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.

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

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  and a population of 65,145 inhabitants.

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.

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

 Châteaumeillant (1808)
 Dun-sur-Auron(1809)
 La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (1810)
 Saint-Amand-Montrond (1812)
 Trouy (1817) (partly)

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

  Ainay-le-Vieil (18002)
  Apremont-sur-Allier (18007)
  Arcomps (18009)
  Ardenais (18010)
  Arpheuilles (18013)
  Augy-sur-Aubois (18017)
  Bannegon (18021)
  Beddes (18024)
  Bessais-le-Fromental (18029)
  Blet (18031)
  Bouzais (18034)
  Bruère-Allichamps (18038)
  Bussy (18040)
  Chalivoy-Milon (18045)
  Chambon (18046)
  Charenton-du-Cher (18052)
  Charly (18054)
  Chaumont (18060)
  Chavannes (18063)
  Chezal-Benoît (18065)
  Châteaumeillant (18057)
  Châteauneuf-sur-Cher (18058)
  Cogny (18068)
  Colombiers (18069)
  Contres (18071)
  Cornusse (18072)
  Corquoy (18073)
  Cours-les-Barres (18075)
  Coust (18076)
  Croisy (18080)
  Crézançay-sur-Cher (18078)
  Cuffy (18082)
  Culan (18083)
  Drevant (18086)
  Dun-sur-Auron (18087)
  Farges-Allichamps (18091)
  Faverdines (18093)
  Flavigny (18095)
  Germigny-l'Exempt (18101)
  Givardon (18102)
  Grossouvre (18106)
  Ids-Saint-Roch (18112)
  Ignol (18113)
  Ineuil (18114)
  Jouet-sur-l'Aubois (18118)
  La Celette (18041)
  La Celle (18042)
  La Celle-Condé (18043)
  La Chapelle-Hugon (18048)
  La Groutte (18107)
  La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (18108)
  La Perche (18178)
  Lantan (18121)
  Le Chautay (18062)
  Le Châtelet (18059)
  Le Pondy (18183)
  Lignières (18127)
  Loye-sur-Arnon (18130)
  Lugny-Bourbonnais (18131)
  Maisonnais (18135)
  Marçais (18136)
  Meillant (18142)
  Menetou-Couture (18143)
  Montlouis (18152)
  Morlac (18153)
  Mornay-Berry (18154)
  Mornay-sur-Allier (18155)
  Neuilly-en-Dun (18161)
  Neuvy-le-Barrois (18164)
  Nozières, Cher (18169)
  Nérondes (18160)
  Orcenais (18171)
  Orval (18172)
  Osmery (18173)
  Ourouer-les-Bourdelins (18175)
  Parnay (18177)
  Préveranges (18187)
  Raymond (18191)
  Reigny (18192)
  Rezay (18193)
  Sagonne (18195)
  Saint-Aignan-des-Noyers (18196)
  Saint-Amand-Montrond (18197)
  Saint-Baudel (18199)
  Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry (18203)
  Saint-Denis-de-Palin (18204)
  Saint-Georges-de-Poisieux (18209)
  Saint-Germain-des-Bois, Cher (18212)
  Saint-Hilaire-de-Gondilly (18215)
  Saint-Hilaire-en-Lignières (18216)
  Saint-Jeanvrin (18217)
  Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes (18221)
  Saint-Maur (18225)
  Saint-Pierre-les-Bois (18230)
  Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux (18231)
  Saint-Priest-la-Marche (18232)
  Saint-Saturnin (18234)
  Saint-Symphorien (18236)
  Saint-Vitte (18238)
  Sancoins (18242)
  Saulzais-le-Potier (18245)
  Serruelles (18250)
  Sidiailles (18252)
  Tendron (18260)
  Thaumiers (18261)
  Torteron (18265)
  Touchay (18266)
  Uzay-le-Venon (18268)
  Vallenay (18270)
  Venesmes (18273)
  Vereaux (18275)
  Vernais (18276)
  Verneuil (18277)
  Vesdun (18278)
  Villecelin (18283)
  Épineuil-le-Fleuriel (18089)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Cher department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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