Arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie

The arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques "département". Its capital is the city of Oloron-Sainte-Marie.
It is the largest and the southernmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , and a population of 74,614 inhabitants; its population density is of inhabitants/km².
History.
When the "arrondissements" were created on 17 February 1800, Oloron-Sainte-Marie was one of them in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.
Since 10 September 1926, some parts of the dissolved "arrondissements" Mauléon and Orthez were added to the "arrondissement" of Oloron-Sainte-Marie.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north and east by the "arrondissement" Pau, to the southeast by the Hautes-Pyrénées department, to the south by Spain, and to the west by the "arrondissement" Bayonne.
Composition.
Cantons.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the "arrondissements" so they could have "communes" that belong to different "arrondissements".
The cantons of the "arrondissement" of Oloron-Sainte-Marie are:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Oloron-Sainte-Marie has 155 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: