Fort-de-France 1st Canton
Fort-de-France 1st Canton is a former canton in the Arrondissement of Fort-de-France on Martinique. It had 7,036 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 972 Martinique
INSEE It was disbanded in 2015. The canton comprised part of the commune of

Cantons Of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency, constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments (Departmental council (France), departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. As of 2015, there were 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of Communes of France, communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in mo ...
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Arrondissement Of Fort-de-France
The arrondissement of Fort-de-France (french: arrondissement de Fort-de-France, link=no) is an arrondissement in the French overseas region and department of Martinique. It has four communes. Its population is 157,449 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France, and their INSEE codes, are: # Fort-de-France (97209) # Le Lamentin (97213) # Saint-Joseph (97224) # Schœlcher (97229) History At the creation of the department of Martinique in 1947, its only arrondissement was Fort-de-France. It lost 10 communes to the new arrondissement of La Trinité in 1965, 12 communes to the new arrondissement of Le Marin in 1974, and eight communes to the new arrondissement of Saint-Pierre in 1995. Before 2015, the arrondissements of Martinique were subdivided into cantons. The cantons of the arrondissement of Fort-de-France were, as of January 2015:
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Martinique
Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It has a land area of and a population of 364,508 inhabitants as of January 2019.Populations légales 2019: 972 Martinique
INSEE One of the , it is directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of

Institut National De La Statistique Et Des études économiques
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (french: link=no, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques), abbreviated INSEE or Insee ( , ), is the national statistics bureau of France. It collects and publishes information about the French economy and people and carries out the periodic national census. Headquartered in Montrouge, a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, it is the French branch of Eurostat. The INSEE was created in 1946 as a successor to the Vichy regime's National Statistics Service (SNS). It works in close cooperation with the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED). Purpose The INSEE is responsible for the production and analysis of official statistics in France. Its best known responsibilities include: * Organising and publishing the national census. * Producing various indices – which are widely recognised as being of excellent quality – including an inflation index used for determining the rates o ...
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Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ...
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Fort-de-France
Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the Caribbean. History In 1638, Jacques Dyel du Parquet (1606–1658), nephew of Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc and first governor of Martinique, decided to have Fort Saint Louis built to protect the city against enemy attacks. The fort was soon destroyed, and rebuilt in 1669, when Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV appointed the Marquis of Baas as governor general. Under his orders and those of his successors, particularly the Charles de Courbon de Blénac, Count of Blénac, the fort was built with a Vauban design. Originally named Fort-Royal, the administrative capital of Martinique was over-shadowed by Saint-Pierre, Martinique, Saint-Pierre, the oldest city in the island, which was renowned for its commercial and cultural vibrancy as "The Paris of ...
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Cantons Of Martinique
The following is a list of the 45 former cantons of the Martinique department, an overseas department of France, sorted by arrondissement. The cantons were abolished in 2015, when the Assembly of Martinique replaced the General Council of Martinique and the Regional Council of Martinique. Arrondissement of Fort-de-France (16 cantons) * Fort-de-France 1st Canton * Fort-de-France 2nd Canton * Fort-de-France 3rd Canton * Fort-de-France 4th Canton * Fort-de-France 5th Canton * Fort-de-France 6th Canton * Fort-de-France 7th Canton * Fort-de-France 8th Canton * Fort-de-France 9th Canton * Fort-de-France 10th Canton * Le Lamentin 1st Canton Sud-Bourg * Le Lamentin 2nd Canton Nord * Le Lamentin 3rd Canton Est * Saint-Joseph * Schœlcher 1st Canton * Schœlcher 2nd Canton Arrondissement of La Trinité (11 cantons) * L'Ajoupa-Bouillon * Basse-Pointe * Gros-Morne * Le Lorrain * Macouba * Le Marigot * Le Robert 1st Canton Sud * Le Robert 2nd Canton Nord * Sainte-Marie ...
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