The arrondissement of Chinon is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Chinon.

History
When the Indre-et-Loire department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Chinon was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Chinon is the most western of the arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department. It is bordered to the north and east by the arrondissement of Tours, to the southeast by the Loches arrondissement, to the west by the Vienne department and to the northwest by the Maine-et-Loire department.

The arrondissement of Chinon is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the second in population (86,952 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 Chinon are:
 Chinon (3705)
 Langeais (3708) (partly)
 Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine (3713)

Communes
The arrondissement of Chinon has 106 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Ambillou (37002)
 Anché (37004)
 Antogny-le-Tillac (37005)
 Assay (37007)
 Avoine (37011)
 Avon-les-Roches (37012)
 Avrillé-les-Ponceaux (37013)
 Beaumont-Louestault (37021)
 Beaumont-en-Véron (37022)
 Benais (37024)
 Bourgueil (37031)
 Braslou (37034)
 Braye-sous-Faye (37035)
 Braye-sur-Maulne (37036)
 Brèches (37037)
 Brizay (37040)
 Bueil-en-Touraine (37041)
 Candes-Saint-Martin (37042)
 Cerelles (37047)
 Champigny-sur-Veude (37051)
 Channay-sur-Lathan (37055)
 La Chapelle-sur-Loire (37058)
 Charentilly (37059)
 Château-la-Vallière (37062)
 Chaveignes (37065)
 Chemillé-sur-Dême (37068)
 Chezelles (37071)
 Chinon (37072)
 Chouzé-sur-Loire (37074)
 Cinais (37076)
 Cinq-Mars-la-Pile (37077)
 Cléré-les-Pins (37081)
 Continvoir (37082)
 Couesmes (37084)
 Courcelles-de-Touraine (37086)
 Courcoué (37087)
 Couziers (37088)
 Cravant-les-Côteaux (37089)
 Crissay-sur-Manse (37090)
 Crouzilles (37093)
 Épeigné-sur-Dême (37101)
 Faye-la-Vineuse (37105)
 Gizeux (37112)
 Hommes (37117)
 Huismes (37118)
 L'Île-Bouchard (37119)
 Jaulnay (37121)
 Langeais (37123)
 Lémeré (37125)
 Lerné (37126)
 Ligré (37129)
 Lublé (37137)
 Luzé (37140)
 Maillé (37142)
 Marçay (37144)
 Marcilly-sur-Maulne (37146)
 Marcilly-sur-Vienne (37147)
 Marigny-Marmande (37148)
 Marray (37149)
 Mazières-de-Touraine (37150)
 Neuil (37165)
 Neuillé-Pont-Pierre (37167)
 Neuvy-le-Roi (37170)
 Nouâtre (37174)
 Noyant-de-Touraine (37176)
 Panzoult (37178)
 Parçay-sur-Vienne (37180)
 Pernay (37182)
 Ports (37187)
 Pouzay (37188)
 Pussigny (37190)
 Razines (37191)
 Restigné (37193)
 Richelieu (37196)
 Rillé (37198)
 Rilly-sur-Vienne (37199)
 Rivière (37201)
 La Roche-Clermault (37202)
 Rouziers-de-Touraine (37204)
 Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher (37206)
 Saint-Aubin-le-Dépeint (37207)
 Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt (37210)
 Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais (37213)
 Saint-Épain (37216)
 Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne (37220)
 Saint-Laurent-de-Lin (37223)
 Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine (37226)
 Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil (37228)
 Saint-Paterne-Racan (37231)
 Côteaux-sur-Loire (37232)
 Saint-Roch (37237)
 Savigné-sur-Lathan (37241)
 Savigny-en-Véron (37242)
 Sazilly (37244)
 Semblançay (37245)
 Seuilly (37248)
 Sonzay (37249)
 Souvigné (37251)
 Tavant (37255)
 Theneuil (37256)
 Thizay (37258)
 La Tour-Saint-Gelin (37260)
 Trogues (37262)
 Verneuil-le-Château (37268)
 Villebourg (37274)
 Villiers-au-Bouin (37279)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Chinon