[2] Its population is 289,693 (2021), and its area is 617.1 km2 (238.3 sq mi).

[4] In 1993 it lost the two cantons of Roissy-en-Brie and Pontault-Combault to the new arrondissement of Noisiel (since 1994 Torcy).

[5][6] In 2006 it lost the canton of Rozay-en-Brie to the arrondissement of Provins.

[7] 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 Melun were, as of January 2015:[8]