Arrondissement of Le Marin explained

Type:	arr
Le Marin
Insee:	9723
Nbcomm:	12
Prefecture:	n
Seat:	Le Marin
Area:	409.1

The arrondissement of Le Marin (French: arrondissement du Marin) is an arrondissement in the French overseas region of Martinique. It has 12 communes. Its population is 117,168 (2016), and its area is 409.1km2.^[1]

Composition

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

1. Les Anses-d'Arlet (97202)
2. Le Diamant (97206)
3. Ducos (97207)
4. Le François (97210)
5. Le Marin (97217)
6. Rivière-Pilote (97220)
7. Rivière-Salée (97221)
8. Sainte-Anne (97226)
9. Sainte-Luce (97227)
10. Saint-Esprit (97223)
11. Les Trois-Îlets (97231)
12. Le Vauclin (97232)

History

The arrondissement of Le Marin, containing 12 communes that were previously part of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France, was created in 1974.^[3]

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

1. Les Anses-d'Arlet
2. Le Diamant
3. Ducos
4. Le François 1st Canton Nord
5. Le François 2nd Canton Sud
6. Le Marin
7. Rivière-Pilote
8. Rivière-Salée
9. Sainte-Anne
10. Sainte-Luce
11. Saint-Esprit
12. Les Trois-Îlets
13. Le Vauclin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-06. INSEE.
2. Web site: Arrondissement du Marin (9723). 2019-10-06. INSEE.
3. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000000703305&pageCourante=04515 Décret n°74-329 du 26 avril 1974
4. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep972.pdf Populations légales 2012: 972 Martinique