What is Arrondissement of Tarbes?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Tarbes | INSEE=653 | nbcomm=212 | prefecture=y | seat=[[Tarbes]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1380.4 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Tarbes 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Occitanie }} The '''arrondissement of Tarbes''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France. It is part of the [[Hautes-Pyrénées]] ''[[Departments of France|department]]'' in the [[Occitanie]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]], and of the department, is the city of [[Tarbes]]. ==History== When the Hautes-Pyrénées department was created on 17 February 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Tarbes was part of that original department and was made the [[Capital (city)|capital]] ([[Prefectures in France|préfecture]]) of it.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/65his.html |title=Historique des Hautes-Pyrénées |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=7 November 2013 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== It is the most northern of the ''arrondissements'' of the department, with an area of {{Convert|1488.1|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=off }},<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=DEP-65+ARR-653 |title=Département des Hautes-Pyrénées (65) |work= Comparateur de territoire |publisher=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE |format= |language=French |accessdate=17 February 2017|date= }}</ref> the second in area of the department. It is the most populated ''arrondissement'' with 143,753 inhabitants and a [[population density]] of {{Pop density|143753|1488.1|km2|prec=1|disp=num}} inhabitants/km².<ref name=insee>{{cite web |url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2525755/dep65.pdf |title=Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes |work= Populations légales 2014 |pub