Arrondissement of Tarbes

The arrondissement of Tarbes is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées "department" in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and of the department, is the city of Tarbes.
History.
When the Hautes-Pyrénées department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Tarbes 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 , the second in area of the department. It is the most populated "arrondissement" with 143,753 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Tarbes is bordered to the north by the Gers department, to the east by the Haute-Garonne department, to the south "arrondissement" of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, to the southwest by the "arrondissement" of Argelès-Gazost and to west by the Pyrénées-Atlantiques 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 Tarbes, there are 10 cantons with all its "communes" in the "arrondissement". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Tarbes has 212 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: