Arrondissement of Marseille

The arrondissement of Marseille is an arrondissement of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Marseille.
History.
When the Bouches-du-Rhône department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Marseille was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Marseille is in the southeast of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. It is bordered to the north and west by the Aix-en-Provence "arrondissement", to the east by the Var department and to the south by the Mediterranean Sea.
The "arrondissement" of Marseille is the second smallest "arrondissement" in area of the department but the one with more people living in it. It has an area of and a population of 1,058,615 inhabitants.
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".
There are 15 cantons in the "arrondissement" of Marseille and all of them have all their "communes' in the "arrondissement:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Marseille has 37 "communes", including 16 subdivisions ("municipal arrondissements") of the city of Marseille; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: