The arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville), or simply arrondissement of Château-Chinon, is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Nièvre département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comtéregion. Its capital is the city of Château-Chinon (Ville).

History
When the Nièvre department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville) was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville) is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Clamecy, to the northeast by the Côte-d'Or (Burgundy) department, to the east and south by the Saône-et-Loire (Burgundy) department and to the west by the arrondissement of Nevers.

It is the westernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has 25,717 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.

There are only three cantons in the arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville): they are:
 Château-Chinon (partly) 
 Guérigny (partly)
 Luzy

Communes
The arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville) has 80 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Achun (58001)
 Alligny-en-Morvan (58003)
 Alluy (58004)
 Arleuf (58010)
 Aunay-en-Bazois (58017)
 Avrée (58019)
 Bazoches (58023)
 Biches (58030)
 Blismes (58034)
 Brassy (58037)
 Brinay (58040)
 Cercy-la-Tour (58046)
 Chalaux (58049)
 Charrin (58060)
 Château-Chinon (Ville) (58062)
 Château-Chinon (Campagne) (58063)
 Châtillon-en-Bazois (58065)
 Châtin (58066)
 Chaumard (58068)
 Chiddes (58074)
 Chougny (58076)
 Corancy (58082)
 Dommartin (58099)
 Dun-les-Places (58106)
 Dun-sur-Grandry (58107)
 Empury (58108)
 Fâchin (58111)
 Fléty (58114)
 Fours (58118)
 Gien-sur-Cure (58125)
 Glux-en-Glenne (58128)
 Gouloux (58129)
 Isenay (58135)
 Lanty (58139)
 Larochemillay (58140)
 Lavault-de-Frétoy (58141)
 Limanton (58142)
 Lormes (58145)
 Luzy (58149)
 Marigny-l'Église (58157)
 Maux (58161)
 Millay (58168)
 Montapas (58171)
 Montambert (58172)
 Montaron (58173)
 Mont-et-Marré (58175)
 Montigny-en-Morvan (58177)
 Montigny-sur-Canne (58178)
 Montsauche-les-Settons (58180)
 Moulins-Engilbert (58182)
 Moux-en-Morvan (58185)
 La Nocle-Maulaix (58195)
 Onlay (58199)
 Ougny (58202)
 Ouroux-en-Morvan (58205)
 Planchez (58210)
 Poil (58211)
 Préporché (58219)
 Rémilly (58221)
 Saint-Agnan (58226)
 Saint-André-en-Morvan (58229)
 Saint-Brisson (58235)
 Saint-Gratien-Savigny (58243)
 Saint-Hilaire-en-Morvan (58244)
 Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine (58245)
 Saint-Honoré-les-Bains (58246)
 Saint-Léger-de-Fougeret (58249)
 Saint-Martin-du-Puy (58255)
 Saint-Péreuse (58262)
 Saint-Seine (58268)
 Savigny-Poil-Fol (58274)
 Sémelay (58276)
 Sermages (58277)
 Tamnay-en-Bazois (58285)
 Tazilly (58287)
 Ternant (58289)
 Thaix (58290)
 Tintury (58292)
 Vandenesse (58301)
 Villapourçon (58309) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Nièvre department
 Communes of the Nièvre department

References

Chateau-Chinon