Arrondissement of Moulins

The **arrondissement of Moulins** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Allier _département_. Its capital, and of the department, is the city of Moulins.

## History

On 4 March 1790, with the establishment of the department of Allier, Moulins was one of the districts of the department. With the establishment of the _arrondissements_ on 17 February 1800, Moulins was one of the original _arrondissements_.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_  of Moulins is bordered to the north by the Nièvre department (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region), to the east by the Saône-et-Loire department (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region), to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Vichy, to the west by the _arrondissement_ of Montluçon and to the northwest by the Cher department (Centre-Val de Loire region).

It is in the northern part of the department, with an area of , the largest in area of the department. It has 106,039 inhabitants, the _arrondissement_ of the Allier department with fewer 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_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Moulins, there are 3 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_: Moulins-1, Souvigny and Yzeure as can be seen in the following table:

|Canton|Montluçon|Moulins|Vichy|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bourbon-l'Archambault|12|17||
|Dompierre-sur-Besbre||19|13|
|Gannat|14|15|12|
|Moulins-1||6 + Part of Moulins||
|Moulins-2||10 + Part of Moulins|12|
|Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule||8|14|
|Souvigny||29||
|Yzeure||6||

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Moulins has 109 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Agonges <small>(03002)</small>
1. Aubigny <small>(03009)</small>
1. Aurouër <small>(03011)</small>
1. Autry-Issards <small>(03012)</small>
1. Avermes <small>(03013)</small>
1. Bagneux <small>(03015)</small>
1. Barberier <small>(03016)</small>
1. Bayet <small>(03018)</small>
1. Beaulon <small>(03019)</small>
1. Bessay-sur-Allier <small>(03025)</small>
1. Besson <small>(03026)</small>
1. Bourbon-l'Archambault <small>(03036)</small>
1. Bransat <small>(03038)</small>
1. Bresnay <small>(03039)</small>
1. Bressolles <small>(03040)</small>
1. Buxières-les-Mines <small>(03046)</small>
1. Cesset <small>(03049)</small>
1. Chantelle <small>(03053)</small>
1. Chapeau <small>(03054)</small>
1. La Chapelle-aux-Chasses <small>(03057)</small>
1. Chareil-Cintrat <small>(03059)</small>
1. Charroux <small>(03062)</small>
1. Chassenard <small>(03063)</small>
1. Château-sur-Allier <small>(03064)</small>
1. Châtel-de-Neuvre <small>(03065)</small>
1. Châtillon <small>(03069)</small>
1. Chemilly <small>(03073)</small>
1. Chevagnes <small>(03074)</small>
1. Chézy <small>(03076)</small>
1. Contigny <small>(03083)</small>
1. Coulandon <small>(03085)</small>
1. Coulanges <small>(03086)</small>
1. Couleuvre <small>(03087)</small>
1. Couzon <small>(03090)</small>
1. Cressanges <small>(03092)</small>
1. Deneuille-lès-Chantelle <small>(03096)</small>
1. Deux-Chaises <small>(03099)</small>
1. Diou <small>(03100)</small>
1. Dompierre-sur-Besbre <small>(03102)</small>
1. Étroussat <small>(03112)</small>
1. La Ferté-Hauterive <small>(03114)</small>
1. Fleuriel <small>(03115)</small>
1. Fourilles <small>(03116)</small>
1. Franchesse <small>(03117)</small>
1. Gannay-sur-Loire <small>(03119)</small>
1. Garnat-sur-Engièvre <small>(03120)</small>
1. Gennetines <small>(03121)</small>
1. Gipcy <small>(03122)</small>
1. Gouise <small>(03124)</small>
1. Laféline <small>(03134)</small>
1. Limoise <small>(03146)</small>
1. Loriges <small>(03148)</small>
1. Louchy-Montfand <small>(03149)</small>
1. Lurcy-Lévis <small>(03155)</small>
1. Lusigny <small>(03156)</small>
1. Marcenat <small>(03160)</small>
1. Marigny <small>(03162)</small>
1. Meillard <small>(03169)</small>
1. Meillers <small>(03170)</small>
1. Mercy <small>(03171)</small>
1. Molinet <small>(03173)</small>
1. Monétay-sur-Allier <small>(03176)</small>
1. Monétay-sur-Loire <small>(03177)</small>
1. Montbeugny <small>(03180)</small>
1. Le Montet <small>(03183)</small>
1. Montilly <small>(03184)</small>
1. Montord <small>(03188)</small>
1. Moulins <small>(03190)</small>
1. Neuilly-le-Réal <small>(03197)</small>
1. Neure <small>(03198)</small>
1. Neuvy <small>(03200)</small>
1. Noyant-d'Allier <small>(03202)</small>
1. Paray-le-Frésil <small>(03203)</small>
1. Paray-sous-Briailles <small>(03204)</small>
1. Pierrefitte-sur-Loire <small>(03207)</small>
1. Pouzy-Mésangy <small>(03210)</small>
1. Rocles <small>(03214)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin-le-Monial <small>(03218)</small>
1. Saint-Ennemond <small>(03229)</small>
1. Saint-Gérand-de-Vaux <small>(03234)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-Salles <small>(03237)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire <small>(03238)</small>
1. Saint-Léopardin-d'Augy <small>(03241)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-des-Lais <small>(03245)</small>
1. Saint-Menoux <small>(03247)</small>
1. Saint-Plaisir <small>(03251)</small>
1. Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre <small>(03253)</small>
1. Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule <small>(03254)</small>
1. Saint-Sornin <small>(03260)</small>
1. Saint-Voir <small>(03263)</small>
1. Saligny-sur-Roudon <small>(03265)</small>
1. Saulcet <small>(03267)</small>
1. Souvigny <small>(03275)</small>
1. Taxat-Senat <small>(03278)</small>
1. Le Theil <small>(03281)</small>
1. Thiel-sur-Acolin <small>(03283)</small>
1. Toulon-sur-Allier <small>(03286)</small>
1. Treban <small>(03287)</small>
1. Trévol <small>(03290)</small>
1. Tronget <small>(03292)</small>
1. Ussel-d'Allier <small>(03294)</small>
1. Vaumas <small>(03300)</small>
1. Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais <small>(03307)</small>
1. Le Veurdre <small>(03309)</small>
1. Vieure <small>(03312)</small>
1. Villeneuve-sur-Allier <small>(03316)</small>
1. Voussac <small>(03319)</small>
1. Ygrande <small>(03320)</small>
1. Yzeure <small>(03321)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|03190|Moulins|19,762|Moulins-1 and Moulins-2|CA Moulins Communauté|
|03321|Yzeure|13,069|Yzeure|CA Moulins Communauté|
|03254|Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule|5,039|Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule|Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne|
|03013|Avermes|3,859|Moulins-1|CA Moulins Communauté|
|03102|Dompierre-sur-Besbre|3,090|Dompierre-sur-Besbre|Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire|
|03036|Bourbon-l'Archambault|2,558|Bourbon-l'Archambault|Bocage Bourbonnais|
|03155|Lurcy-Lévis|1,942|Bourbon-l'Archambault|CA Moulins Communauté|
|03275|Souvigny|1,865|Souvigny|CA Moulins Communauté|
|03156|Lusigny|1,719|Dompierre-sur-Besbre|CA Moulins Communauté|
|03290|Trévol|1,669|Yzeure|CA Moulins Communauté|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Allier department
- Communes of the Allier department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Moulins
- **insee**: 032
- **nbcomm**: 109
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Moulins, Allier, Moulins
- **area**: 2957.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Moulins 2017.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes