What is Arrondissement of Briançon?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Briançon | INSEE=051 | nbcomm=36 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Briançon]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=2138.1 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Briançon 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Briançon''' is a [[France|French]] [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] in the [[Hautes-Alpes]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Briançon]]. ==History== When the Hautes-Alpes department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Briançon 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=19 September 2016 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Briançon is the most northern of the Hautes-Alpes department. It is bordered to the east by the [[Piedmont]] [[Regions of Italy|region]] ([[Italy]]), to the southeast by the [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] department, to the south by the [[Arrondissement of Gap|Gap]] ''arrondissement'', to the west by the [[Drôme]] department and to the north by the [[Savoie]] department. The ''arrondissement'' of Briançon is the smallest of the two ''arrondissements'' of the department both in area, {{Convert|2138.1|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and population (35,752 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 |accessdate=27 Sep