What is Arrondissement of Barcelonnette?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Barcelonnette | INSEE=041 | nbcomm=14 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Barcelonnette]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1027.7 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Barcelonnette 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Barcelonnette''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Barcelonnette]]. ==History== When the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Barcelonnette was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/04his.html |title=Historique des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |work=Le SPLAF |language=fr |access-date=19 September 2016 }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Barcelonnette is in the northeast of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. It is bordered to the northeast by [[Italy]], to the southeast by the [[Alpes-Maritimes]] department, to the south by the [[Arrondissement of Castellane|Castellane]] and [[Arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains|Digne-les-Baines]] ''arrondissements'' and to the west and north by the [[Hautes-Alpes]] department. The ''arrondissement'' of Barcelonnette is the smallest ''arrondissement'' of the department both in area, {{Convert|1027.7|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and population (8,004 inhabitants). ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028658214 |title= Décret n° 2014-226 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence |