When the Isère department was created in 1790, the arrondissement of Grenoble was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
The arrondissement of Grenoble is bordered to the north and northeast by the Savoie department, to the east and southeast by the Hautes-Alpes department, to the south and west by the Drôme department, and to the northwest by the arrondissements of Vienne and La Tour-du-Pin.
It is in the southern half of the department and is the largest arrondissement with an area of 4,714.7 km2 (1,820.4 sq mi),[3] and the one with more people living in it with 758,956 inhabitants and a density of 161.0 inhabitants/km².[4]
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Grenoble there are 19 cantons:
↑"Arrondissement de Grenoble (381)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 October 2017.