The "arrondissement" of Moulins is bordered to the north by the Nièvre department (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region), to the east by the Saône-et-Loire department (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region), to the south by the "arrondissement" of Vichy, to the west by the "arrondissement" of Montluçon and to the northwest by the Cher department (Centre-Val de Loire region).
It is found in the northern part of the department, with an area of , the largest in area of the department. It has 106,039 inhabitants, the "arrondissement" of the Allier department with fewer people living there, and a population density of inhabitants/km².
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 Moulins, there are 3 cantons whose "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Moulins-1, Souvigny and Yzeure as can be seen in the following table:
The "arrondissement" of Moulins has 109 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
Arrondissement of Vichy
The arrondissement of Vichy is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Allier "département". Its capital is the city of Vichy, a prefecture of the department.
When the department of Allier was created on 4 March 1790, Vichy was not one of ist districts. With the establishment of the "arrondissements" on 17 February 1800, Vichy was part of the "arrondissements" of "Lapalisse".
On 24 August 1941, the capital of the "arrondissement" of "Lapalisse" was moved from the city of Lapalisse to the city of Vichy that was then the capital of the French State.
The "arrondissement" of Vichy is in the southeast of the Allier department and is bordered to the west and north by the "arrondissement" of Moulins, to the east by the Saône-et-Loire department (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region), to the southeast by the Loire department, to the south by the Puy-de-Dôme department and to the southwest by the "arrondissement" of Montluçon.
It has an area of , and 122,267 inhabitants, the "arrondissement" of Allier with more people living there, and a population density of inhabitants/km².
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 Vichy, there are 5 cantons whose "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Bellerive-sur-Allier, Cusset, Lapalisse, Vichy-1 and Vichy-2 as can be seen in the following table:
The "arrondissement" of Vichy has 119 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
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