Arrondissement of Pithiviers

The arrondissement of Pithiviers is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Pithiviers.

Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoiret
No. of communes79
SubprefecturePithiviers
Area
1,192.7 km2 (460.5 sq mi)
INSEE code453

History

When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Pithiviers was part of that original department.[1]

The arrondissement was eliminated in 1926 but it was made an arrondissement again in 1942.

Geography

The arrondissement of Pithiviers is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Loiret department. It is the smallest arrondissement of the department, 1,198.1 square kilometres (462.6 square miles) and the one with fewest people living in it, with 63,280 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Essonne department, to the east by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Montargis, to the south by the arrondissement of Orléans and to the west by the Eure-et-Loir 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 cantons in the arrondissement of Pithiviers are Malesherbes ((4509)) and, partly, Pithiviers ((4517)).

Communes

The arrondissement of Pithiviers has 79 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes[3]

  1. Andonville (45005)
  2. Aschères-le-Marché (45009)
  3. Ascoux (45010)
  4. Attray (45011)
  5. Audeville (45012)
  6. Augerville-la-Rivière (45013)
  7. Aulnay-la-Rivière (45014)
  8. Autruy-sur-Juine (45015)
  9. Auxy (45018)
  10. Barville-en-Gâtinais (45021)
  11. Batilly-en-Gâtinais (45022)
  12. Bazoches-les-Gallerandes (45025)
  13. Beaune-la-Rolande (45030)
  14. Boësses (45033)
  15. Boiscommun (45035)
  16. Boisseaux (45037)
  17. Bondaroy (45038)
  18. Bordeaux-en-Gâtinais (45041)
  19. Bouilly-en-Gâtinais (45045)
  20. Bouzonville-aux-Bois (45047)
  21. Boynes (45050)
  22. Briarres-sur-Essonne (45054)
  23. Bromeilles (45056)
  24. Césarville-Dossainville (45065)
  25. Chambon-la-Forêt (45069)
  26. Charmont-en-Beauce (45080)
  27. Châtillon-le-Roi (45086)
  28. Chaussy (45088)
  29. Chilleurs-aux-Bois (45095)
  30. Courcelles (45110)
  31. Courcy-aux-Loges (45111)
  32. Crottes-en-Pithiverais (45118)
  33. Dadonville (45119)
  34. Desmonts (45124)
  35. Dimancheville (45125)
  36. Échilleuses (45131)
  37. Égry (45132)
  38. Engenville (45133)
  39. Erceville (45135)
  40. Escrennes (45137)
  41. Estouy (45139)
  42. Gaubertin (45151)
  43. Givraines (45157)
  44. Grangermont (45159)
  45. Greneville-en-Beauce (45160)
  46. Guigneville (45162)
  47. Intville-la-Guétard (45170)
  48. Jouy-en-Pithiverais (45174)
  49. Juranville (45176)
  50. Laas (45177)
  51. Léouville (45181)
  52. Lorcy (45186)
  53. Le Malesherbois (45191)
  54. Mareau-aux-Bois (45195)
  55. Marsainvilliers (45198)
  56. Montbarrois (45209)
  57. Montliard (45215)
  58. Morville-en-Beauce (45217)
  59. Nancray-sur-Rimarde (45220)
  60. La Neuville-sur-Essonne (45225)
  61. Nibelle (45228)
  62. Oison (45231)
  63. Ondreville-sur-Essonne (45233)
  64. Orville (45237)
  65. Outarville (45240)
  66. Pannecières (45246)
  67. Pithiviers (45252)
  68. Pithiviers-le-Vieil (45253)
  69. Puiseaux (45258)
  70. Ramoulu (45260)
  71. Rouvres-Saint-Jean (45263)
  72. Saint-Loup-des-Vignes (45288)
  73. Saint-Michel (45294)
  74. Santeau (45301)
  75. Sermaises (45310)
  76. Thignonville (45320)
  77. Tivernon (45325)
  78. Vrigny (45347)
  79. Yèvre-la-Ville (45348)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code
Commune Population[4]
(2014)
Canton Intercommunality
45252 Pithiviers 9,054 Pithiviers Le Pithiverais
45191 Le Malesherbois 8,098 Malesherbes Le Pithiverais-Gâtinais
45258 Puiseaux 3,368 Malesherbes Le Pithiverais-Gâtinais
45119 Dadonville 2,466 Pithiviers Le Pithiverais
45030 Beaune-la-Rolande 1,984 Malesherbes Le Pithiverais-Gâtinais
45095 Chilleurs-aux-Bois 1,961 Malesherbes Le Pithiverais
45253 Pithiviers-le-Vieil 1,809 Pithiviers Le Pithiverais
45310 Sermaises 1,588 Pithiviers Le Pithiverais
45025 Bazoches-les-Gallerandes 1,503 Pithiviers La Plaine du Nord Loiret

Related pages

References

  1. "Historique du Loiret". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 13 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. "Décret n° 2014-244 du 25 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Loiret" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. "Arrondissement de Pithiviers (453)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 13 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 13 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Coordinates: 48°10′00″N 2°15′00″E / 48.1667°N 2.2500°E / 48.1667; 2.2500