Arrondissement of Pau

The arrondissement of Pau is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques "département". Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Pau.
It is the northernmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the second in area of the department. It is the most populated "arrondissement" with 305,089 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
History.
When the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, as "Basses-Pyrénées", department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Pau was part of that original department.
Geography.
The arrondissement of Pau is bordered to the north by the Landes and Gers departments, to the east by the Hautes-Pyrénées department, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and to the west by the arrondissement of Bayonne.
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".
The cantons of the "arrondissement" of Pau are:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Pau has 269 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: