What is Arrondissement of Laon?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Laon | INSEE=022 | nbcomm=240 | prefecture=y | seat=[[Laon]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=2175.3 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Laon.png | map_caption=Location within the region Hauts-de-France }} The '''arrondissement of Laon''' 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]], and the [[Prefectures in France|Prefecture]] of the department, is the city of [[Laon]]. ==History== When the Aisne department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Laon 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 Laon is the central ''arrondissement'' of the Aisne department. It is bordered to the northwest by the [[Arrondissement of Saint-Quentin|Saint-Quentin]] ''arrondissement'', to the northeast by the [[Arrondissement of Vervins|Vervins]] ''arrondissement'', to the east by the [[Ardennes (department)|Ardennes]] department, to the southeast by the [[Marne]] department, to the south by the [[Arrondissement of Soissons|Soissons]] ''arrondissement'', to the southwest by the [[Oise]] department and to the northwest by the [[Somme]] department. The ''arrondissement'' of Laon is the largest ''arrondissement'' of the department both in area, {{Convert|2461.3|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and in population (165,489 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 fév