What is Arrondissement of Marseille?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Marseille | INSEE=133 | nbcomm=21 | prefecture=y | seat=[[Marseille]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=683.2 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Marseille 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Marseille''' 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]], and the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the department, is the city of [[Marseille]]. ==History== When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Marseille 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=French |accessdate=5 January 2017 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Marseille is in the southeast of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north and west by the [[Arrondissement of Aix-en-Provence|Aix-en-Provence]] ''arrondissement'', to the east by the [[Var (department)|Var]] department and to the south by the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. The ''arrondissement'' of Marseille is the second smallest ''arrondissement'' in area of the department but the one with more people living in it. It has an area of {{Convert|671.6|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and a population of 1,058,615 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 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône |publisher=Légifran