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.

Montluçon
Arrondissement
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentAllier
No. of communes89
SubprefectureMontluçon
Area
2,116.8 km2 (817.3 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
105,988
INSEE code031

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.[2]

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),[3] the second largest in area of the department. It has 114,756 inhabitants and a population density of 49.3 inhabitants/km².[4]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] 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:

Communes in arrondissement of Montluçon
Canton Montluçon Moulins Vichy
Bourbon-l'Archambault1217
Commentry24
Gannat141512
Huriel31
Montluçon-13
Montluçon-21
Montluçon-314 + Part of Montluçon
Montluçon-46 + Part of Montluçon

Communes

The arrondissement of Montluçon has 89 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Ainay-le-Château (03003)
  2. Archignat (03005)
  3. Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest (03007)
  4. Audes (03010)
  5. Beaune-d'Allier (03020)
  6. Bézenet (03027)
  7. Bizeneuille (03031)
  8. Blomard (03032)
  9. Braize (03037)
  10. Le Brethon (03041)
  11. La Celle (03047)
  12. Cérilly (03048)
  13. Chambérat (03051)
  14. Chamblet (03052)
  15. La Chapelaude (03055)
  16. Chappes (03058)
  17. Chavenon (03070)
  18. Chazemais (03072)
  19. Colombier (03081)
  20. Commentry (03082)
  21. Cosne-d'Allier (03084)
  22. Courçais (03088)
  23. Deneuille-les-Mines (03097)
  24. Désertines (03098)
  25. Domérat (03101)
  26. Doyet (03104)
  27. Durdat-Larequille (03106)
  28. Estivareilles (03111)
  29. Haut-Bocage (03158)
  30. Hérisson (03127)
  31. Huriel (03128)
  32. Hyds (03129)
  33. Isle-et-Bardais (03130)
  34. Lamaids (03136)
  35. Lavault-Sainte-Anne (03140)
  36. Lételon (03143)
  37. Lignerolles (03145)
  38. Louroux-Bourbonnais (03150)
  39. Louroux-de-Beaune (03151)
  40. Malicorne (03159)
  41. Marcillat-en-Combraille (03161)
  42. Mazirat (03167)
  43. Meaulne-Vitray (03168)
  44. Mesples (03172)
  45. Montluçon (03185)
  46. Montmarault (03186)
  47. Montvicq (03189)
  48. Murat (03191)
  49. Nassigny (03193)
  50. Néris-les-Bains (03195)
  51. La Petite-Marche (03206)
  52. Prémilhat (03211)
  53. Quinssaines (03212)
  54. Reugny (03213)
  55. Ronnet (03216)
  56. Saint-Angel (03217)
  57. Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais (03221)
  58. Saint-Bonnet-de-Four (03219)
  59. Saint-Caprais (03222)
  60. Saint-Désiré (03225)
  61. Saint-Éloy-d'Allier (03228)
  62. Sainte-Thérence (03261)
  63. Saint-Fargeol (03231)
  64. Saint-Genest (03233)
  65. Saint-Marcel-en-Marcillat (03244)
  66. Saint-Marcel-en-Murat (03243)
  67. Saint-Martinien (03246)
  68. Saint-Palais (03249)
  69. Saint-Priest-en-Murat (03256)
  70. Saint-Sauvier (03259)
  71. Saint-Victor (03262)
  72. Sauvagny (03269)
  73. Sazeret (03270)
  74. Teillet-Argenty (03279)
  75. Terjat (03280)
  76. Theneuille (03282)
  77. Tortezais (03285)
  78. Treignat (03288)
  79. Urçay (03293)
  80. Valigny (03296)
  81. Vallon-en-Sully (03297)
  82. Vaux (03301)
  83. Venas (03303)
  84. Verneix (03305)
  85. Vernusse (03308)
  86. Le Vilhain (03313)
  87. Villebret (03314)
  88. Villefranche-d'Allier (03315)
  89. Viplaix (03317)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
03185Montluçon37,289Montluçon-1, Montluçon-2
Montluçon-3, Montluçon-4		CA Montluçon Communauté
03101Domérat8,985Montluçon-1CA Montluçon Communauté
03082Commentry6,395CommentryCommentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
03098Désertines4,304Montluçon-2CA Montluçon Communauté
03195Néris-les-Bains2,701Montluçon-3Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
03128Huriel2,700HurielPays d'Huriel
03211Prémilhat2,434Montluçon-4CA Montluçon Communauté
03262Saint-Victor2,107Montluçon-1CA Montluçon Communauté
03084Cosne-d'Allier2,098HurielCommentry Montmarault Néris Communauté
03297Vallon-en-Sully1,635HurielVal de Cher

References
  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'Allier". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  3. "Arrondissement de Montluçon (031)". Comparateur de territoires (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Arrondissement de Montluçon (031)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

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