Arrondissements of the Seine-Saint-Denis department

The 3 arrondissements of the Seine-Saint-Denis department are:
 * 1) Arrondissement of Bobigny, (prefecture of the Seine-Saint-Denis département: Bobigny) with 9 communes.  The population of the arrondissement was 415,958 in 2016.
 * 2) Arrondissement of Le Raincy, (subprefecture: Le Raincy) with 22 communes.  The population of the arrondissement was 755,392 in 2016.
 * 3) Arrondissement of Saint-Denis, (subprefecture: Saint-Denis) with 9 communes.  The population of the arrondissement was 435,310 in 2016.

History
In 1800 the arrondissement of Saint-Denis was established as part of the department Seine. In 1962 the arrondissement of Saint-Denis was disbanded, and the arrondissement of Le Raincy was created as part of the department Seine-et-Oise. The arrondissement of Bobigny was created in 1964 as part of the department Seine. In 1968 the department Seine-Saint-Denis was created from parts of the former departments Seine and Seine-et-Oise, and the arrondissements of Bobigny and Le Raincy became part of it. The arrondissement of Saint-Denis was recreated in February 1993 from part of the arrondissement of Bobigny.

In January 2017 six communes passed from the arrondissement of Bobigny to the arrondissement of Le Raincy.