Arrondissement of Vierzon

The **arrondissement of Vierzon** is an arrondissement of France, in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Vierzon.

## History

When the Cher department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Vierzon was not part of that original department. The _arrondissement_ was created in 1984.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Vierzon is in the northwest of the department. It is bordered to the north by the Loiret department, to the east by the Bourges _arrondissement_, to the south by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the west by the Loir-et-Cher department.

The _arrondissement_ of Vierzon is the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department with an area of . It has a population of 71,236 inhabitants.

### 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 Vierzon, (with their INSEE codes) are:
1. Aubigny-sur-Nère <small>(1801)</small>
1. Mehun-sur-Yèvre <small>(1811)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny <small>(1815)</small> (partly)
1. Vierzon-1 <small>(1818)</small>
1. Vierzon-2 <small>(1819)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Vierzon has 43 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Allouis <small>(18005)</small>
1. Argent-sur-Sauldre <small>(18011)</small>
1. Aubigny-sur-Nère <small>(18015)</small>
1. Berry-Bouy <small>(18028)</small>
1. Blancafort <small>(18030)</small>
1. Brinay <small>(18036)</small>
1. Brinon-sur-Sauldre <small>(18037)</small>
1. Cerbois <small>(18044)</small>
1. Chéry <small>(18064)</small>
1. Clémont <small>(18067)</small>
1. Dampierre-en-Graçay <small>(18085)</small>
1. Ennordres <small>(18088)</small>
1. Foëcy <small>(18096)</small>
1. Genouilly <small>(18100)</small>
1. Graçay <small>(18103)</small>
1. Ivoy-le-Pré <small>(18115)</small>
1. La Chapelle-d'Angillon <small>(18047)</small>
1. Lazenay <small>(18124)</small>
1. Limeux <small>(18128)</small>
1. Lury-sur-Arnon <small>(18134)</small>
1. Massay <small>(18140)</small>
1. Mehun-sur-Yèvre <small>(18141)</small>
1. Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre <small>(18147)</small>
1. Méreau <small>(18148)</small>
1. Méry-sur-Cher <small>(18150)</small>
1. Méry-ès-Bois <small>(18149)</small>
1. Nançay <small>(18159)</small>
1. Neuvy-sur-Barangeon <small>(18165)</small>
1. Nohant-en-Graçay <small>(18167)</small>
1. Oizon <small>(18170)</small>
1. Presly <small>(18185)</small>
1. Preuilly <small>(18186)</small>
1. Quincy <small>(18190)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-sur-la-Prée <small>(18210)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-de-Court <small>(18214)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent <small>(18219)</small>
1. Saint-Outrille <small>(18228)</small>
1. Sainte-Montaine <small>(18227)</small>
1. Sainte-Thorette <small>(18237)</small>
1. Thénioux <small>(18263)</small>
1. Vierzon <small>(18279)</small>
1. Vignoux-sur-Barangeon <small>(18281)</small>
1. Vouzeron <small>(18290)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|18279|Vierzon|27,050|Vierzon-1 and Vierzon-2|Vierzon-Sologne-Berry|
|18141|Mehun-sur-Yèvre|6,717|Mehun-sur-Yèvre|Cœur de Berry|
|18015|Aubigny-sur-Nère|5,560|Aubigny-sur-Nère|Sauldre et Sologne|
|18148|Méreau|2,582|Mehun-sur-Yèvre|Cœur de Berry|
|18281|Vignoux-sur-Barangeon|2,143|Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny|Les Villages de la Forêt|
|18011|Argent-sur-Sauldre|2,137|Aubigny-sur-Nère|Sauldre et Sologne|
|18096|Foëcy|2,074|Mehun-sur-Yèvre|Cœur de Berry|
|18103|Graçay|1,456|Vierzon-2|Vierzon-Sologne-Berry|
|18140|Massay|1,412|Mehun-sur-Yèvre|Cœur de Berry|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Vierzon
- **insee**: 183
- **nbcomm**: 43
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Vierzon
- **area**: 1767.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Vierzon 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire