Arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay

The **arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay** is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Romorantin-Lanthenay.

## History

When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Romorantin was part of that original department. In 1961, Romorantin was merged with Lanthenay and the name, of the _commune_ and of the _arrondissement_, was changed to Romorantin-Lanthenay.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Romorantin-Lanthenay is the most southern _arrondissement_ in the Loir-et-Cher department. It  is the largest _arrondissement_ of the department, , but the second in population, with 90,237 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Loiret department, to the east by the Cher department, to the south by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the west by the _arrondissement_ of Blois.

### 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 in the _arrondissement_ of Romorantin-Lanthenay are:

1. Blois-3 <small>(4104)</small> (partly)
1. Chambord <small>(4105)</small> (partly)
1. Montrichard <small>(4107)</small>
1. Romorantin-Lanthenay <small>(4110)</small>
1. Saint-Aignan <small>(4111)</small>
1. Selles-sur-Cher <small>(4112)</small>
1. La Sologne <small>(4113)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Romorantin-Lanthenay has 77 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Angé <small>(41002) </small>
1. Billy <small>(41016) </small>
1. Chaon <small>(41036) </small>
1. La Chapelle-Montmartin <small>(41038) </small>
1. Châteauvieux <small>(41042) </small>
1. Châtillon-sur-Cher <small>(41043) </small>
1. Châtres-sur-Cher <small>(41044) </small>
1. Chaumont-sur-Tharonne <small>(41046) </small>
1. Chémery <small>(41049) </small>
1. Chissay-en-Touraine <small>(41051) </small>
1. Choussy <small>(41054) </small>
1. Contres <small>(41059) </small>
1. Couddes <small>(41062) </small>
1. Couffy <small>(41063) </small>
1. Dhuizon <small>(41074) </small>
1. Faverolles-sur-Cher <small>(41080) </small>
1. Feings <small>(41082) </small>
1. La Ferté-Beauharnais <small>(41083) </small>
1. La Ferté-Imbault <small>(41084) </small>
1. Fougères-sur-Bièvre <small>(41092) </small>
1. Fresnes <small>(41094) </small>
1. Gièvres <small>(41097) </small>
1. Gy-en-Sologne <small>(41099) </small>
1. Lamotte-Beuvron <small>(41106) </small>
1. Langon <small>(41110) </small>
1. Lassay-sur-Croisne <small>(41112) </small>
1. Loreux <small>(41118) </small>
1. Maray <small>(41122) </small>
1. Marcilly-en-Gault <small>(41125) </small>
1. Mareuil-sur-Cher <small>(41126) </small>
1. La Marolle-en-Sologne <small>(41127) </small>
1. Méhers <small>(41132) </small>
1. Mennetou-sur-Cher <small>(41135) </small>
1. Meusnes <small>(41139) </small>
1. Millançay <small>(41140) </small>
1. Monthou-sur-Cher <small>(41146) </small>
1. Montrichard-Val-de-Cher <small>(41151) </small>
1. Montrieux-en-Sologne <small>(41152) </small>
1. Mur-de-Sologne <small>(41157) </small>
1. Neung-sur-Beuvron <small>(41159) </small>
1. Nouan-le-Fuzelier <small>(41161) </small>
1. Noyers-sur-Cher <small>(41164) </small>
1. Oisly <small>(41166) </small>
1. Orçay <small>(41168) </small>
1. Ouchamps <small>(41170) </small>
1. Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre <small>(41176) </small>
1. Pontlevoy <small>(41180) </small>
1. Pouillé <small>(41181) </small>
1. Pruniers-en-Sologne <small>(41185) </small>
1. Romorantin-Lanthenay <small>(41194) </small>
1. Rougeou <small>(41195) </small>
1. Saint-Aignan <small>(41198) </small>
1. Saint-Georges-sur-Cher <small>(41211) </small>
1. Saint-Julien-de-Chédon <small>(41217) </small>
1. Saint-Julien-sur-Cher <small>(41218) </small>
1. Saint-Loup <small>(41222) </small>
1. Saint-Romain-sur-Cher <small>(41229) </small>
1. Saint-Viâtre <small>(41231) </small>
1. Salbris <small>(41232) </small>
1. Sassay <small>(41237) </small>
1. Seigy <small>(41239) </small>
1. Selles-Saint-Denis <small>(41241) </small>
1. Selles-sur-Cher <small>(41242) </small>
1. Soings-en-Sologne <small>(41247) </small>
1. Souesmes <small>(41249) </small>
1. Souvigny-en-Sologne <small>(41251) </small>
1. Theillay <small>(41256) </small>
1. Thenay <small>(41257) </small>
1. Thésée <small>(41258) </small>
1. Vallières-les-Grandes <small>(41267) </small>
1. Veilleins <small>(41268) </small>
1. Vernou-en-Sologne <small>(41271) </small>
1. Villefranche-sur-Cher <small>(41280) </small>
1. Villeherviers <small>(41282) </small>
1. Villeny <small>(41285) </small>
1. Vouzon <small>(41296) </small>
1. Yvoy-le-Marron <small>(41297) </small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|41194|Romorantin-Lanthenay|17,459|Romorantin-Lanthenay|Romorantinais et du Monestois|
|41232|Salbris|5,398|La Sologne|La Sologne des Rivières|
|41106|Lamotte-Beuvron|4,767|La Sologne|Cœur de Sologne|
|41242|Selles-sur-Cher|4,661|Selles-sur-Cher|Val-de-Cher-Controis|
|41198|Saint-Aignan|2,898|Saint-Aignan|Val-de-Cher-Controis|
|41280|Villefranche-sur-Cher|2,765|Selles-sur-Cher|Romorantinais et du Monestois|
|41164|Noyers-sur-Cher|2,761|Saint-Aignan|Val-de-Cher-Controis|
|41097|Gièvres|2,426|Selles-sur-Cher|Romorantinais et du Monestois|
|41185|Pruniers-en-Sologne|2,418|Selles-sur-Cher|Romorantinais et du Monestois|
|41161|Nouan-le-Fuzelier|2,343|La Sologne|Cœur de Sologne|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Loir-et-Cher department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Romorantin-Lanthenay
- **insee**: 413
- **nbcomm**: 74
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Romorantin-Lanthenay
- **pop**: 112145
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 2670.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Romorantin-Lanthenay 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire