Arrondissement of Sens

The arrondissement of Sens is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Yonne "département" in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Sens.
History.
When the Yonne was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Sens was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Sens is bordered to the northeast and east by the Aube (Champagne-Ardenne) department, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Auxerre, to the west by the Loiret (Centre-Val de Loire) department and to the northwest by the Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France) department.
It is the northernmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the smallest in area of the department. It has 114,298 inhabitants and its population 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 Sens, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement". The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Sens has 118 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: