What is Arrondissement of Soissons?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Soissons | INSEE=024 | nbcomm=165 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Soissons]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1342.3 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Soissons.png | map_caption=Location within the region Hauts-de-France }} The '''arrondissement of Soissons''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Aisne]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Hauts-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Soissons]]. ==History== When the Aisne department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Soissons was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/02his.html |title=Historique de l'Aisne |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=1 November 2016 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Soissons is in the central part of the Aisne department. It is bordered to the north by the [[Arrondissement of Laon|Laon]] ''arrondissement'', to the east by the [[Marne]] department, to the south by the [[Arrondissement of Château-Thierry|Château-Thierry]] ''arrondissement'' and to the west by the [[Oise]] department. The ''arrondissement'' of Soissons has an area of {{Convert|1242.8|km2|sqmi|abbr=off}} and a population of 103,840 inhabitants. ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028652328 |title= Décret n° 2014-202 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Aisne |publisher=Légifrance.gouv.fr |language=French |accessdate=1 November 2016 |date= }}</ref> cantons are not subdivisions of the ''arrondissements'' so they could have ''communes'' that belong to different ''arrondissements''. The can