Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

The **arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Savoie _département_, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.

## History

When the Savoie department was created in 1860, the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Albertville, to the east by Italy, to the south by the Hautes-Alpes department, to the west by the Isère department and to the northwest by the _arrondissement_ of Chambéry.

It is the most southern of the _arrondissements_ of the department and is the second largest _arrondissement_ with an area of , but the one with fewest people living in it with 43,438 inhabitants and a 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 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, there are only 3 cantons:

1. Modane <small>(7310)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne <small>(7317)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny <small>(7318)</small> (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne has 56 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Aiguebelle <small>(73002)</small>
1. Aiton <small>(73007)</small>
1. Albiez-Montrond <small>(73013)</small>
1. Albiez-le-Jeune <small>(73012)</small>
1. Argentine <small>(73019)</small>
1. Aussois <small>(73023)</small>
1. Avrieux <small>(73026)</small>
1. Bessans <small>(73040)</small>
1. Bonneval-sur-Arc <small>(73047)</small>
1. Bonvillaret <small>(73049)</small>
1. La Chambre <small>(73067)</small>
1. La Chapelle <small>(73074)</small>
1. Épierre <small>(73109)</small>
1. Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire <small>(73116)</small>
1. Fourneaux <small>(73117)</small>
1. Freney <small>(73119)</small>
1. Hermillon <small>(73135)</small>
1. Jarrier <small>(73138)</small>
1. Le Châtel <small>(73080)</small>
1. Les Chavannes-en-Maurienne <small>(73083)</small>
1. Modane <small>(73157)</small>
1. Montgilbert <small>(73168)</small>
1. Montricher-Albanne <small>(73173)</small>
1. Montsapey <small>(73175)</small>
1. Montvernier <small>(73177)</small>
1. Notre-Dame-du-Cruet <small>(73189)</small>
1. Orelle <small>(73194)</small>
1. Pontamafrey-Montpascal <small>(73203)</small>
1. Randens <small>(73212)</small>
1. Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières <small>(73220)</small>
1. Saint-Alban-des-Villards <small>(73221)</small>
1. Saint-André <small>(73223)</small>
1. Saint-Avre <small>(73224)</small>
1. Saint-Colomban-des-Villards <small>(73230)</small>
1. Saint-Etienne-de-Cuines <small>(73231)</small>
1. Saint-François-Longchamp <small>(73235)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières <small>(73237)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-d'Arves <small>(73242)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne <small>(73248)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis <small>(73250)</small>
1. Saint-Léger <small>(73252)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-d'Arc <small>(73256)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte <small>(73258)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-sur-la-Chambre <small>(73259)</small>
1. Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne <small>(73261)</small>
1. Saint-Pancrace <small>(73267)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Belleville <small>(73272)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne <small>(73278)</small>
1. Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves <small>(73280)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines <small>(73255)</small>
1. Val-Cenis <small>(73290)</small>
1. Valloire <small>(73306)</small>
1. Valmeinier <small>(73307)</small>
1. Villarembert <small>(73318)</small>
1. Villargondran <small>(73320)</small>
1. Villarodin-Bourget <small>(73322)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|73248|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne|7,889|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne|Cœur de Maurienne Arvan|
|73157|Modane|3,239|Modane|Haute-Maurienne Vanoise|
|73261|Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne|2,465|Modane|Maurienne Galibier|
|73007|Aiton|1,727|Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny|Porte de Maurienne|
|73250|Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis|1,632|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne|Cœur de Maurienne Arvan|
|73278|Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne|1,261|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne|Le Canton de la Chambre|
|73231|Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines|1,189|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne|Le Canton de la Chambre|
|73002|Aiguebelle|1,158|Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny|Porte de Maurienne|
|73067|La Chambre|1,141|Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne|Le Canton de la Chambre|
|73306|Valloire|1,132|Modane|Maurienne Galibier|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
- **insee**: 733
- **nbcomm**: 53
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
- **pop**: 43091
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 1976.0
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes