Arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville)

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.

### 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:
1. Château-Chinon (partly)
1. Guérigny (partly)
1. Luzy

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Château-Chinon (Ville) has 80 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|58062|Château-Chinon (Ville)|2,084|Château-Chinon|Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs|
|58149|Luzy|9,467|Luzy|Bazois Loire Morvan|
|58046|Cercy-la-Tour|1,816|Luzy|Bazois Loire Morvan|
|58182|Moulins-Engilbert|1,500|Luzy|Bazois Loire Morvan|
|58145|Lormes|1,296|Corbigny|Morvan Sommets et Grands Lacs|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Nièvre department
- Communes of the Nièvre department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Château-Chinon (Ville)
- **insee**: 581
- **nbcomm**: 80
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Château-Chinon (Ville)
- **area**: 2168.3
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Château-Chinon (Ville) 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté