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

History
When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Blois was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Blois is a central arrondissement in the Loir-et-Cher department. It  is the second largest arrondissement of the department, , but it is the one with more people living in it, with 173,125 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Eure-et-Loir department, to the northeast by the Loiret department, to the east and south by the arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay, to the west by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the northwest by the arrondissement of Vendôme.

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 Blois are:

 La Beauce (4101)
 Blois-1 (4102)
 Blois-2 (4103)
 Blois-3 (4104) (partly)
 Chambord (4105) (partly)
 Onzain (4108)
 Vineuil (4115)

Communes
The arrondissement of Blois has 94 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

Autainville (41006) 
Avaray (41008) 
Averdon (41009) 
Bauzy (41013) 
Beauce-la-Romaine (41173) 
Binas (41017) 
Blois (41018) 
Boisseau (41019) 
Bracieux (41025) 
Briou (41027) 
Candé-sur-Beuvron (41029) 
Cellettes (41031) 
Chailles (41032) 
Chambord (41034) 
Champigny-en-Beauce (41035) 
La Chapelle-Saint-Martin-en-Plaine (41039) 
La Chapelle-Vendômoise (41040) 
Chaumont-sur-Loire (41045) 
La Chaussée-Saint-Victor (41047) 
Cheverny (41050) 
Chitenay (41052) 
Conan (41057) 
Concriers (41058) 
Cormeray (41061) 
Courbouzon (41066) 
Cour-Cheverny (41067) 
Courmemin (41068) 
Cour-sur-Loire (41069) 
Crouy-sur-Cosson (41071) 
Épiais (41077) 
La Ferté-Saint-Cyr (41085) 
Fontaines-en-Sologne (41086) 
Fossé (41091) 
Françay (41093) 
Herbault (41101) 
Huisseau-sur-Cosson (41104) 
Josnes (41105) 
Lancôme (41108) 
Landes-le-Gaulois (41109) 
Lestiou (41114) 
Lorges (41119) 
La Madeleine-Villefrouin (41121) 
Marchenoir (41123) 
Marolles (41128) 
Maslives (41129) 
Maves (41130) 
Menars (41134) 
Mer (41136) 
Mesland (41137) 
Monteaux (41144) 
Monthou-sur-Bièvre (41145) 
Les Montils (41147) 
Montlivault (41148) 
Mont-près-Chambord (41150) 
Muides-sur-Loire (41155) 
Mulsans (41156) 
Neuvy (41160) 
Oucques la Nouvelle (41171) 
Le Plessis-l'Échelle (41178) 
Rhodon (41188) 
Rilly-sur-Loire (41189) 
Roches (41191) 
Saint-Bohaire (41203) 
Saint-Claude-de-Diray (41204) 
Saint-Cyr-du-Gault (41205) 
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire (41206) 
Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire (41207) 
Saint-Étienne-des-Guérets (41208) 
Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt (41212) 
Saint-Laurent-des-Bois (41219) 
Saint-Laurent-Nouan (41220) 
Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce (41221) 
Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois (41223) 
Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommeray (41230) 
Sambin (41233) 
Santenay (41234) 
Séris (41245) 
Seur (41246) 
Suèvres (41252) 
Talcy (41253) 
Thoury (41260) 
Tour-en-Sologne (41262) 
Valaire (41266) 
Valencisse (41142) 
Valloire-sur-Cisse (41055) 
Veuzain-sur-Loire (41167) 
Vievy-le-Rayé (41273) 
Villebarou (41276) 
Villefrancœur (41281) 
Villeneuve-Frouville (41284) 
Villerbon (41288) 
Villermain (41289) 
Villexanton (41292) 
Vineuil (41295) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Loir-et-Cher department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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