Arrondissement of Toulouse

The arrondissement of Toulouse is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Garonne "département" in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Toulouse.
History.
When the Haute-Garonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Toulouse was part of that original department and was made the capital (préfecture) of it.
Geography.
It is the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of . It is the most populated "arrondissement" with 1,024,517 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km²
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the Tarn-et-Garonne department, to the northeast by the Tarn department, to the southeast by the Aude department, to the south by the Ariège department, to the southwest by the "arrondissement" of Muret and to the west by the Gers department.
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 Toulouse, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement", the cantons of Escalquens and Plaisance-du-Touch. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondiissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Toulouse has 226 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: