When the Haute-Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Chaumont was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
The arrondissement of Chaumont is in the centre of the Haute-Marne department. It is bordered to the north by the Saint-Dizierarrondissement, to the east by the Vosges department, to the south by the Langresarrondissement, to the southwest by the Côte-d'Or department and to the west by the Aube department.
The arrondissement of Chaumont is the largest arrondissement of the department, with an area 2,476.3 km2 (956.1 sq mi), but the second in population (64,970 inhabitants) with a population density of 26.2 inhabitants/km².[3]
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Chaumont, there are eight cantons and four of them do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:
↑"Arrondissement de Chaumont (521)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 10 July 2016.