What is Arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Aix-en-Provence | INSEE=131 | nbcomm=48 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Aix-en-Provence]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1657.5 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Aix-en-Provence 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Aix-en-Provence]]. ==History== When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Aix-en-Provence was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/13his.html |title=Historique des Bouches-du-Rhône |work=Le SPLAF |language=fr |access-date=5 January 2017 }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Aix-en-Provence is in the northeast of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north by the [[Vaucluse]] department, to the east by the [[Var (department)|Var]] department, to the southeast by the [[Arrondissement of Marseille|Marseille]] ''arrondissement'', to the southwest by the [[Arrondissement of Istres|Istres]] ''arrondissement'' and to the northwest by the [[Arrondissement of Arles|Arles]] ''arrondissement''. The ''arrondissement'' of Aix-en-Provence is the second largest ''arrondissement'' of the department both in area, {{Convert|1532.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and population (429,436 inhabitants). ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028664760 |title=Décret n° 2014-271 du 27 févrie