What is Arrondissement of Gap?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Gap | INSEE=052 | nbcomm=126 | prefecture=y | seat=[[Gap, Hautes-Alpes|Gap]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=3410.5 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Gap 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Gap''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Hautes-Alpes]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]], and [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]], is the city of [[Gap, Hautes-Alpes|Gap]], the largest city in the department. ==History== When the Hautes-Alpes department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Gap was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/05his.html |title=Historique des Hautes-Alpes |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=28 September 2016 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Gap is in the southern half of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east and south by the [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] department, to the west by the [[Drôme]] department, to the north by the [[Isère]] department and to the northeast by the [[Arrondissement of Briançon|Briançon]] ''arrondissement''. The ''arrondissement'' of Gap is the largest of the two ''arrondissements'' of the department both in area, {{Convert|3410.5|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and population (104,131 inhabitants). ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028638289 |title= Décret n° 2014-193 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Hautes-Alpes |publisher=Légifrance.gouv.fr |language=French