Arrondissement in Martinique, 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]
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France, and their INSEE codes , are:[ 2]
Fort-de-France (97209)
Le Lamentin (97213)
Saint-Joseph (97224)
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]
References
14°36′28″N 61°04′19″W / 14.60778°N 61.07194°W / 14.60778; -61.07194