Arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay

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

Romorantin-Lanthenay
Arrondissement
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 communes74
SubprefectureRomorantin-Lanthenay
Area
2,670.9 km2 (1,031.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
112,145
INSEE code413

History

When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Romorantin was part of that original department.[1] In 1961, Romorantin was merged with Lanthenay and the name, of the commune and of the arrondissement, was changed to Romorantin-Lanthenay.

Geography

The arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay is the most southern arrondissement in the Loir-et-Cher department. It is the largest arrondissement of the department, 2,385.2 km2 (920.9 sq mi), but the second in population, with 90,237 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Loiret department, to the east by the Cher department, to the south by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the west by the arrondissement of Blois.

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 Romorantin-Lanthenay are:

  1. Blois-3 (4104) (partly)
  2. Chambord (4105) (partly)
  3. Montrichard (4107)
  4. Romorantin-Lanthenay (4110)
  5. Saint-Aignan (4111)
  6. Selles-sur-Cher (4112)
  7. La Sologne (4113)

Communes

The arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay has 77 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[3]

  1. Angé (41002)
  2. Billy (41016)
  3. Chaon (41036)
  4. La Chapelle-Montmartin (41038)
  5. Châteauvieux (41042)
  6. Châtillon-sur-Cher (41043)
  7. Châtres-sur-Cher (41044)
  8. Chaumont-sur-Tharonne (41046)
  9. Chémery (41049)
  10. Chissay-en-Touraine (41051)
  11. Choussy (41054)
  12. Contres (41059)
  13. Couddes (41062)
  14. Couffy (41063)
  15. Dhuizon (41074)
  16. Faverolles-sur-Cher (41080)
  17. Feings (41082)
  18. La Ferté-Beauharnais (41083)
  19. La Ferté-Imbault (41084)
  20. Fougères-sur-Bièvre (41092)
  21. Fresnes (41094)
  22. Gièvres (41097)
  23. Gy-en-Sologne (41099)
  24. Lamotte-Beuvron (41106)
  25. Langon (41110)
  26. Lassay-sur-Croisne (41112)
  27. Loreux (41118)
  28. Maray (41122)
  29. Marcilly-en-Gault (41125)
  30. Mareuil-sur-Cher (41126)
  31. La Marolle-en-Sologne (41127)
  32. Méhers (41132)
  33. Mennetou-sur-Cher (41135)
  34. Meusnes (41139)
  35. Millançay (41140)
  36. Monthou-sur-Cher (41146)
  37. Montrichard-Val-de-Cher (41151)
  38. Montrieux-en-Sologne (41152)
  39. Mur-de-Sologne (41157)
  40. Neung-sur-Beuvron (41159)
  41. Nouan-le-Fuzelier (41161)
  42. Noyers-sur-Cher (41164)
  43. Oisly (41166)
  44. Orçay (41168)
  45. Ouchamps (41170)
  46. Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (41176)
  47. Pontlevoy (41180)
  48. Pouillé (41181)
  49. Pruniers-en-Sologne (41185)
  50. Romorantin-Lanthenay (41194)
  51. Rougeou (41195)
  52. Saint-Aignan (41198)
  53. Saint-Georges-sur-Cher (41211)
  54. Saint-Julien-de-Chédon (41217)
  55. Saint-Julien-sur-Cher (41218)
  56. Saint-Loup (41222)
  57. Saint-Romain-sur-Cher (41229)
  58. Saint-Viâtre (41231)
  59. Salbris (41232)
  60. Sassay (41237)
  61. Seigy (41239)
  62. Selles-Saint-Denis (41241)
  63. Selles-sur-Cher (41242)
  64. Soings-en-Sologne (41247)
  65. Souesmes (41249)
  66. Souvigny-en-Sologne (41251)
  67. Theillay (41256)
  68. Thenay (41257)
  69. Thésée (41258)
  70. Vallières-les-Grandes (41267)
  71. Veilleins (41268)
  72. Vernou-en-Sologne (41271)
  73. Villefranche-sur-Cher (41280)
  74. Villeherviers (41282)
  75. Villeny (41285)
  76. Vouzon (41296)
  77. Yvoy-le-Marron (41297)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
41194Romorantin-Lanthenay17,459Romorantin-LanthenayRomorantinais et du Monestois
41232Salbris5,398La SologneLa Sologne des Rivières
41106Lamotte-Beuvron4,767La SologneCœur de Sologne
41242Selles-sur-Cher4,661Selles-sur-CherVal-de-Cher-Controis
41198Saint-Aignan2,898Saint-AignanVal-de-Cher-Controis
41280Villefranche-sur-Cher2,765Selles-sur-CherRomorantinais et du Monestois
41164Noyers-sur-Cher2,761Saint-AignanVal-de-Cher-Controis
41097Gièvres2,426Selles-sur-CherRomorantinais et du Monestois
41185Pruniers-en-Sologne2,418Selles-sur-CherRomorantinais et du Monestois
41161Nouan-le-Fuzelier2,343La SologneCœur de Sologne

References
  1. "Historique de Loir-et-Cher". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  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.
  3. "Arrondissement de Romorantin-Lanthenay (413)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 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 26 July 2017.

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