Arrondissement of Vendôme

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

Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentLoir-et-Cher
No. of communes100
SubprefectureVendôme
Area
1,722.3 km2 (665.0 sq mi)
INSEE code412

History

When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Vendôme was part of that original department.[1]

Geography

The arrondissement of Vendôme is the most northern arrondissement in the Loir-et-Cher department. It is the smallest arrondissement of the department, 1,719.4 square kilometres (663.9 square miles), and the one with fewest people living in it, with 70,205 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Eure-et-Loir department, to the east by the arrondissement of Blois, to the south by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the west by the Sarthe 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 Vendôme are:

  1. Montoire-sur-le-Loir (4106)
  2. Le Perche (4109)
  3. Vendôme (4114)

Communes

The arrondissement of Vendôme has 105 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes[3]

  1. Ambloy (41001)
  2. Areines (41003)
  3. Artins (41004)
  4. Arville (41005)
  5. Authon (41007)
  6. Azé (41010)
  7. Baillou (41012)
  8. Beauchêne (41014)
  9. Bonneveau (41020)
  10. Bouffry (41022)
  11. Boursay (41024)
  12. Brévainville (41026)
  13. Busloup (41028)
  14. Cellé (41030)
  15. La Chapelle-Enchérie (41037)
  16. La Chapelle-Vicomtesse (41041)
  17. Chauvigny-du-Perche (41048)
  18. Choue (41053)
  19. Cormenon (41060)
  20. Coulommiers-la-Tour (41065)
  21. Couture-sur-Loir (41070)
  22. Crucheray (41072)
  23. Danzé (41073)
  24. Droué (41075)
  25. Épuisay (41078)
  26. Les Essarts (41079)
  27. Faye (41081)
  28. Fontaine-les-Coteaux (41087)
  29. Fontaine-Raoul (41088)
  30. La Fontenelle (41089)
  31. Fortan (41090)
  32. Fréteval (41095)
  33. Le Gault-du-Perche (41096)
  34. Gombergean (41098)
  35. Les Hayes (41100)
  36. Houssay (41102)
  37. Huisseau-en-Beauce (41103)
  38. Lancé (41107)
  39. Lavardin (41113)
  40. Lignières (41115)
  41. Lisle (41116)
  42. Lunay (41120)
  43. Marcilly-en-Beauce (41124)
  44. Mazangé (41131)
  45. Meslay (41138)
  46. Moisy (41141)
  47. Mondoubleau (41143)
  48. Montoire-sur-le-Loir (41149)
  49. Montrouveau (41153)
  50. Morée (41154)
  51. Naveil (41158)
  52. Nourray (41163)
  53. Oigny (41165)
  54. Ouzouer-le-Doyen (41172)
  55. Périgny (41174)
  56. Pezou (41175)
  57. Le Plessis-Dorin (41177)
  58. Le Poislay (41179)
  59. Pray (41182)
  60. Prunay-Cassereau (41184)
  61. Rahart (41186)
  62. Renay (41187)
  63. Rocé (41190)
  64. Les Roches-l'Évêque (41192)
  65. Romilly (41193)
  66. Ruan-sur-Egvonne (41196)
  67. Saint-Agil (41197)
  68. Saint-Amand-Longpré (41199)
  69. Saint-Arnoult (41201)
  70. Saint-Avit (41202)
  71. Sainte-Anne (41200)
  72. Saint-Firmin-des-Prés (41209)
  73. Saint-Gourgon (41213)
  74. Saint-Hilaire-la-Gravelle (41214)
  75. Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets (41215)
  76. Saint-Jean-Froidmentel (41216)
  77. Saint-Marc-du-Cor (41224)
  78. Saint-Martin-des-Bois (41225)
  79. Saint-Ouen (41226)
  80. Saint-Rimay (41228)
  81. Sargé-sur-Braye (41235)
  82. Sasnières (41236)
  83. Savigny-sur-Braye (41238)
  84. Selommes (41243)
  85. Souday (41248)
  86. Sougé (41250)
  87. Le Temple (41254)
  88. Ternay (41255)
  89. Thoré-la-Rochette (41259)
  90. Tourailles (41261)
  91. Tréhet (41263)
  92. Troo (41265)
  93. Vendôme (41269)
  94. Villavard (41274)
  95. La Ville-aux-Clercs (41275)
  96. Villebout (41277)
  97. Villechauve (41278)
  98. Villedieu-le-Château (41279)
  99. Villemardy (41283)
  100. Villeporcher (41286)
  101. Villerable (41287)
  102. Villeromain (41290)
  103. Villetrun (41291)
  104. Villiersfaux (41293)
  105. Villiers-sur-Loir (41294)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code
Commune Population[4]
(2014)
Canton Intercommunality
41269 Vendôme 16,879 Vendôme CA Territoires Vendômois
41149 Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,842 Montoire-sur-le-Loir CA Territoires Vendômois
41226 Saint-Ouen 3,308 Vendôme CA Territoires Vendômois
41158 Naveil 2,253 Montoire-sur-le-Loir CA Territoires Vendômois
41238 Savigny-sur-Braye 2,097 Le Perche CA Territoires Vendômois
41143 Mondoubleau 1,452 Le Perche Collines du Perche
41275 La Ville-aux-Clercs 1,298 Le Perche CA Territoires Vendômois
41120 Lunay 1,278 Montoire-sur-le-Loir CA Territoires Vendômois
41199 Saint-Amand-Longpré 1,236 Montoire-sur-le-Loir CA Territoires Vendômois
41095 Fréteval 1,149 Le Perche Perche et Haut Vendômois
41294 Villiers-sur-Loir 1,140 Vendôme CA Territoires Vendômois

Related pages

References

  1. "Historique de Loir-et-Cher". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. "Décret n° 2014-213 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Loir-et-Cher" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. "Arrondissement de Vendôme (412)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 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 26 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Coordinates: 47°48′00″N 1°04′00″E / 47.8000°N 1.0667°E / 47.8000; 1.0667