What is Arrondissement of Grasse?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Grasse | INSEE=061 | nbcomm=62 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Grasse]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1231.2 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Grasse 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Grasse''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Alpes-Maritimes]] [[Departments of France|department]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Grasse]]. ==History== When the Alpes-Maritimes department was created on 1793, Grasse was part of the [[Var (department)|Var]] department. It became an ''arrondissement'' of the Alpes-Maritimes department in 1860.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/06his.html |title=Historique des Alpes-Maritimes |work=Le SPLAF |language=French |accessdate=5 October 2016 |date= }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Grasse is the most southern of the Alpes-Maritimes department. It is bordered to the north by the [[Alpes-de-Haute-Provence]] department, to the east by the [[Arrondissement of Nice|Nice]] ''arrondissement'', to the south by the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and to the west by the [[Var (department)|Var]] department. The ''arrondissement'' of Grasse is the smallest in area of the two ''arrondissements'' of the department, {{Convert|1231.2|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, but the one with a higher population (560,045 inhabitants). ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028658238 |title= Décret n° 2014-227 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département des Alpes-Maritimes |publisher=Légifrance.gouv.fr |language=French |access