Arrondissement of La Châtre

The **arrondissement of La Châtre** is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of La Châtre.

## History

When the Indre department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Châteauroux was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of La Châtre is in the southeast of the Indre department. It  has an area of  and a population of 32,962 inhabitants.

The lowest point in the arrondissement is  high,  in the "commune" of Ceaulmont, and the highest is  high, in the "commune" of Crevant.

It is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of  Châteauroux, to the northeast by the _arrondissement_ of Issoudun, to the east by the Cher departmen, to the south by the Creuse department and to the west by the _arrondissement_ of  Le Blanc.

### 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 following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:
|INSEE code|| Canton || Le Blanc || Châteauroux || La Châtre || Issoudun ||Total|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3602|Argenton-sur-Creuse||12|8||**20**|
|3608|La Châtre|||26|8|**34**|
|3611|Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre||1|24||**25**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of La Châtre has 51 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aigurande <small>(36001)</small>
1. La Berthenoux <small>(36017)</small>
1. Briantes <small>(36025)</small>
1. La Buxerette <small>(36028)</small>
1. Buxières-d'Aillac <small>(36030)</small>
1. Champillet <small>(36038)</small>
1. Chassignolles <small>(36043)</small>
1. La Châtre <small>(36046)</small>
1. Cluis <small>(36056)</small>
1. Crevant <small>(36060)</small>
1. Crozon-sur-Vauvre <small>(36061)</small>
1. Feusines <small>(36073)</small>
1. Fougerolles <small>(36078)</small>
1. Gournay <small>(36084)</small>
1. Lacs <small>(36091)</small>
1. Lignerolles <small>(36095)</small>
1. Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel <small>(36099)</small>
1. Lourouer-Saint-Laurent <small>(36100)</small>
1. Lys-Saint-Georges <small>(36108)</small>
1. Le Magny <small>(36109)</small>
1. Maillet <small>(36110)</small>
1. Malicornay <small>(36111)</small>
1. Mers-sur-Indre <small>(36120)</small>
1. Montchevrier <small>(36126)</small>
1. Montgivray <small>(36127)</small>
1. Montipouret <small>(36129)</small>
1. Montlevicq <small>(36130)</small>
1. La Motte-Feuilly <small>(36132)</small>
1. Mouhers <small>(36133)</small>
1. Néret <small>(36138)</small>
1. Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre <small>(36141)</small>
1. Nohant-Vic <small>(36143)</small>
1. Orsennes <small>(36146)</small>
1. Pérassay <small>(36156)</small>
1. Pouligny-Notre-Dame <small>(36163)</small>
1. Pouligny-Saint-Martin <small>(36164)</small>
1. Saint-Août <small>(36180)</small>
1. Saint-Chartier <small>(36184)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie <small>(36186)</small>
1. Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet <small>(36189)</small>
1. Saint-Plantaire <small>(36207)</small>
1. Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre <small>(36208)</small>
1. Sarzay <small>(36210)</small>
1. Sazeray <small>(36214)</small>
1. Thevet-Saint-Julien <small>(36221)</small>
1. Tranzault <small>(36226)</small>
1. Urciers <small>(36227)</small>
1. Verneuil-sur-Igneraie <small>(36234)</small>
1. Vicq-Exemplet <small>(36236)</small>
1. Vigoulant <small>(36238)</small>
1. Vijon <small>(36240)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|36046|La Châtre|4,278|La Châtre|La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère|
|36141|Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre|1,665|Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre|Le Val de Bouzanne|
|36127|Montgivray|1,654|Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre|La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère|
|36001|Aigurande|1,481|Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre|La Marche Berrichonne|
|36109|Le Magny|1,072|Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre|La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère|
|36056|Cluis|1,006|Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre|Le Val de Bouzanne|
|36189|Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet|957|Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre|La Marche Berrichonne|
|36180|Saint-Août|858|La Châtre|La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère|
|36208|Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre|809|La Châtre|La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: La Châtre
- **insee**: 363
- **nbcomm**: 51
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: La Châtre
- **area**: 1204.2
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement La Châtre 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire