Arrondissement of Montluçon

The arrondissement of Montluçon is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Allier département. Its capital is the city of Montluçon, a subprefecture of the department.

History
On 4 March 1790, with the establishment of the department of Allier, Montluçon was one of the districts of the department. With the establishment of the arrondissements on 17 February 1800, Montluçon was one of the original arrondissements.

Geography
The arrondissement of Montluçon is bordered to the north by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire region) department, to the east by the arrondissement of Moulins, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Vichy, to the south by the Puy-de-Dôme department and to the west by the Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region) department.

It is the westernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has 114,756 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.

In the arrondissement of Montluçon, there are 6 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Commentry, Huriel, Montluçon-1, Montluçon-2, Montluçon-3 and Montluçon-4 as can be seen in the following table:

Communes
The arrondissement of Montluçon has 89 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Ainay-le-Château (03003)
 Archignat (03005)
 Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest (03007)
 Audes (03010)
 Beaune-d'Allier (03020)
 Bézenet (03027)
 Bizeneuille (03031)
 Blomard (03032)
 Braize (03037)
 Le Brethon (03041)
 La Celle (03047)
 Cérilly (03048)
 Chambérat (03051)
 Chamblet (03052)
 La Chapelaude (03055)
 Chappes (03058)
 Chavenon (03070)
 Chazemais (03072)
 Colombier (03081)
 Commentry (03082)
 Cosne-d'Allier (03084)
 Courçais (03088)
 Deneuille-les-Mines (03097)
 Désertines (03098)
 Domérat (03101)
 Doyet (03104)
 Durdat-Larequille (03106)
 Estivareilles (03111)
 Haut-Bocage (03158)
 Hérisson (03127)
 Huriel (03128)
 Hyds (03129)
 Isle-et-Bardais (03130)
 Lamaids (03136)
 Lavault-Sainte-Anne (03140)
 Lételon (03143)
 Lignerolles (03145)
 Louroux-Bourbonnais (03150)
 Louroux-de-Beaune (03151)
 Malicorne (03159)
 Marcillat-en-Combraille (03161)
 Mazirat (03167)
 Meaulne-Vitray (03168)
 Mesples (03172)
 Montluçon (03185)
 Montmarault (03186)
 Montvicq (03189)
 Murat (03191)
 Nassigny (03193)
 Néris-les-Bains (03195)
 La Petite-Marche (03206)
 Prémilhat (03211)
 Quinssaines (03212)
 Reugny (03213)
 Ronnet (03216)
 Saint-Angel (03217)
 Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais (03221)
 Saint-Bonnet-de-Four (03219)
 Saint-Caprais (03222)
 Saint-Désiré (03225)
 Saint-Éloy-d'Allier (03228)
 Sainte-Thérence (03261)
 Saint-Fargeol (03231)
 Saint-Genest (03233)
 Saint-Marcel-en-Marcillat (03244)
 Saint-Marcel-en-Murat (03243)
 Saint-Martinien (03246)
 Saint-Palais (03249)
 Saint-Priest-en-Murat (03256)
 Saint-Sauvier (03259)
 Saint-Victor (03262)
 Sauvagny (03269)
 Sazeret (03270)
 Teillet-Argenty (03279)
 Terjat (03280)
 Theneuille (03282)
 Tortezais (03285)
 Treignat (03288)
 Urçay (03293)
 Valigny (03296)
 Vallon-en-Sully (03297)
 Vaux (03301)
 Venas (03303)
 Verneix (03305)
 Vernusse (03308)
 Le Vilhain (03313)
 Villebret (03314)
 Villefranche-d'Allier (03315)
 Viplaix (03317)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Allier department
 Communes of the Allier department

References

Montlucon