Arrondissement of Nevers

The **arrondissement of Nevers** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Nièvre _département_ in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Nevers.

## History

When the Nièvre department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Nevers was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_  of Nevers is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, to the northeast by the _arrondissement_ of Clamecy, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Château-Chinon (Ville), to the south by the Allier (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department and to the west by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire) department.

The _arrondissement_ is in the southwestern part of the department, with an area of , the largest in area of the department. It has 118,087 inhabitants, the _arrondissement_ of Nièvre with more people living there, 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_.

1. Château-Chinon (partly)
1. Decize
1. Fourchambault
1. Guérigny (partly)
1. Imphy
1. Nevers-1
1. Nevers-2
1. Nevers-3
1. Nevers-4
1. Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
1. Varennes-Vauzelles

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Nevers has 82 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Anlezy <small>(58006)</small>
1. Avril-sur-Loire <small>(58020)</small>
1. Azy-le-Vif <small>(58021)</small>
1. Béard <small>(58025)</small>
1. Beaumont-Sardolles <small>(58028)</small>
1. Billy-Chevannes <small>(58031)</small>
1. Bona <small>(58035)</small>
1. Challuy <small>(58051)</small>
1. Champvert <small>(58055)</small>
1. Chantenay-Saint-Imbert <small>(58057)</small>
1. Chevenon <small>(58072)</small>
1. Cizely <small>(58078)</small>
1. Cossaye <small>(58087)</small>
1. Coulanges-lès-Nevers <small>(58088)</small>
1. Crux-la-Ville <small>(58092)</small>
1. Decize <small>(58095)</small>
1. Devay <small>(58096)</small>
1. Diennes-Aubigny <small>(58097)</small>
1. Dornes <small>(58104)</small>
1. Druy-Parigny <small>(58105)</small>
1. La Fermeté <small>(58112)</small>
1. Fertrève <small>(58113)</small>
1. Fleury-sur-Loire <small>(58115)</small>
1. Fourchambault <small>(58117)</small>
1. Frasnay-Reugny <small>(58119)</small>
1. Garchizy <small>(58121)</small>
1. Germigny-sur-Loire <small>(58124)</small>
1. Gimouille <small>(58126)</small>
1. Guérigny <small>(58131)</small>
1. Imphy <small>(58134)</small>
1. Jailly <small>(58136)</small>
1. Lamenay-sur-Loire <small>(58137)</small>
1. Langeron <small>(58138)</small>
1. Limon <small>(58143)</small>
1. Livry <small>(58144)</small>
1. Lucenay-lès-Aix <small>(58146)</small>
1. Luthenay-Uxeloup <small>(58148)</small>
1. La Machine <small>(58151)</small>
1. Magny-Cours <small>(58152)</small>
1. Mars-sur-Allier <small>(58158)</small>
1. Marzy <small>(58160)</small>
1. Montapas <small>(58171)</small>
1. Montigny-aux-Amognes <small>(58176)</small>
1. Neuville-lès-Decize <small>(58192)</small>
1. Nevers <small>(58194)</small>
1. Nolay <small>(58196)</small>
1. Parigny-les-Vaux <small>(58207)</small>
1. Poiseux <small>(58212)</small>
1. Pougues-les-Eaux <small>(58214)</small>
1. Rouy <small>(58223)</small>
1. Saincaize-Meauce <small>(58225)</small>
1. Saint-Benin-d'Azy <small>(58232)</small>
1. Saint-Benin-des-Bois <small>(58233)</small>
1. Saint-Éloi <small>(58238)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie <small>(58253)</small>
1. Saint-Firmin <small>(58239)</small>
1. Saint-Franchy <small>(58240)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-Chassenay <small>(58241)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-aux-Amognes <small>(58247)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-des-Vignes <small>(58250)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-d'Heuille <small>(58254)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice <small>(58257)</small>
1. Saint-Ouen-sur-Loire <small>(58258)</small>
1. Saint-Parize-en-Viry <small>(58259)</small>
1. Saint-Parize-le-Châtel <small>(58260)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier <small>(58264)</small>
1. Saint-Saulge <small>(58267)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice <small>(58269)</small>
1. Sauvigny-les-Bois <small>(58273)</small>
1. Saxi-Bourdon <small>(58275)</small>
1. Sermoise-sur-Loire <small>(58278)</small>
1. Sougy-sur-Loire <small>(58280)</small>
1. Thianges <small>(58291)</small>
1. Toury-Lurcy <small>(58293)</small>
1. Toury-sur-Jour <small>(58294)</small>
1. Tresnay <small>(58296)</small>
1. Trois-Vèvres <small>(58297)</small>
1. Urzy <small>(58300)</small>
1. Varennes-Vauzelles <small>(58303)</small>
1. Vaux d'Amognes <small>(58204)</small>
1. Verneuil <small>(58306)</small>
1. Ville-Langy <small>(58311)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|58194|Nevers|34,485|Nevers-1, Nevers-2 Nevers-3 and Nevers-4 || Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers||
|58303|Varennes-Vauzelles|9,467|Varennes-Vauzelles|Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers|
|58095|Decize|5,626|Decize|Sud Nivernais|
|58117|Fourchambault|4,456|Fourchambault|Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers|
|58121|Garchizy|3,835|Fourchambault|Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers|
|58160|Marzy|3,656|Fourchambault|Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers|
|58088|Coulanges-lès-Nevers|3,591|Nevers-1|Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers|
|58134|Imphy|3,482|Imphy|Sud Nivernais|
|58151|La Machine|3,397|Imphy|Sud Nivernais|
|58131|Guérigny|2,468|Guérigny|Loire, Nièvre et Bertranges|
|58214|Pougues-les-Eaux|2,437|Varennes-Vauzelles|Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers|
|58238|Saint-Éloi|2,149|Nevers-2|Loire et Allier|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Nevers
- **insee**: 583
- **nbcomm**: 82
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Nevers
- **area**: 2025.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Nevers 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté