Arrondissement of Loches
The arrondissement of Loches is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Loches.
Country | France |
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Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Indre-et-Loire |
No. of communes | 112 |
Subprefecture | Loches |
Area | 2,742.5 km2 (1,058.9 sq mi) |
INSEE code | 373 |
History
When the Indre-et-Loire department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Loches was part of that original department.[1]
In 1926, the arrondissement of Loches was eliminated but in 1943 it was made again an arrondissement of the Indre-et-Loire department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Loches is the southeast of the Indre-et-Loire department. It is bordered to the north by the Tours arrondissement, to the northeast by the Loir-et-Cher department, to the east and southeast by the Indre department, to the southwest by the Vienne department and to the west by the Chinon arrondissement
The arrondissement of Loches is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, 1,803.4 km2 (696.3 sq mi), but the one with fewest people living in it with 50,740 inhabitants.[2]
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are only 2 cantons in the arrondissement of Loches:
Communes
The arrondissement of Loches has 113 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
- Abilly (37001)
- Amboise (37003)
- Athée-sur-Cher (37008)
- Autrèche (37009)
- Auzouer-en-Touraine (37010)
- Azay-sur-Indre (37016)
- Barrou (37019)
- Beaulieu-lès-Loches (37020)
- Beaumont-Village (37023)
- Betz-le-Château (37026)
- Bléré (37027)
- Bossay-sur-Claise (37028)
- Bossée (37029)
- Le Boulay (37030)
- Bournan (37032)
- Boussay (37033)
- Bridoré (37039)
- Cangey (37043)
- La Celle-Guenand (37044)
- La Celle-Saint-Avant (37045)
- Céré-la-Ronde (37046)
- Chambon (37048)
- Chambourg-sur-Indre (37049)
- Chanceaux-près-Loches (37053)
- La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin (37057)
- Chargé (37060)
- Charnizay (37061)
- Château-Renault (37063)
- Chaumussay (37064)
- Chédigny (37066)
- Chemillé-sur-Indrois (37069)
- Chenonceaux (37070)
- Chisseaux (37073)
- Cigogné (37075)
- Ciran (37078)
- Civray-de-Touraine (37079)
- Civray-sur-Esves (37080)
- Cormery (37083)
- Courçay (37085)
- La Croix-en-Touraine (37091)
- Crotelles (37092)
- Cussay (37094)
- Dame-Marie-les-Bois (37095)
- Dierre (37096)
- Dolus-le-Sec (37097)
- Draché (37098)
- Épeigné-les-Bois (37100)
- Esves-le-Moutier (37103)
- La Ferrière (37106)
- Ferrière-Larçon (37107)
- Ferrière-sur-Beaulieu (37108)
- Francueil (37110)
- Genillé (37111)
- Le Grand-Pressigny (37113)
- La Guerche (37114)
- Descartes (37115)
- Les Hermites (37116)
- Le Liège (37127)
- Ligueil (37130)
- Limeray (37131)
- Loches (37132)
- Loché-sur-Indrois (37133)
- Louans (37134)
- Le Louroux (37136)
- Lussault-sur-Loire (37138)
- Luzillé (37141)
- Manthelan (37143)
- Marcé-sur-Esves (37145)
- Monthodon (37155)
- Montrésor (37157)
- Montreuil-en-Touraine (37158)
- Morand (37160)
- Mosnes (37161)
- Mouzay (37162)
- Nazelles-Négron (37163)
- Neuillé-le-Lierre (37166)
- Neuilly-le-Brignon (37168)
- Neuville-sur-Brenne (37169)
- Noizay (37171)
- Nouans-les-Fontaines (37173)
- Nouzilly (37175)
- Orbigny (37177)
- Paulmy (37181)
- Perrusson (37183)
- Le Petit-Pressigny (37184)
- Pocé-sur-Cisse (37185)
- Preuilly-sur-Claise (37189)
- Reignac-sur-Indre (37192)
- Saint-Bauld (37209)
- Saint-Flovier (37218)
- Saint-Hippolyte (37221)
- Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain (37222)
- Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines (37224)
- Saint-Martin-le-Beau (37225)
- Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets (37229)
- Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes (37230)
- Saint-Quentin-sur-Indrois (37234)
- Saint-Règle (37236)
- Saint-Senoch (37238)
- Saunay (37240)
- Sennevières (37246)
- Sepmes (37247)
- Souvigny-de-Touraine (37252)
- Sublaines (37253)
- Tauxigny (37254)
- Tournon-Saint-Pierre (37259)
- Varennes (37265)
- Verneuil-sur-Indre (37269)
- Villedômain (37275)
- Villedômer (37276)
- Villeloin-Coulangé (37277)
- Vou (37280)
- Yzeures-sur-Creuse (37282)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[5] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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37003 | Amboise | 13,371 | Amboise | Le Val d'Amboise |
37132 | Loches | 6,321 | Loches | Loches Sud Touraine |
37115 | Descartes | 3,623 | Descartes | Loches Sud Touraine |
37130 | Ligueil | 2,237 | Descartes | Loches Sud Touraine |
37020 | Beaulieu-lès-Loches | 1,811 | Loches | Loches Sud Touraine |
37111 | Genillé | 1,562 | Loches | Loches Sud Touraine |
37183 | Perrusson | 1,540 | Loches | Loches Sud Touraine |
37282 | Yzeures-sur-Creuse | 1,443 | Descartes | Loches Sud Touraine |
37143 | Manthelan | 1,402 | Descartes | Loches Sud Touraine |
37049 | Chambourg-sur-Indre | 1,384 | Loches | Loches Sud Touraine |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique d'Indre-et-Loire". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement de Loches (373)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-179 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation de cantons dans le département d'Indre-et-Loire" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement de Loches (373)". Géographie administrative et d’étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
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: 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: 47°08′00″N 1°00′00″E / 47.1333°N 1.0000°E