Title: Arrondissement of Belley Content: The arrondissement of Belley is an arrondissement of France, in the Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital is the city of Belley. ==History== When the Ain department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Belley was part of that original department. ==Geography== It is the southernmost of the arrondissements of the department with an area of . It has 98,110 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km². The arrondissement of Belley is in the southeastern part of department and is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Nantua, to the northeast by the Haute-Savoie department, to the east by the Savoie department, to the south by the Isère department and to the west by the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse. ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements. In the arrondissement of Belley, there are 3 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Belley and Lagnieu. The canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine has 1 commune in Belley, 2 in the arrondissement of Gex and 11 in the arrondissement of Nantua, the canton of Hauteville-Lompnes has 29 communes in Belley and 12 in Nantua, and the canton of Lagnieu has 22 communes in Belley and 4 in the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse. ===Communes=== The arrondissement of Belley has 115 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː # L'Abergement-de-Varey (01002) # Ambérieu-en-Bugey (01004) # Ambléon (01006) # Ambronay (01007) # Ambutrix (01008) # Andert-et-Condon (01009) # Anglefort (01010) # Aranc (01012) # Arandas (01013) # Arboys-en-Bugey (01015) # Argis (01017) # Armix (01019) # Artemare (01022) # Belley (01034) # Belmont- Luthézieu (01036) # Bénonces (01037) # Béon (01039) # Bettant (01041) # Blyes (01047) # Bourg-Saint-Christophe (01054) # Brégnier-Cordon (01058) # Brénaz (01059) # Brens (01061) # Briord (01064) # La Burbanche (01066) # Ceyzérieu (01073) # Chaley (01076) # Champagne-en-Valromey (01079) # Champdor-Corcelles (01080) # Charnoz-sur-Ain (01088) # Château-Gaillard (01089) # Chavornay (01097) # Chazey-Bons (01098) # Chazey-sur-Ain (01099) # Cheignieu-la-Balme (01100) # Cleyzieu (01107) # Colomieu (01110) # Conand (01111) # Contrevoz (01116) # Conzieu (01117) # Corbonod (01118) # Corlier (01121) # Cormaranche- en-Bugey (01122) # Cressin-Rochefort (01133) # Culoz (01138) # Cuzieu (01141) # Douvres (01149) # Évosges (01155) # Faramans (01156) # Flaxieu (01162) # Groslée-Saint-Benoît (01338) # Hauteville-Lompnes (01185) # Haut-Valromey (01187) # Hostiaz (01186) # Innimond (01190) # Izieu (01193) # Joyeux (01198) # Lagnieu (01202) # Lavours (01208) # Leyment (01213) # Lhuis (01216) # Lochieu (01218) # Lompnas (01219) # Lompnieu (01221) # Loyettes (01224) # Magnieu (01227) # Marchamp (01233) # Marignieu (01234) # Massignieu-de-Rives (01239) # Meximieux (01244) # Montagnieu (01255) # Le Montellier (01260) # Murs-et-Gélignieux (01268) # Nivollet-Montgriffon (01277) # Oncieu (01279) # Ordonnaz (01280) # Parves-et-Nattages (01286) # Pérouges (01290) # Peyrieu (01294) # Pollieu (01302) # Prémeyzel (01310) # Prémillieu (01311) # Rignieux- le-Franc (01325) # Rossillon (01329) # Ruffieu (01330) # Saint-Champ (01341) # Saint-Denis-en-Bugey (01345) # Sainte-Julie (01366) # Saint-Éloi (01349) # Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses (01358) # Saint-Jean-de-Niost (01361) # Saint- Martin-de-Bavel (01372) # Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans (01378) # Saint-Maurice- de-Rémens (01379) # Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey (01384) # Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey (01386) # Saint-Vulbas (01390) # Sault-Brénaz (01396) # Seillonnaz (01400) # Serrières-de-Briord (01403) # Seyssel (01407) # Souclin (01411) # Sutrieu (01414) # Talissieu (01415) # Tenay (01416) # Thézillieu (01417) # Torcieu (01421) # Vaux-en-Bugey (01431) # Vieu (01442) # Villebois (01444) # Villieu- Loyes-Mollon (01450) # Virieu-le-Grand (01452) # Virieu-le-Petit (01453) # Virignin (01454) # Vongnes (01456) The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:  ==Related pages== * Arrondissements of the Ain department * List of arrondissements of France