Arrondissement of Pithiviers

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

## History

When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Pithiviers was part of that original department.

The _arrondissement_ was eliminated in 1926 but it was made an _arrondissement_ again in 1942.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Pithiviers is the most northern of the _arrondissements_ of the Loiret department. It is the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department,  and the one with fewest people living in it, with 63,280 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Essonne department, to the east by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the southeast by the _arrondissement_ of Montargis, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Orléans and to the west by the Eure-et-Loir department.

### 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 Pithiviers are Malesherbes (<small>(4509)</small>) and, partly, Pithiviers (<small>(4517)</small>).

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Pithiviers has 79 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Andonville <small>(45005)</small>
1. Aschères-le-Marché <small>(45009)</small>
1. Ascoux <small>(45010)</small>
1. Attray <small>(45011)</small>
1. Audeville <small>(45012)</small>
1. Augerville-la-Rivière <small>(45013)</small>
1. Aulnay-la-Rivière <small>(45014)</small>
1. Autruy-sur-Juine <small>(45015)</small>
1. Auxy <small>(45018)</small>
1. Barville-en-Gâtinais <small>(45021)</small>
1. Batilly-en-Gâtinais <small>(45022)</small>
1. Bazoches-les-Gallerandes <small>(45025)</small>
1. Beaune-la-Rolande <small>(45030)</small>
1. Boësses <small>(45033)</small>
1. Boiscommun <small>(45035)</small>
1. Boisseaux <small>(45037)</small>
1. Bondaroy <small>(45038)</small>
1. Bordeaux-en-Gâtinais <small>(45041)</small>
1. Bouilly-en-Gâtinais <small>(45045)</small>
1. Bouzonville-aux-Bois <small>(45047)</small>
1. Boynes <small>(45050)</small>
1. Briarres-sur-Essonne <small>(45054)</small>
1. Bromeilles <small>(45056)</small>
1. Césarville-Dossainville <small>(45065)</small>
1. Chambon-la-Forêt <small>(45069)</small>
1. Charmont-en-Beauce <small>(45080)</small>
1. Châtillon-le-Roi <small>(45086)</small>
1. Chaussy <small>(45088)</small>
1. Chilleurs-aux-Bois <small>(45095)</small>
1. Courcelles <small>(45110)</small>
1. Courcy-aux-Loges <small>(45111)</small>
1. Crottes-en-Pithiverais <small>(45118)</small>
1. Dadonville <small>(45119)</small>
1. Desmonts <small>(45124)</small>
1. Dimancheville <small>(45125)</small>
1. Échilleuses <small>(45131)</small>
1. Égry <small>(45132)</small>
1. Engenville <small>(45133)</small>
1. Erceville <small>(45135)</small>
1. Escrennes <small>(45137)</small>
1. Estouy <small>(45139)</small>
1. Gaubertin <small>(45151)</small>
1. Givraines <small>(45157)</small>
1. Grangermont <small>(45159)</small>
1. Greneville-en-Beauce <small>(45160)</small>
1. Guigneville <small>(45162)</small>
1. Intville-la-Guétard <small>(45170)</small>
1. Jouy-en-Pithiverais <small>(45174)</small>
1. Juranville <small>(45176)</small>
1. Laas <small>(45177)</small>
1. Léouville <small>(45181)</small>
1. Lorcy <small>(45186)</small>
1. Le Malesherbois <small>(45191)</small>
1. Mareau-aux-Bois <small>(45195)</small>
1. Marsainvilliers <small>(45198)</small>
1. Montbarrois <small>(45209)</small>
1. Montliard <small>(45215)</small>
1. Morville-en-Beauce <small>(45217)</small>
1. Nancray-sur-Rimarde <small>(45220)</small>
1. La Neuville-sur-Essonne <small>(45225)</small>
1. Nibelle <small>(45228)</small>
1. Oison <small>(45231)</small>
1. Ondreville-sur-Essonne <small>(45233)</small>
1. Orville <small>(45237)</small>
1. Outarville <small>(45240)</small>
1. Pannecières <small>(45246)</small>
1. Pithiviers <small>(45252)</small>
1. Pithiviers-le-Vieil <small>(45253)</small>
1. Puiseaux <small>(45258)</small>
1. Ramoulu <small>(45260)</small>
1. Rouvres-Saint-Jean <small>(45263)</small>
1. Saint-Loup-des-Vignes <small>(45288)</small>
1. Saint-Michel <small>(45294)</small>
1. Santeau <small>(45301)</small>
1. Sermaises <small>(45310)</small>
1. Thignonville <small>(45320)</small>
1. Tivernon <small>(45325)</small>
1. Vrigny <small>(45347)</small>
1. Yèvre-la-Ville <small>(45348)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|45252|Pithiviers|9,054|Pithiviers|Le Pithiverais|
|45191|Le Malesherbois|8,098|Malesherbes|Le Pithiverais-Gâtinais|
|45258|Puiseaux|3,368|Malesherbes|Le Pithiverais-Gâtinais|
|45119|Dadonville|2,466|Pithiviers|Le Pithiverais|
|45030|Beaune-la-Rolande|1,984|Malesherbes|Le Pithiverais-Gâtinais|
|45095|Chilleurs-aux-Bois|1,961|Malesherbes|Le Pithiverais|
|45253|Pithiviers-le-Vieil|1,809|Pithiviers|Le Pithiverais|
|45310|Sermaises|1,588|Pithiviers|Le Pithiverais|
|45025|Bazoches-les-Gallerandes|1,503|Pithiviers|La Plaine du Nord Loiret|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Pithiviers
- **insee**: 453
- **nbcomm**: 79
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Pithiviers
- **area**: 1192.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Pithiviers 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire