Arrondissement of Charolles

The **arrondissement of Charolles** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Saône-et-Loire _département_ in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Charolles.

## History

When the Saône-et-Loire department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Charolles was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Charolles is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Autun, to the northeast by the _arrondissement_ of Chalon-sur-Saône and to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Mâcon. It is also bordered by three departments of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region: the Rhône department to the southeast, the Loire department to the south and the Allier department to the west.

It is in the southwestern corner of the department, with an area of , the largest in area of the department. It has 99,381 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_.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Charolles are:

1. Blanzy (partly)
1. La Chapelle-de-Guinchay (partly)
1. Charolles (partly)
1. Chauffailles
1. Cluny (partly)
1. Digoin
1. Gueugnon (partly)
1. Paray-le-Monial
1. Saint-Vallier (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Charolles has 135 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Amanzé <small>(71006)</small>
1. Anglure-sous-Dun <small>(71008)</small>
1. Anzy-le-Duc <small>(71011)</small>
1. Artaix <small>(71012)</small>
1. Ballore <small>(71017)</small>
1. Baron <small>(71021)</small>
1. Baudemont <small>(71022)</small>
1. Baugy <small>(71024)</small>
1. Beaubery <small>(71025)</small>
1. Bois-Sainte-Marie <small>(71041)</small>
1. Bourbon-Lancy <small>(71047)</small>
1. Bourg-le-Comte <small>(71048)</small>
1. Briant <small>(71060)</small>
1. Céron <small>(71071)</small>
1. Chalmoux <small>(71075)</small>
1. Chambilly <small>(71077)</small>
1. Champlecy <small>(71082)</small>
1. Changy <small>(71086)</small>
1. La Chapelle-au-Mans <small>(71088)</small>
1. La Chapelle-sous-Dun <small>(71095)</small>
1. Charolles <small>(71106)</small>
1. Chassigny-sous-Dun <small>(71110)</small>
1. Chassy <small>(71111)</small>
1. Châteauneuf <small>(71113)</small>
1. Châtenay <small>(71116)</small>
1. Chauffailles <small>(71120)</small>
1. Chenay-le-Châtel <small>(71123)</small>
1. Chevagny-sur-Guye <small>(71127)</small>
1. Chiddes <small>(71128)</small>
1. Ciry-le-Noble <small>(71132)</small>
1. La Clayette <small>(71133)</small>
1. Clessy <small>(71136)</small>
1. Collonge-en-Charollais <small>(71139)</small>
1. Colombier-en-Brionnais <small>(71141)</small>
1. Coublanc <small>(71148)</small>
1. Cronat <small>(71155)</small>
1. Curbigny <small>(71160)</small>
1. Curdin <small>(71161)</small>
1. Digoin <small>(71176)</small>
1. Dompierre-sous-Sanvignes <small>(71179)</small>
1. Dyo <small>(71185)</small>
1. Fleury-la-Montagne <small>(71200)</small>
1. Fontenay <small>(71203)</small>
1. Génelard <small>(71212)</small>
1. Gibles <small>(71218)</small>
1. Gilly-sur-Loire <small>(71220)</small>
1. Grandvaux <small>(71224)</small>
1. Les Guerreaux <small>(71229)</small>
1. Gueugnon <small>(71230)</small>
1. La Guiche <small>(71231)</small>
1. Hautefond <small>(71232)</small>
1. L'Hôpital-le-Mercier <small>(71233)</small>
1. Iguerande <small>(71238)</small>
1. Joncy <small>(71242)</small>
1. Lesme <small>(71255)</small>
1. Ligny-en-Brionnais <small>(71259)</small>
1. Lugny-lès-Charolles <small>(71268)</small>
1. Mailly <small>(71271)</small>
1. Maltat <small>(71273)</small>
1. Marcigny <small>(71275)</small>
1. Marcilly-la-Gueurce <small>(71276)</small>
1. Marly-sur-Arroux <small>(71281)</small>
1. Martigny-le-Comte <small>(71285)</small>
1. Melay <small>(71291)</small>
1. Mont <small>(71301)</small>
1. Montceaux-l'Étoile <small>(71307)</small>
1. Mornay <small>(71323)</small>
1. La Motte-Saint-Jean <small>(71325)</small>
1. Mussy-sous-Dun <small>(71327)</small>
1. Neuvy-Grandchamp <small>(71330)</small>
1. Nochize <small>(71331)</small>
1. Oudry <small>(71334)</small>
1. Ouroux-sous-le-Bois-Sainte-Marie <small>(71335)</small>
1. Oyé <small>(71337)</small>
1. Ozolles <small>(71339)</small>
1. Palinges <small>(71340)</small>
