Arrondissement of Louhans
The arrondissement of Louhans is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Saône-et-Loire département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Louhans.
Country | France |
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Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Saône-et-Loire |
No. of communes | 88 |
Subprefecture | Louhans |
Area | 1,430.2 km2 (552.2 sq mi) |
INSEE code | 714 |
History
When the Saône-et-Loire was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Louhans was part of that original department. In 1926, the arrondissement of Louhans was eliminated but in 1942 it became again an arrondissement of the department.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Louhans is bordered to the north and east by the Jura department, to the southeast by the Ain (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Mâcon, to the west by the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône and to the northwest (a small part) by the Côte-d'Or department.
It is the easternmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,248.5 km2 (482 sq mi),[2] the second smallest in area of the department. It has 55,567 inhabitants, the arrondissement of Saône-et-Loire with fewer people living in it, and a population density of 44.5 inhabitants/km².[3]
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are only three cantons in the arrondissement of Louhans: Cuiseaux (partly), Louhans and Pierre-de-Bresse.
Communes
The arrondissement of Louhans has 79 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]
- Authumes (71013)
- Bantanges (71018)
- Beaurepaire-en-Bresse (71027)
- Beauvernois (71028)
- Bellevesvre (71029)
- Bosjean (71044)
- Bouhans (71045)
- Branges (71056)
- Brienne (71061)
- Bruailles (71064)
- Champagnat (71079)
- Charette-Varennes (71101)
- Condal (71143)
- Cuiseaux (71157)
- Cuisery (71158)
- Dampierre-en-Bresse (71168)
- Devrouze (71173)
- Diconne (71175)
- Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux (71177)
- Flacey-en-Bresse (71198)
- Frangy-en-Bresse (71205)
- Fretterans (71207)
- Frontenard (71208)
- Frontenaud (71209)
- Huilly-sur-Seille (71234)
- Joudes (71243)
- Jouvençon (71244)
- Juif (71246)
- L'Abergement-de-Cuisery (71001)
- La Chapelle-Naude (71092)
- La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur (71093)
- La Chapelle-Thècle (71097)
- La Chaux (71121)
- La Frette (71206)
- La Genête (71213)
- La Racineuse (71364)
- Lays-sur-le-Doubs (71254)
- Le Fay (71196)
- Le Miroir (71300)
- Le Planois (71352)
- Le Tartre (71534)
- Loisy (71261)
- Louhans (71263)
- Mervans (71295)
- Montagny-près-Louhans (71303)
- Montcony (71311)
- Montjay (71314)
- Montpont-en-Bresse (71318)
- Montret (71319)
- Mouthier-en-Bresse (71326)
- Ménetreuil (71293)
- Ormes (71332)
- Pierre-de-Bresse (71351)
- Pourlans (71357)
- Rancy (71365)
- Ratte (71367)
- Sagy (71379)
- Saillenard (71380)
- Saint-André-en-Bresse (71386)
- Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse (71396)
- Saint-Germain-du-Bois (71419)
- Saint-Martin-du-Mont (71454)
- Saint-Usuge (71484)
- Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse (71489)
- Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse (71410)
- Sainte-Croix (71401)
- Savigny-en-Revermont (71506)
- Savigny-sur-Seille (71508)
- Sens-sur-Seille (71514)
- Serley (71516)
- Serrigny-en-Bresse (71519)
- Simandre (71522)
- Simard (71523)
- Sornay (71528)
- Thurey (71538)
- Torpes (71541)
- Varennes-Saint-Sauveur (71558)
- Vincelles (71580)
- Vérissey (71568)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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71263 | Louhans | 6,349 | Louhans | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
71056 | Branges | 2,388 | Louhans | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
71528 | Sornay | 2,038 | Louhans | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
71351 | Pierre-de-Bresse | 1,966 | Pierre-de-Bresse | Le Canton de Pierre de Bresse |
71419 | Saint-Germain-du-Bois | 1,936 | Pierre-de-Bresse | Bresse Revermont 71 |
71157 | Cuiseaux | 1,889 | Cuiseaux | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
71522 | Simandre | 1,691 | Cuiseaux | Terres de Bresse |
71158 | Cuisery | 1,594 | Cuiseaux | Terres de Bresse |
71295 | Mervans | 1,470 | Pierre-de-Bresse | Bresse Revermont 71 |
71484 | Saint-Usuge | 1,303 | Louhans | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique de Saône-et-Loire". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-182 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Saône-et-Loire" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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