Arrondissement of Châteauroux
The arrondissement of Châteauroux is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Châteauroux.
 Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre |
| No. of communes | 84 |
| Prefecture | Châteauroux |
| Area | 2,621.9 km2 (1,012.3 sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 362 |
History
When the Indre department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Châteauroux was part of that original department.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Châteauroux is a central arrondissement in the Indre department. It is the largest arrondissement of the department both in area with 2,524.3 km2 (974.6 sq mi), and in population (126,428 inhabitants).
The lowest point in the arrondissement is 71 m (233 ft) high, in the "commune" of La Vernelle, and the highest is 276 m (906 ft) high, in the "commune" of Chavin.
It is bordered to the north by the Indre-et-Loire department, to the east by the arrondissement of Issoudun, to the southeast and south by the arrondissement of La Châtre, to the west by the arrondissement of Le Blanc and to the northwest by the Indre-et-Loire department.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[2] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE code |
Canton | Le Blanc | Châteauroux | La Châtre | Issoudun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3601 | Ardentes | 9 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 3602 | Argenton-sur-Creuse | 12 | 8 | 20 | ||
| 3604 | Buzançais | 20 | 20 | |||
| 3605 | Châteauroux-1 | 1 + part of Châteauroux | 1 + part of Châteauroux | |||
| 3606 | Châteauroux-2 | part of Châteauroux | part of Châteauroux | |||
| 3607 | Châteauroux-3 | part of Châteauroux | part of Châteauroux | |||
| 3610 | Levroux | 12 | 22 | 34 | ||
| 3611 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre | 1 | 24 | 25 | ||
| 3612 | Saint-Gaultier | 30 | 4 | 34 | ||
| 3613 | Valençay | 19 | 10 | 29 |
Communes
The arrondissement of Châteauroux has 86 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[3]
- Ardentes (36005)
- Argenton-sur-Creuse (36006)
- Argy (36007)
- Arpheuilles (36008)
- Arthon (36009)
- Baraize (36012)
- Baudres (36013)
- Bazaiges (36014)
- Bouesse (36022)
- Bouges-le-Château (36023)
- Bretagne (36024)
- Brion (36026)
- Buzançais (36031)
- Ceaulmont (36032)
- Celon (36033)
- La Chapelle-Orthemale (36040)
- Chasseneuil (36042)
- Châteauroux (36044)
- Châtillon-sur-Indre (36045)
- Chavin (36048)
- Chezelles (36050)
- Cléré-du-Bois (36054)
- Clion (36055)
- Coings (36057)
- Cuzion (36062)
- Déols (36063)
- Diors (36064)
- Écueillé (36069)
- Éguzon-Chantôme (36070)
- Étrechet (36071)
- Faverolles (36072)
- Fléré-la-Rivière (36074)
- Fontguenand (36077)
- Francillon (36079)
- Frédille (36080)
- Gargilesse-Dampierre (36081)
- Gehée (36082)
- Heugnes (36086)
- Jeu-les-Bois (36089)
- Jeu-Maloches (36090)
- Langé (36092)
- Levroux (36093)
- Luant (36101)
- Luçay-le-Mâle (36103)
- Lye (36107)
- Mâron (36112)
- Le Menoux (36117)
- Méobecq (36118)
- Montierchaume (36128)
- Mosnay (36131)
- Moulins-sur-Céphons (36135)
- Murs (36136)
- Neuillay-les-Bois (36139)
- Niherne (36142)
- Palluau-sur-Indre (36149)
- Le Pêchereau (36154)
- Pellevoisin (36155)
- Badecon-le-Pin (36158)
- Le Poinçonnet (36159)
- Pommiers (36160)
- Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet (36161)
- Préaux (36166)
- Rouvres-les-Bois (36175)
- Saint-Cyran-du-Jambot (36188)
- Saint-Genou (36194)
- Saint-Lactencin (36198)
- Saint-Marcel (36200)
- Saint-Maur (36202)
- Saint-Médard (36203)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps (36206)
- Sassierges-Saint-Germain (36211)
- Selles-sur-Nahon (36216)
- Sougé (36218)
- Tendu (36219)
- Le Tranger (36225)
- Valençay (36228)
- Velles (36231)
- Vendœuvres (36232)
- La Vernelle (36233)
- Veuil (36235)
- Vicq-sur-Nahon (36237)
- Villedieu-sur-Indre (36241)
- Villegongis (36242)
- Villegouin (36243)
- Villentrois (36244)
- Vineuil (36247)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36044 | Châteauroux | 44,479 | Châteauroux-1, Châteauroux-2 and Châteauroux-3 |
CA Châteauroux Métropole |
| 36063 | Déols | 7,744 | Châteauroux-1 | CA Châteauroux Métropole |
| 36159 | Le Poinçonnet | 5,880 | Ardentes | CA Châteauroux Métropole |
| 36006 | Argenton-sur-Creuse | 5,007 | Argenton-sur-Creuse | Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse |
| 36031 | Buzançais | 4,473 | Buzançais | Val de l'Indre - Brenne |
| 36005 | Ardentes | 3,886 | Ardentes | CA Châteauroux Métropole |
| 36202 | Saint-Maur | 3,522 | Buzançais and Levroux | CA Châteauroux Métropole |
| 36093 | Levroux | 2,959 | Levroux | La Région de Levroux |
| 36241 | Villedieu-sur-Indre | 2,769 | Buzançais | Val de l'Indre - Brenne |
| 36045 | Châtillon-sur-Indre | 2,683 | Buzançais | Le Châtillonnais en Berry |
| 36228 | Valençay | 2,516 | Valençay | Écueillé-Valençay |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique de l'Indre". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-178 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Indre" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement de Châteauroux (362)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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Coordinates: 46°48′N 1°41′E / 46.800°N 1.683°E