Arrondissement of Montluçon
The arrondissement of Montluçon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Allier département. Its capital is the city of Montluçon, a subprefecture of the department.
 Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Allier |
| No. of communes | 89 |
| Subprefecture | Montluçon |
| Area | 2,116.8 km2 (817.3 sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 031 |
History
On 4 March 1790, with the establishment of the department of Allier, Montluçon was one of the districts of the department. With the establishment of the arrondissements on 17 February 1800, Montluçon was one of the original arrondissements.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Montluçon is bordered to the north by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire region) department, to the east by the arrondissement of Moulins, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Vichy, to the south by the Puy-de-Dôme department and to the west by the Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region) department.
It is the westernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 2,327.9 km2 (899 sq mi),[2] the second largest in area of the department. It has 114,756 inhabitants and a population density of 49.3 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.
In the arrondissement of Montluçon, there are 6 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Commentry, Huriel, Montluçon-1, Montluçon-2, Montluçon-3 and Montluçon-4 as can be seen in the following table:
| Canton | Montluçon | Moulins | Vichy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbon-l'Archambault | 12 | 17 | |
| Commentry | 24 | ||
| Gannat | 14 | 15 | 12 |
| Huriel | 31 | ||
| Montluçon-1 | 3 | ||
| Montluçon-2 | 1 | ||
| Montluçon-3 | 14 + Part of Montluçon | ||
| Montluçon-4 | 6 + Part of Montluçon |
Communes
The arrondissement of Montluçon has 89 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]
- Ainay-le-Château (03003)
- Archignat (03005)
- Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest (03007)
- Audes (03010)
- Beaune-d'Allier (03020)
- Bézenet (03027)
- Bizeneuille (03031)
- Blomard (03032)
- Braize (03037)
- Le Brethon (03041)
- La Celle (03047)
- Cérilly (03048)
- Chambérat (03051)
- Chamblet (03052)
- La Chapelaude (03055)
- Chappes (03058)
- Chavenon (03070)
- Chazemais (03072)
- Colombier (03081)
- Commentry (03082)
- Cosne-d'Allier (03084)
- Courçais (03088)
- Deneuille-les-Mines (03097)
- Désertines (03098)
- Domérat (03101)
- Doyet (03104)
- Durdat-Larequille (03106)
- Estivareilles (03111)
- Haut-Bocage (03158)
- Hérisson (03127)
- Huriel (03128)
- Hyds (03129)
- Isle-et-Bardais (03130)
- Lamaids (03136)
- Lavault-Sainte-Anne (03140)
- Lételon (03143)
- Lignerolles (03145)
- Louroux-Bourbonnais (03150)
- Louroux-de-Beaune (03151)
- Malicorne (03159)
- Marcillat-en-Combraille (03161)
- Mazirat (03167)
- Meaulne-Vitray (03168)
- Mesples (03172)
- Montluçon (03185)
- Montmarault (03186)
- Montvicq (03189)
- Murat (03191)
- Nassigny (03193)
- Néris-les-Bains (03195)
- La Petite-Marche (03206)
- Prémilhat (03211)
- Quinssaines (03212)
- Reugny (03213)
- Ronnet (03216)
- Saint-Angel (03217)
- Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais (03221)
- Saint-Bonnet-de-Four (03219)
- Saint-Caprais (03222)
- Saint-Désiré (03225)
- Saint-Éloy-d'Allier (03228)
- Sainte-Thérence (03261)
- Saint-Fargeol (03231)
- Saint-Genest (03233)
- Saint-Marcel-en-Marcillat (03244)
- Saint-Marcel-en-Murat (03243)
- Saint-Martinien (03246)
- Saint-Palais (03249)
- Saint-Priest-en-Murat (03256)
- Saint-Sauvier (03259)
- Saint-Victor (03262)
- Sauvagny (03269)
- Sazeret (03270)
- Teillet-Argenty (03279)
- Terjat (03280)
- Theneuille (03282)
- Tortezais (03285)
- Treignat (03288)
- Urçay (03293)
- Valigny (03296)
- Vallon-en-Sully (03297)
- Vaux (03301)
- Venas (03303)
- Verneix (03305)
- Vernusse (03308)
- Le Vilhain (03313)
- Villebret (03314)
- Villefranche-d'Allier (03315)
- Viplaix (03317)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03185 | Montluçon | 37,289 | Montluçon-1, Montluçon-2 Montluçon-3, Montluçon-4 |
CA Montluçon Communauté |
| 03101 | Domérat | 8,985 | Montluçon-1 | CA Montluçon Communauté |
| 03082 | Commentry | 6,395 | Commentry | Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté |
| 03098 | Désertines | 4,304 | Montluçon-2 | CA Montluçon Communauté |
| 03195 | Néris-les-Bains | 2,701 | Montluçon-3 | Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté |
| 03128 | Huriel | 2,700 | Huriel | Pays d'Huriel |
| 03211 | Prémilhat | 2,434 | Montluçon-4 | CA Montluçon Communauté |
| 03262 | Saint-Victor | 2,107 | Montluçon-1 | CA Montluçon Communauté |
| 03084 | Cosne-d'Allier | 2,098 | Huriel | Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté |
| 03297 | Vallon-en-Sully | 1,635 | Huriel | Val de Cher |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique de l'Allier". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement de Montluçon (031)". Comparateur de territoires (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-265 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Allier" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
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Coordinates: 46°20′00″N 2°36′00″E / 46.3333°N 2.6000°E