The arrondissement of Autun is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Saône-et-Loire département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Autun.

History
When the Saône-et-Loire department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Autun was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Autun is bordered to the north by the Côte-d'Or department, to the east by the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône, to the south by the arrondissement of Charolles and to the west by the Nièvre department.

It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has 86,693 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

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 of the arrondissement of Autun are:

 Autun-1
 Autun-2
 Blanzy (partly)
 Chagny (partly)
 Le Creusot-1
 Le Creusot-2
 Gueugnon (partly)
 Montceau-les-Mines (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Autun has 83 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Anost (71009)
 Antully (71010)
 Autun (71014)
 Auxy (71015)
 Barnay (71020)
 Blanzy (71040)
 Brion (71062)
 Broye (71063)
 Change (71085)
 Charbonnat (71098)
 Charmoy (71103)
 Cheilly-lès-Maranges (71122)
 Chissey-en-Morvan (71129)
 Collonge-la-Madeleine (71140)
 Cordesse (71144)
 Couches (71149)
 Cressy-sur-Somme (71152)
 Créot (71151)
 Curgy (71162)
 Cussy-en-Morvan (71165)
 Cuzy (71166)
 Dettey (71172)
 Dezize-lès-Maranges (71174)
 Dracy-Saint-Loup (71184)
 Dracy-lès-Couches (71183)
 Essertenne (71191)
 Grury (71227)
 Igornay (71237)
 Issy-l'Évêque (71239)
 La Boulaye (71046)
 La Celle-en-Morvan (71509)
 La Chapelle-sous-Uchon (71096)
 La Comelle (71142)
 La Grande-Verrière (71223)
 La Petite-Verrière (71349)
 La Tagnière (71531)
 Laizy (71251)
 Le Breuil (71059)
 Le Creusot (71153)
 Les Bizots (71038)
 Lucenay-l'Évêque (71266)
 Marly-sous-Issy (71280)
 Marmagne (71282)
 Mesvres (71297)
 Montcenis (71309)
 Monthelon (71313)
 Montmort (71317)
 Morlet (71322)
 Paris-l'Hôpital (71343)
 Perreuil (71347)
 Reclesne (71368)
 Roussillon-en-Morvan (71376)
 Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes (71390)
 Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux (71407)
 Saint-Eugène (71411)
 Saint-Firmin (71413)
 Saint-Forgeot (71414)
 Saint-Gervais-sur-Couches (71424)
 Saint-Jean-de-Trézy (71431)
 Saint-Léger-du-Bois (71438)
 Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray (71440)
 Saint-Martin-de-Commune (71450)
 Saint-Maurice-lès-Couches (71464)
 Saint-Nizier-sur-Arroux (71466)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Varennes (71468)
 Saint-Prix (71472)
 Saint-Sernin-du-Bois (71479)
 Saint-Sernin-du-Plain (71480)
 Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne (71482)
 Saint-Émiland (71409)
 Sainte-Radegonde (71474)
 Saisy (71493)
 Sampigny-lès-Maranges (71496)
 Sommant (71527)
 Sully (71530)
 Tavernay (71535)
 Thil-sur-Arroux (71537)
 Tintry (71539)
 Torcy (71540)
 Uchon (71551)
 Épertully (71188)
 Épinac (71190)
 Étang-sur-Arroux (71192)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Saône-et-Loire department
 Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

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