 (66.0 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2020)[1]
150,518
 • Density880/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
INSEE code9721

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  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.[4] It lost 10 communes to the new arrondissement of La Trinité in 1965,[5] 12 communes to the new arrondissement of Le Marin in 1974,[6] and eight communes to the new arrondissement of Saint-Pierre in 1995.[7]

Before 2015, the arrondissements of Martinique were subdivided into cantons. The cantons of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France were, as of January 2015:[8]

  1. Fort-de-France 1st Canton
  2. Fort-de-France 2nd Canton
  3. Fort-de-France 3rd Canton
  4. Fort-de-France 4th Canton
  5. Fort-de-France 5th Canton
  6. Fort-de-France 6th Canton
  7. Fort-de-France 7th Canton
  8. Fort-de-France 8th Canton
  9. Fort-de-France 9th Canton
  10. Fort-de-France 10th Canton
  11. Le Lamentin 1st Canton Sud-Bourg
  12. Le Lamentin 2nd Canton Nord
  13. Le Lamentin 3rd Canton Est
  14. Saint-Joseph
  15. Schœlcher 1st Canton
  16. Schœlcher 2nd Canton

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
  2. "Arrondissement de Fort-de-France (9721)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  3. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
  4. Décret n° 47-1018 du 7 juin 1947 relatif à l'organisation départementale et à l'institution préfectorale dans les départements de la Guadeloupe, de la Guyane française, de la Martinique et de la Réunion
  5. Décret n°65-790 du 15 septembre 1965
  6. Décret n°74-329 du 26 avril 1974
  7. Décret no 95-725 du 9 mai 1995
  8. Populations légales 2012: 972 Martinique, INSEE

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