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. Its population is 157,449 (2016), and its area is 171.0 km² (66.0 sq mi).

Composition

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

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

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

References

1. Cantons of the Martinique department
2. 5th arrondissement of Paris
3. Arrondissements of the Martinique department
4. Fort-de-France
5. Fort-de-France 8th Canton
6. Fort-de-France 5th Canton
7. Fort-de-France 7th Canton
8. Fort-de-France 10th Canton
9. Fort-de-France 3rd Canton
10. Fort-de-France 2nd Canton
11. Fort-de-France 6th Canton
12. Fort-de-France 1st Canton
13. Fort-de-France 9th Canton
14. Fort-de-France 4th Canton
15. Saint-Joseph, Martinique
16. Fort-Liberté Arrondissement
17. Fond-Zombi
18. Arrondissement of Dunkirk
19. Arrondissement of Saint-Pierre, Martinique
20. Canton of Saint-Joseph