Arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou

The arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou is an arrondissement of France, in the Eure-et-Loir department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Nogent-le-Rotrou.

Nogent-le-Rotrou
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentEure-et-Loir
No. of communes48
SubprefectureNogent-le-Rotrou
Area
811.1 km2 (313.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
36,035
INSEE code284

History

When the Eure-et-Loir department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou was part of that original department.[1]

On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou was eliminated but in 1943 Nogent-le-Rotrou became again an arrondissement of the department.

Geography

The arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou is the most western of the arrondissements of the Eure-et-Loir department. It is the smallest arrondissement of the department with an area of 811.1 km2 (313.2 sq mi) and the one with fewest people living in it, with a population of 36,668 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Dreux, to the east by the arrondissement of Chartres, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Châteaudun, to the south by the Loir-et-Cher department, to the southwest by the Sarthe department and to the west by the Orne 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 Nogent-le-Rotrou are:

  1. Brou (2803) (partly)
  2. Illiers-Combray (2811) (partly)
  3. Nogent-le-Rotrou (2813)

Communes

The arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou has 52 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[3]

  1. Argenvilliers (28010)
  2. Authon-du-Perche (28018)
  3. La Bazoche-Gouet (28027)
  4. Beaumont-les-Autels (28031)
  5. Belhomert-Guéhouville (28033)
  6. Brunelles (28063)
  7. Béthonvilliers (28038)
  8. Champrond-en-Gâtine (28071)
  9. Champrond-en-Perchet (28072)
  10. Chapelle-Guillaume (28078)
  11. Chapelle-Royale (28079)
  12. Charbonnières (28080)
  13. Chassant (28086)
  14. Combres (28105)
  15. Coudray-au-Perche (28111)
  16. Coudreceau (28112)
  17. Fontaine-Simon (28156)
  18. Frazé (28161)
  19. Friaize (28166)
  20. Frétigny (28165)
  21. Happonvilliers (28192)
  22. La Croix-du-Perche (28119)
  23. La Gaudaine (28175)
  24. La Loupe (28214)
  25. Le Thieulin (28385)
  26. Les Autels-Villevillon (28016)
  27. Les Corvées-les-Yys (28109)
  28. Les Étilleux (28144)
  29. Luigny (28219)
  30. Manou (28232)
  31. Margon (28236)
  32. Marolles-les-Buis (28237)
  33. Meaucé (28240)
  34. Miermaigne (28252)
  35. Montigny-le-Chartif (28261)
  36. Montireau (28264)
  37. Montlandon (28265)
  38. Moulhard (28273)
  39. Nogent-le-Rotrou (28280)
  40. Nonvilliers-Grandhoux (28282)
  41. Saint-Bomer (28327)
  42. Saint-Denis-d'Authou (28331)
  43. Saint-Éliph (28335)
  44. Saint-Jean-Pierre-Fixte (28342)
  45. Saint-Maurice-Saint-Germain (28354)
  46. Saint-Victor-de-Buthon (28362)
  47. Soizé (28376)
  48. Souancé-au-Perche (28378)
  49. Thiron-Gardais (28387)
  50. Trizay-Coutretot-Saint-Serge (28395)
  51. Vaupillon (28401)
  52. Vichères (28407)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
28280Nogent-le-Rotrou10,130Nogent-le-RotrouLe Perche
28214La Loupe3,527Nogent-le-RotrouTerres de Perche
28018Authon-du-Perche1,240BrouLe Perche
28027La Bazoche-Gouet1,234BrouLe Grand Châteaudun
28236Margon1,233Nogent-le-RotrouLe Perche
28387Thiron-Gardais1,031Nogent-le-RotrouTerres de Perche
28335Saint-Éliph954Nogent-le-RotrouTerres de Perche
28156Fontaine-Simon951Nogent-le-RotrouTerres de Perche
28033Belhomert-Guéhouville807Nogent-le-RotrouTerres de Perche

References
  1. "Historique d'Eure-et-Loir". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. "Décret n° 2014-231 du 24 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département d'Eure-et-Loir" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. "Arrondissement de Nogent-le-Rotrou (284)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 16 August 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 15 August 2017.

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