Arrondissement of Fort-de-France

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The arrondissement of Fort-de-France (Template:Langx) is an arrondissement in the French overseas region and department of Martinique. It has four communes.[1] Its population is 150,038 (2021), and its area is Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]

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]

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