Arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond

The arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond is an arrondissement of France, in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Amand-Montrond.

Saint-Amand-Montrond
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentCher
No. of communes116
SubprefectureSaint-Amand-Montrond
Area
2,683.7 km2 (1,036.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
63,938
INSEE code182

History

When the Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond was part of that original department.[1]

Geography

The arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond is the most southern arrondissement of the Cher department. It is bordered to the north by the Bourges arrondissement, to the northeast by the Nièvre department, to the east and southeast by the Allier department, to the south by the Creuse department and to the west by the Indre department.

The arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond has an area of 2,669.8 km2 (1,030.8 sq mi) and a population of 65,145 inhabitants.[2]

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 cantons in the arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond, (with their INSEE codes) are:

  1. Châteaumeillant (1808)
  2. Dun-sur-Auron(1809)
  3. La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (1810)
  4. Saint-Amand-Montrond (1812)
  5. Trouy (1817) (partly)

Communes

The arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond has 116 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Ainay-le-Vieil (18002)
  2. Apremont-sur-Allier (18007)
  3. Arcomps (18009)
  4. Ardenais (18010)
  5. Arpheuilles (18013)
  6. Augy-sur-Aubois (18017)
  7. Bannegon (18021)
  8. Beddes (18024)
  9. Bessais-le-Fromental (18029)
  10. Blet (18031)
  11. Bouzais (18034)
  12. Bruère-Allichamps (18038)
  13. Bussy (18040)
  14. Chalivoy-Milon (18045)
  15. Chambon (18046)
  16. Charenton-du-Cher (18052)
  17. Charly (18054)
  18. Chaumont (18060)
  19. Chavannes (18063)
  20. Chezal-Benoît (18065)
  21. Châteaumeillant (18057)
  22. Châteauneuf-sur-Cher (18058)
  23. Cogny (18068)
  24. Colombiers (18069)
  25. Contres (18071)
  26. Cornusse (18072)
  27. Corquoy (18073)
  28. Cours-les-Barres (18075)
  29. Coust (18076)
  30. Croisy (18080)
  31. Crézançay-sur-Cher (18078)
  32. Cuffy (18082)
  33. Culan (18083)
  34. Drevant (18086)
  35. Dun-sur-Auron (18087)
  36. Farges-Allichamps (18091)
  37. Faverdines (18093)
  38. Flavigny (18095)
  39. Germigny-l'Exempt (18101)
  40. Givardon (18102)
  41. Grossouvre (18106)
  42. Ids-Saint-Roch (18112)
  43. Ignol (18113)
  44. Ineuil (18114)
  45. Jouet-sur-l'Aubois (18118)
  46. La Celette (18041)
  47. La Celle (18042)
  48. La Celle-Condé (18043)
  49. La Chapelle-Hugon (18048)
  50. La Groutte (18107)
  51. La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (18108)
  52. La Perche (18178)
  53. Lantan (18121)
  54. Le Chautay (18062)
  55. Le Châtelet (18059)
  56. Le Pondy (18183)
  57. Lignières (18127)
  58. Loye-sur-Arnon (18130)
  59. Lugny-Bourbonnais (18131)
  60. Maisonnais (18135)
  61. Marçais (18136)
  62. Meillant (18142)
  63. Menetou-Couture (18143)
  64. Montlouis (18152)
  65. Morlac (18153)
  66. Mornay-Berry (18154)
  67. Mornay-sur-Allier (18155)
  68. Neuilly-en-Dun (18161)
  69. Neuvy-le-Barrois (18164)
  70. Nozières, Cher (18169)
  71. Nérondes (18160)
  72. Orcenais (18171)
  73. Orval (18172)
  74. Osmery (18173)
  75. Ourouer-les-Bourdelins (18175)
  76. Parnay (18177)
  77. Préveranges (18187)
  78. Raymond (18191)
  79. Reigny (18192)
  80. Rezay (18193)
  81. Sagonne (18195)
  82. Saint-Aignan-des-Noyers (18196)
  83. Saint-Amand-Montrond (18197)
  84. Saint-Baudel (18199)
  85. Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry (18203)
  86. Saint-Denis-de-Palin (18204)
  87. Saint-Georges-de-Poisieux (18209)
  88. Saint-Germain-des-Bois, Cher (18212)
  89. Saint-Hilaire-de-Gondilly (18215)
  90. Saint-Hilaire-en-Lignières (18216)
  91. Saint-Jeanvrin (18217)
  92. Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes (18221)
  93. Saint-Maur (18225)
  94. Saint-Pierre-les-Bois (18230)
  95. Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux (18231)
  96. Saint-Priest-la-Marche (18232)
  97. Saint-Saturnin (18234)
  98. Saint-Symphorien (18236)
  99. Saint-Vitte (18238)
  100. Sancoins (18242)
  101. Saulzais-le-Potier (18245)
  102. Serruelles (18250)
  103. Sidiailles (18252)
  104. Tendron (18260)
  105. Thaumiers (18261)
  106. Torteron (18265)
  107. Touchay (18266)
  108. Uzay-le-Venon (18268)
  109. Vallenay (18270)
  110. Venesmes (18273)
  111. Vereaux (18275)
  112. Vernais (18276)
  113. Verneuil (18277)
  114. Vesdun (18278)
  115. Villecelin (18283)
  116. Épineuil-le-Fleuriel (18089)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
18197Saint-Amand-Montrond10,161Saint-Amand-MontrondCœur de France
18087Dun-sur-Auron3,948Dun-sur-AuronLe Dunois
18108La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois3,319La Guerche-sur-l'AuboisPortes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois
18242Sancoins3,154Dun-sur-AuronLes Trois Provinces
18057Châteaumeillant2,011ChâteaumeillantBerry Grand Sud
18172Orval1,860Saint-Amand-MontrondCœur de France
18160Nérondes1,561La Guerche-sur-l'AuboisPays de Nérondes
18058Châteauneuf-sur-Cher1,468TrouyArnon Boischaut Cher
18127Lignières1,398ChâteaumeillantArnon Boischaut Cher
18118Jouet-sur-l'Aubois1,371La Guerche-sur-l'AuboisPortes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois

References
  1. "Historique du Cher". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  2. "Arrondissement de Saint-Amand-Montrond (182)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. "Décret n° 2014-206 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Cher" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  4. "Arrondissement de Saint-Amand-Montrond (182)". Géographie administrative et d’étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 3 August 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 31 July 2017.

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