[2] Its population is 185,012 (2021), and its area is 854.3 km2 (329.8 sq mi).

[3] The communes of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre, and their INSEE codes, are:[2] The arrondissement of Basse-Terre was established in 1947.

[4] The arrondissement of Saint-Martin-Saint-Barthélemy, containing the communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, was created in 1963 from part of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre.

[5] As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements.

The cantons of the arrondissement of Basse-Terre were, as of January 2015:[6]