When the Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Épernay was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
The arrondissement of Épernay is in the southwest of the Marne department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Reims, to the east by the Châlons-en-Champagnearrondissement, to the southeast and south by the Aube department, to the southwest by the Seine-et-Marne department and to the west by the Aisne department.
The arrondissement of Épernay is the largest arrondissement of the department in area, 2,332.7 km2 (900.7 sq mi), but the second in population (109,771 inhabitants) with a population density of 47.1 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 Épernay, there are six cantons and only two of them have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:
↑"Arrondissement d'Épernay (512)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 12 July 2017.