Arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne

The **arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne** is an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Châlons-en-Champagne.

## History

When the Marne department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Châlons-en-Champagne, with the name Châlons-sur-Marne, was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Châlons-en-Champagne is the central _arrondissements_ of the Marne department. It is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Reims and, for a short distance, by the Ardennes department; to the northeast by the Sainte-Menehould _arrondissement_; to the southeast and south by the Vitry-le-François _arrondissement_; and to the west by the Épernay _arrondissement_.

The _arrondissement_ of Châlons-en-Champagne is the second largest _arrondissement_ of the department in area, , and the third in population (103,110 inhabitants) with a population density of  inhabitants/km².

### 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 Châlons-en-Champagne, there are six cantons and three of them do not have all their "communes" in the _arrondissement_:

1. Argonne Suippe et Vesle <small>(5101)</small> (partly)
1. Châlons-en-Champagne-1 <small>(5103)</small>
1. Châlons-en-Champagne-2 <small>(5104)</small>
1. Châlons-en-Champagne-3 <small>(5105)</small> (partly)
1. Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne <small>(5110)</small> (partly)
1. Vertus-Plaine Champenoise <small>(5122)</small> (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Châlons-en-Champagne has 100 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aigny <small>(51003)</small>
1. Athis <small>(51018)</small>
1. Aulnay-sur-Marne <small>(51023)</small>
1. Bergères-lès-Vertus <small>(51049)</small>
1. Billy-le-Grand <small>(51061)</small>
1. Bouy <small>(51078)</small>
1. Breuvery-sur-Coole <small>(51087)</small>
1. Bussy-Lettrée <small>(51099)</small>
1. Bussy-le-Château <small>(51097)</small>
1. Cernon <small>(51106)</small>
1. Chaintrix-Bierges <small>(51107)</small>
1. Champigneul-Champagne <small>(51117)</small>
1. Cheniers <small>(51146)</small>
1. Cheppes-la-Prairie <small>(51148)</small>
1. Chepy <small>(51149)</small>
1. Cherville <small>(51150)</small>
1. Châlons-en-Champagne <small>(51108)</small>
1. Clamanges <small>(51154)</small>
1. Compertrix <small>(51160)</small>
1. Condé-sur-Marne <small>(51161)</small>
1. Coolus <small>(51168)</small>
1. Coupetz <small>(51178)</small>
1. Coupéville <small>(51179)</small>
1. Courtisols <small>(51193)</small>
1. Cuperly <small>(51203)</small>
1. Dampierre-au-Temple <small>(51205)</small>
1. Dampierre-sur-Moivre <small>(51208)</small>
1. Fagnières <small>(51242)</small>
1. Faux-Vésigneul <small>(51244)</small>
1. Francheville <small>(51259)</small>
1. Germinon <small>(51268)</small>
1. Givry-lès-Loisy <small>(51273)</small>
1. Isse <small>(51301)</small>
1. Jonchery-sur-Suippe <small>(51307)</small>
1. Juvigny <small>(51312)</small>
1. Jâlons <small>(51303)</small>
1. L'Épine <small>(51231)</small>
1. La Cheppe <small>(51147)</small>
1. La Veuve <small>(51617)</small>
1. Le Fresne <small>(51260)</small>
1. Les Grandes-Loges <small>(51278)</small>
1. Livry-Louvercy <small>(51326)</small>
1. Loisy-en-Brie <small>(51327)</small>
1. Mairy-sur-Marne <small>(51339)</small>
1. Marson <small>(51354)</small>
1. Matougues <small>(51357)</small>
1. Moivre <small>(51371)</small>
1. Moncetz-Longevas <small>(51372)</small>
1. Mourmelon-le-Grand <small>(51388)</small>
1. Mourmelon-le-Petit <small>(51389)</small>
1. Nuisement-sur-Coole <small>(51409)</small>
1. Omey <small>(51415)</small>
1. Pierre-Morains <small>(51430)</small>
1. Pocancy <small>(51435)</small>
1. Pogny <small>(51436)</small>
1. Poix <small>(51438)</small>
1. Recy <small>(51453)</small>
1. Rouffy <small>(51469)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-la-Ville <small>(51482)</small>
1. Saint-Gibrien <small>(51483)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple <small>(51485)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand <small>(51486)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-sur-Moivre <small>(51490)</small>
1. Saint-Mard-lès-Rouffy <small>(51499)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-aux-Champs <small>(51502)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pré <small>(51504)</small>
1. Saint-Memmie <small>(51506)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre <small>(51509)</small>
1. Saint-Quentin-sur-Coole <small>(51512)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-au-Temple <small>(51476)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie-à-Py <small>(51501)</small>
1. Sarry <small>(51525)</small>
1. Sogny-aux-Moulins <small>(51538)</small>
1. Somme-Suippe <small>(51546)</small>
1. Somme-Vesle <small>(51548)</small>
1. Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus <small>(51553)</small>
1. Soudron <small>(51556)</small>
1. Soulières <small>(51558)</small>
1. Suippes <small>(51559)</small>
1. Thibie <small>(51566)</small>
1. Togny-aux-Bœufs <small>(51574)</small>
1. Trécon <small>(51578)</small>
1. Vadenay <small>(51587)</small>
1. Val-des-Marais <small>(51158)</small>
1. Vatry <small>(51595)</small>
1. Vaudemange <small>(51599)</small>
1. Vert-Toulon <small>(51611)</small>
1. Vertus <small>(51612)</small>
1. Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny <small>(51627)</small>
1. Villers-le-Château <small>(51634)</small>
1. Villeseneux <small>(51638)</small>
1. Vitry-la-Ville <small>(51648)</small>
1. Voipreux <small>(51651)</small>
1. Vouzy <small>(51655)</small>
1. Vraux <small>(51656)</small>
1. Vélye <small>(51603)</small>
1. Vésigneul-sur-Marne <small>(51616)</small>
1. Écury-le-Repos <small>(51226)</small>
1. Écury-sur-Coole <small>(51227)</small>
1. Étréchy <small>(51239)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|51108|Châlons-en-Champagne|45,002|* Châlons-en-Champagne-1 * Châlons-en-Champagne-2 * Châlons-en-Champagne-3||CA de Châlons-en-Champagne|
|51506|Saint-Memmie|5,583|Châlons-en-Champagne-3|CA de Châlons-en-Champagne||
|51388|Mourmelon-le-Grand|5,379|Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne|CA de Châlons-en-Champagne||
|51242|Fagnières|4,735|Châlons-en-Champagne-1|CA de Châlons-en-Champagne||
|51559|Suippes|3,970|Argonne Suippe et Veslee|Suippe et Vesle||
|51193|Courtisols|2,463|Argonne Suippe et Veslee|De la Moivre à la Coole||
|51612|Vertus|2,407|Vertus-Plaine Champenoise|CA Épernay, Coteaux et Plaine de Champagne||
|51525|Sarry|2,080|Châlons-en-Champagne-3|CA de Châlons-en-Champagne||
|51160|Compertrix|1,503|Châlons-en-Champagne-1|CA de Châlons-en-Champagne||
|51326|Livry-Louvercy|1,107|Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne|CA de Châlons-en-Champagne||
|51453|Recy|1,047|Châlons-en-Champagne-2|CA de Châlons-en-Champagne||

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Marne department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Châlons-en-Champagne
- **insee**: 511
- **nbcomm**: 150
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Châlons-en-Champagne
- **area**: 2612.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Châlons-en-Champagne 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est