Arrondissement of La Trinité explained

Type:	arr
La Trinité
Insee:	9722
Nbcomm:	10
Prefecture:	n
Seat:	La Trinité
Area:	337.6

The arrondissement of La Trinité (French: arrondissement de La Trinité) is an arrondissement in the French overseas region and department of Martinique. It has 10 communes. Its population is 78,937 (2016), and its area is 337.6km2.^[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of La Trinité, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. L'Ajoupa-Bouillon (97201)
2. Basse-Pointe (97203)
3. Grand'Rivière (97211)
4. Gros-Morne (97212)
5. Le Lorrain (97214)
6. Macouba (97215)
7. Le Marigot (97216)
8. Le Robert (97222)
9. Sainte-Marie (97228)
10. La Trinité (97230)

History

The arrondissement of La Trinité, containing 10 communes that were previously part of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France, was created in 1965.^[3]

Before 2015, the arrondissements of Martinique were subdivided into cantons. The cantons of the arrondissement of La Trinité were, as of January 2015:^[4]

1. L'Ajoupa-Bouillon
2. Basse-Pointe
3. Gros-Morne
4. Le Lorrain
5. Macouba
6. Le Marigot
7. Le Robert 1st Canton Sud
8. Le Robert 2nd Canton Nord
9. Sainte-Marie 1st Canton Nord
10. Sainte-Marie 2nd Canton Sud
11. La Trinité

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-06. INSEE.
2. Web site: Arrondissement de la Trinité (9722). 2019-10-06. INSEE.
3. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000000849732&pageCourante=08308 Décret n°65-790 du 15 septembre 1965
4. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep972.pdf Populations légales 2012: 972 Martinique