Arrondissement of La Châtre

The arrondissement of La Châtre is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of La Châtre.

La Châtre
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
No. of communes51
SubprefectureLa Châtre
Area
1,204.2 km2 (464.9 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
27,895
INSEE code363

History

When the Indre department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Châteauroux was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of La Châtre is in the southeast of the Indre department. It has an area of 1,323.2 km2 (510.9 sq mi) and a population of 32,962 inhabitants.

The lowest point in the arrondissement is 104 m (341 ft) high, in the "commune" of Ceaulmont, and the highest is 467 m (1,532 ft) high, in the "commune" of Crevant.

It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Châteauroux, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Issoudun, to the east by the Cher departmen, to the south by the Creuse department and to the west by the arrondissement of Le Blanc.

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.

The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

INSEE
code		CantonLe BlancChâteaurouxLa ChâtreIssoudunTotal
3602Argenton-sur-Creuse12820
3608La Châtre26834
3611Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre12425

Communes

The arrondissement of La Châtre has 51 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Aigurande (36001)
  2. La Berthenoux (36017)
  3. Briantes (36025)
  4. La Buxerette (36028)
  5. Buxières-d'Aillac (36030)
  6. Champillet (36038)
  7. Chassignolles (36043)
  8. La Châtre (36046)
  9. Cluis (36056)
  10. Crevant (36060)
  11. Crozon-sur-Vauvre (36061)
  12. Feusines (36073)
  13. Fougerolles (36078)
  14. Gournay (36084)
  15. Lacs (36091)
  16. Lignerolles (36095)
  17. Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel (36099)
  18. Lourouer-Saint-Laurent (36100)
  19. Lys-Saint-Georges (36108)
  20. Le Magny (36109)
  21. Maillet (36110)
  22. Malicornay (36111)
  23. Mers-sur-Indre (36120)
  24. Montchevrier (36126)
  25. Montgivray (36127)
  26. Montipouret (36129)
  27. Montlevicq (36130)
  28. La Motte-Feuilly (36132)
  29. Mouhers (36133)
  30. Néret (36138)
  31. Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre (36141)
  32. Nohant-Vic (36143)
  33. Orsennes (36146)
  34. Pérassay (36156)
  35. Pouligny-Notre-Dame (36163)
  36. Pouligny-Saint-Martin (36164)
  37. Saint-Août (36180)
  38. Saint-Chartier (36184)
  39. Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie (36186)
  40. Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet (36189)
  41. Saint-Plantaire (36207)
  42. Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre (36208)
  43. Sarzay (36210)
  44. Sazeray (36214)
  45. Thevet-Saint-Julien (36221)
  46. Tranzault (36226)
  47. Urciers (36227)
  48. Verneuil-sur-Igneraie (36234)
  49. Vicq-Exemplet (36236)
  50. Vigoulant (36238)
  51. Vijon (36240)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
36046La Châtre4,278La ChâtreLa Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
36141Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre1,665Neuvy-Saint-SépulchreLe Val de Bouzanne
36127Montgivray1,654Neuvy-Saint-SépulchreLa Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
36001Aigurande1,481Neuvy-Saint-SépulchreLa Marche Berrichonne
36109Le Magny1,072Neuvy-Saint-SépulchreLa Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
36056Cluis1,006Neuvy-Saint-SépulchreLe Val de Bouzanne
36189Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet957Neuvy-Saint-SépulchreLa Marche Berrichonne
36180Saint-Août858La ChâtreLa Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
36208Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre809La ChâtreLa Châtre et Sainte-Sévère

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arrondissement of La Châtre.
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique de l'Indre". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. "Décret n° 2014-178 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Indre" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. "Arrondissement de La Châtre (363)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  5. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

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