What is Arrondissement of Castellane?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Castellane | INSEE=042 | nbcomm=41 | prefecture=n | seat=[[Castellane]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1718.1 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Castellane 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur }} The '''arrondissement of Castellane''' 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 [[Castellane]]. ==History== When the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Castellane 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=French |accessdate=19 September 2016 |date= }}</ref> The ''arrondissement'' was eliminated in 1926, but became again an ''arrondissement'' in 1952.<ref name=splaf /> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Castellane is in eastern Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. It is bordered to the north by the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Barcelonnette|Barcelonnette]], to the east by the [[Alpes-Maritimes]] department, to the south by the [[Var (department)|Var]] department and to the west by the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Digne-les-Bains|Digne-les-Bains]]. The ''arrondissement'' of Castellane is the second smallest ''arrondissement'' of the department, after the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Barcelonnette|Barcelonnette]], both in area, {{Convert|1320.4|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and population (9,493 inhabitants). ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.