1. Paray-le-Monial <small>(71342)</small>
1. Perrecy-les-Forges <small>(71346)</small>
1. Perrigny-sur-Loire <small>(71348)</small>
1. Poisson <small>(71354)</small>
1. Pouilloux <small>(71356)</small>
1. Pressy-sous-Dondin <small>(71358)</small>
1. Prizy <small>(71361)</small>
1. Rigny-sur-Arroux <small>(71370)</small>
1. Le Rousset-Marizy <small>(71279)</small>
1. Saint-Agnan <small>(71382)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin-en-Charollais <small>(71388)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire <small>(71389)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Cray <small>(71393)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux <small>(71394)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Vieille-Vigne <small>(71395)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe-en-Brionnais <small>(71399)</small>
1. Saint-Didier-en-Brionnais <small>(71406)</small>
1. Saint-Edmond <small>(71408)</small>
1. Sainte-Foy <small>(71415)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais <small>(71421)</small>
1. Saint-Igny-de-Roche <small>(71428)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-de-Civry <small>(71433)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-de-Jonzy <small>(71434)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-en-Brionnais <small>(71437)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-lès-Paray <small>(71439)</small>
1. Saint-Marcelin-de-Cray <small>(71446)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Lixy <small>(71451)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Salencey <small>(71452)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-du-Lac <small>(71453)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-la-Patrouille <small>(71458)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-lès-Châteauneuf <small>(71463)</small>
1. Saint-Racho <small>(71473)</small>
1. Saint-Romain-sous-Versigny <small>(71478)</small>
1. Saint-Symphorien-des-Bois <small>(71483)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-Bragny <small>(71490)</small>
1. Saint-Yan <small>(71491)</small>
1. Sanvignes-les-Mines <small>(71499)</small>
1. Sarry <small>(71500)</small>
1. Semur-en-Brionnais <small>(71510)</small>
1. Sivignon <small>(71524)</small>
1. Suin <small>(71529)</small>
1. Tancon <small>(71533)</small>
1. Toulon-sur-Arroux <small>(71542)</small>
1. Uxeau <small>(71552)</small>
1. Vareilles <small>(71553)</small>
1. Varenne-Saint-Germain <small>(71557)</small>
1. Varenne-l'Arconce <small>(71554)</small>
1. Varennes-sous-Dun <small>(71559)</small>
1. Vauban <small>(71561)</small>
1. Vaudebarrier <small>(71562)</small>
1. Vendenesse-lès-Charolles <small>(71564)</small>
1. Vendenesse-sur-Arroux <small>(71565)</small>
1. Verosvres <small>(71571)</small>
1. Versaugues <small>(71573)</small>
1. Vindecy <small>(71581)</small>
1. Viry <small>(71586)</small>
1. Vitry-en-Charollais <small>(71588)</small>
1. Vitry-sur-Loire <small>(71589)</small>
1. Volesvres <small>(71590)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|71342|Paray-le-Monial|9,133|Paray-le-Monial|Le Grand Charolais|
|71176|Digoin|8,005|Digoin|Le Grand Charolais|
|71230|Gueugnon|7,276|Gueugnon|Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme|
|71047|Bourbon-Lancy|5,069|Digoin|Entre Arroux, Loire et Somme|
|71499|Sanvignes-les-Mines|4,463|Saint-Vallier|Communauté urbaine Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines|
|71120|Chauffailles|3,721|Chauffailles|La Clayette Chauffailles en Brionnais|
|71106|Charolles|2,757|Charolles|Le Grand Charolais|
|71132|Ciry-le-Noble|2,280|Saint-Vallier|Communauté urbaine Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines|
|71275|Marcigny|1,812|Paray-le-Monial|Canton de Marcigny|
|71133|La Clayette|1,722|Chauffailles|La Clayette Chauffailles en Brionnais|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Saône-et-Loire department
- Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Charolles
- **insee**: 713
- **nbcomm**: 126
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Charolles
- **area**: 2443.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Charolles 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté