Arrondissement of Nantua

The **arrondissement of Nantua** is an arrondissement of France in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital is the city of Nantua.

## History

When the Ain department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Nantua was part of that original department.

## Geography

It is found in the northern half of the department with an area of . It has 84,640 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Nantua is bordered to the north by the Jura department, to the northeast by the _arrondissement_ of Gex, to the east by the Haute-Savoie department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Belley and to the west by the  _arrondissement_ of Bourg-en-Bresse.

### 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 Nantua,  there are only 2 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_:   Nantua (18 _communes_) and Oyonnax (2 _communes_). The canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine  has 1 _commune_ in the _arrondissement_ of Belley, 2 in the _arrondissement_ of Gex and 11 in the _arrondissement_ of Nantua; the canton of Hauteville-Lompnes has 29 _communes_ in Belley and 12 in Nantua; and the canton of Pont-d'Ain has 4 _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ of Bourg-en-Bresse and 20 in Nantua.

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Nantua has 65 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Apremont <small>(01011)</small>
1. Arbent <small>(01014)</small>
1. Béard-Géovreissiat <small>(01170)</small>
1. Bellegarde-sur-Valserine <small>(01033)</small>
1. Belleydoux <small>(01035)</small>
1. Bellignat <small>(01031)</small>
1. Billiat <small>(01044)</small>
1. Bolozon <small>(01051)</small>
1. Boyeux-Saint-Jérôme <small>(01056)</small>
1. Brénod <small>(01060)</small>
1. Brion <small>(01063)</small>
1. Ceignes <small>(01067)</small>
1. Cerdon <small>(01068)</small>
1. Challes-la-Montagne <small>(01077)</small>
1. Champfromier <small>(01081)</small>
1. Chanay <small>(01082)</small>
1. Charix <small>(01087)</small>
1. Châtillon-en-Michaille <small>(01091)</small>
1. Chevillard <small>(01101)</small>
1. Condamine <small>(01112)</small>
1. Confort <small>(01114)</small>
1. Dortan <small>(01148)</small>
1. Échallon <small>(01152)</small>
1. Géovreisset <small>(01171)</small>
1. Giron <small>(01174)</small>
1. Groissiat <small>(01181)</small>
1. Injoux-Génissiat <small>(01189)</small>
1. Izenave <small>(01191)</small>
1. Izernore <small>(01192)</small>
1. Jujurieux <small>(01199)</small>
1. Labalme <small>(01200)</small>
1. Lancrans <small>(01205)</small>
1. Lantenay <small>(01206)</small>
1. Leyssard <small>(01214)</small>
1. Lhôpital <small>(01215)</small>
1. Maillat <small>(01228)</small>
1. Martignat <small>(01237)</small>
1. Matafelon-Granges <small>(01240)</small>
1. Mérignat <small>(01242)</small>
1. Montanges <small>(01257)</small>
1. Montréal-la-Cluse <small>(01265)</small>
1. Nantua <small>(01269)</small>
1. Neuville-sur-Ain <small>(01273)</small>
1. Les Neyrolles <small>(01274)</small>
1. Nurieux-Volognat <small>(01267)</small>
1. Outriaz <small>(01282)</small>
1. Oyonnax <small>(01283)</small>
1. Peyriat <small>(01293)</small>
1. Plagne <small>(01298)</small>
1. Le Poizat-Lalleyriat <small>(01204)</small>
1. Poncin <small>(01303)</small>
1. Pont-d'Ain <small>(01304)</small>
1. Port <small>(01307)</small>
1. Priay <small>(01314)</small>
1. Saint-Alban <small>(01331)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-Joux <small>(01357)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-le-Vieux <small>(01363)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-du-Frêne <small>(01373)</small>
1. Samognat <small>(01392)</small>
1. Serrières-sur-Ain <small>(01404)</small>
1. Sonthonnax-la-Montagne <small>(01410)</small>
1. Surjoux <small>(01413)</small>
1. Varambon <small>(01430)</small>
1. Vieu-d'Izenave <small>(01441)</small>
1. Villes <small>(01448)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|01283|Oyonnax|22,485|Oyonnax|Haut - Bugey|
|01033|Bellegarde-sur-Valserine|11,745|Bellegarde-sur-Valserine|Pays Bellegardien|
|01031|Bellignat|3,656|Nantua|Haut - Bugey|
|01269|Nantua|3,534|Nantua|Haut - Bugey|
|01265|Montréal-la-Cluse|3,409|Nantua|Haut - Bugey|
|01014|Arbent|3,405|Oyonnax|Haut - Bugey|
|01091|Châtillon-en-Michaille|3,311|Bellegarde-sur-Valserine|Pays Bellegardien|
|01192|Izernore|2,294|Pont-d'Ain|Haut - Bugey|
|01199|Jujurieux|2,192|Pont-d'Ain|Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon|
|01148|Dortan|1,845|Pont-d'Ain|Haut - Bugey|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Nantua
- **insee**: 014
- **nbcomm**: 62
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Nantua
- **pop**: 93404
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 899.6
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Nantua 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes