Arrondissement of Bayonne
The arrondissement of Bayonne (Basque: Baioniko barrutia) is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 122 communes.[2] Its population is 309,392 (2021), and its area is 2,267.7 km2 (875.6 sq mi).[3] CompositionThe communes of the arrondissement of Bayonne, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]
HistoryThe arrondissement of Bayonne was created in 1800.[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie.[5] As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Bayonne were, as of January 2015:[6]
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