Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

The arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Savoie "département", Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.
History.
When the Savoie department was created in 1860, the "arrondissement" of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Albertville, to the east by Italy, to the south by the Hautes-Alpes department, to the west by the Isère department and to the northwest by the "arrondissement" of Chambéry.
It is the most southern of the "arrondissements" of the department and is the second largest "arrondissement" with an area of , but the one with fewest people living in it with 43,438 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
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 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, there are only 3 cantons:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne has 56 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: