Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre

The arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées "département" in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Bagnères-de-Bigorre.
History.
When the "arrondissements" were created in 1800, Bagnères-de-Bigorre was one of them in the Hautes-Pyrénées department.
Geography.
It is the largest of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , but the second in population with 46,384 inhabitants; its population density is of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Bagnères-de-Bigorre is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Tarbes, to the east by the Haute-Garonne department, to the south by Spain and to west by the "arrondissement" of Argelès-Gazost.
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".
In the "arrondissement" of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, there is only 1 canton with all its "communes" in the "arrondissement", the canton of Neste, Aure et Louron with 62 "communes". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Bagnères-de-Bigorre has 171 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: