Arrondissement of Blois

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

## History

When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Blois was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Blois is a central _arrondissement_ in the Loir-et-Cher department. It  is the second largest _arrondissement_ of the department, , but it is the one with more people living in it, with 173,125 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Eure-et-Loir department, to the northeast by the Loiret department, to the east and south by the _arrondissement_ of Romorantin-Lanthenay, to the west by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the northwest by the _arrondissement_ of Vendôme.

### 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 Blois are:

1. La Beauce <small>(4101)</small>
1. Blois-1 <small>(4102)</small>
1. Blois-2 <small>(4103)</small>
1. Blois-3 <small>(4104)</small> (partly)
1. Chambord <small>(4105)</small> (partly)
1. Onzain <small>(4108)</small>
1. Vineuil <small>(4115)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Blois has 94 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Autainville <small>(41006) </small>
1. Avaray <small>(41008) </small>
1. Averdon <small>(41009) </small>
1. Bauzy <small>(41013) </small>
1. Beauce-la-Romaine <small>(41173) </small>
1. Binas <small>(41017) </small>
1. Blois <small>(41018) </small>
1. Boisseau <small>(41019) </small>
1. Bracieux <small>(41025) </small>
1. Briou <small>(41027) </small>
1. Candé-sur-Beuvron <small>(41029) </small>
1. Cellettes <small>(41031) </small>
1. Chailles <small>(41032) </small>
1. Chambord <small>(41034) </small>
1. Champigny-en-Beauce <small>(41035) </small>
1. La Chapelle-Saint-Martin-en-Plaine <small>(41039) </small>
1. La Chapelle-Vendômoise <small>(41040) </small>
1. Chaumont-sur-Loire <small>(41045) </small>
1. La Chaussée-Saint-Victor <small>(41047) </small>
1. Cheverny <small>(41050) </small>
1. Chitenay <small>(41052) </small>
1. Conan <small>(41057) </small>
1. Concriers <small>(41058) </small>
1. Cormeray <small>(41061) </small>
1. Courbouzon <small>(41066) </small>
1. Cour-Cheverny <small>(41067) </small>
1. Courmemin <small>(41068) </small>
1. Cour-sur-Loire <small>(41069) </small>
1. Crouy-sur-Cosson <small>(41071) </small>
1. Épiais <small>(41077) </small>
1. La Ferté-Saint-Cyr <small>(41085) </small>
1. Fontaines-en-Sologne <small>(41086) </small>
1. Fossé <small>(41091) </small>
1. Françay <small>(41093) </small>
1. Herbault <small>(41101) </small>
1. Huisseau-sur-Cosson <small>(41104) </small>
1. Josnes <small>(41105) </small>
1. Lancôme <small>(41108) </small>
1. Landes-le-Gaulois <small>(41109) </small>
1. Lestiou <small>(41114) </small>
1. Lorges <small>(41119) </small>
1. La Madeleine-Villefrouin <small>(41121) </small>
1. Marchenoir <small>(41123) </small>
1. Marolles <small>(41128) </small>
1. Maslives <small>(41129) </small>
1. Maves <small>(41130) </small>
1. Menars <small>(41134) </small>
1. Mer <small>(41136) </small>
1. Mesland <small>(41137) </small>
1. Monteaux <small>(41144) </small>
1. Monthou-sur-Bièvre <small>(41145) </small>
1. Les Montils <small>(41147) </small>
1. Montlivault <small>(41148) </small>
1. Mont-près-Chambord <small>(41150) </small>
1. Muides-sur-Loire <small>(41155) </small>
1. Mulsans <small>(41156) </small>
1. Neuvy <small>(41160) </small>
1. Oucques la Nouvelle <small>(41171) </small>
1. Le Plessis-l'Échelle <small>(41178) </small>
1. Rhodon <small>(41188) </small>
1. Rilly-sur-Loire <small>(41189) </small>
1. Roches <small>(41191) </small>
1. Saint-Bohaire <small>(41203) </small>
1. Saint-Claude-de-Diray <small>(41204) </small>
1. Saint-Cyr-du-Gault <small>(41205) </small>
1. Saint-Denis-sur-Loire <small>(41206) </small>
1. Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire <small>(41207) </small>
1. Saint-Étienne-des-Guérets <small>(41208) </small>
1. Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt <small>(41212) </small>
1. Saint-Laurent-des-Bois <small>(41219) </small>
1. Saint-Laurent-Nouan <small>(41220) </small>
1. Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce <small>(41221) </small>
1. Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois <small>(41223) </small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommeray <small>(41230) </small>
1. Sambin <small>(41233) </small>
1. Santenay <small>(41234) </small>
1. Séris <small>(41245) </small>
1. Seur <small>(41246) </small>
1. Suèvres <small>(41252) </small>
1. Talcy <small>(41253) </small>
1. Thoury <small>(41260) </small>
1. Tour-en-Sologne <small>(41262) </small>
1. Valaire <small>(41266) </small>
1. Valencisse <small>(41142) </small>
1. Valloire-sur-Cisse <small>(41055) </small>
1. Veuzain-sur-Loire <small>(41167) </small>
1. Vievy-le-Rayé <small>(41273) </small>
1. Villebarou <small>(41276) </small>
1. Villefrancœur <small>(41281) </small>
1. Villeneuve-Frouville <small>(41284) </small>
1. Villerbon <small>(41288) </small>
1. Villermain <small>(41289) </small>
1. Villexanton <small>(41292) </small>
1. Vineuil <small>(41295) </small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|41018|Blois|46,351|Blois-1, Blois-2, Blois-3 and Vineuil|CA Blois «Agglopolys»|
|41295|Vineuil|7,638|Vineuil|CA Blois «Agglopolys»|
|41136|Mer|6,197|La Beauce|Beauce Val de Loire|
|41047|La Chaussée-Saint-Victor|4,489|Blois-2|CA Blois «Agglopolys»|
|41220|Saint-Laurent-Nouan|4,305|Chambord|Grand Chambord|
|41151|Montrichard Val de Cher|3,913|Montrichard|Cher à la Loire|
|41059|Contres|3,576|Montrichard|Val-de-Cher-Controis|
|41173|Beauce la Romaine|3,461|La Beauce|Les Terres du Val de Loire|
|41167|Onzain|3,456|Onzain|CA Blois «Agglopolys»|
|41212|Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt|3,255|Vineuil|CA Blois «Agglopolys»|
|41150|Mont-près-Chambord|3,216|Chambord|Grand Chambord|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Blois
- **insee**: 411
- **nbcomm**: 93
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Blois
- **area**: 1950.2
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Blois 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire