Arrondissement of Montluçon

The **arrondissement of Montluçon** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Allier _département_. Its capital is the city of Montluçon, a subprefecture of the department.

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Montluçon is bordered to the north by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire region) department, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Moulins, to the southeast by the _arrondissement_ of Vichy, to the south by the Puy-de-Dôme department and to the west by the Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region) department.

It is the westernmost of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has 114,756 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_.

In the _arrondissement_ of Montluçon, there are 6 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_: Commentry, Huriel, Montluçon-1, Montluçon-2, Montluçon-3 and Montluçon-4 as can be seen in the following table:

|Canton|Montluçon|Moulins|Vichy|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bourbon-l'Archambault|12|17||
|Commentry|24|||
|Gannat|14|15|12|
|Huriel|31|||
|Montluçon-1|3|||
|Montluçon-2|1|||
|Montluçon-3|14 + Part of Montluçon|||
|Montluçon-4|6 + Part of Montluçon|||

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Montluçon has 89 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Ainay-le-Château <small>(03003)</small>
1. Archignat <small>(03005)</small>
1. Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest <small>(03007)</small>
1. Audes <small>(03010)</small>
1. Beaune-d'Allier <small>(03020)</small>
1. Bézenet <small>(03027)</small>
1. Bizeneuille <small>(03031)</small>
1. Blomard <small>(03032)</small>
1. Braize <small>(03037)</small>
1. Le Brethon <small>(03041)</small>
1. La Celle <small>(03047)</small>
1. Cérilly <small>(03048)</small>
1. Chambérat <small>(03051)</small>
1. Chamblet <small>(03052)</small>
1. La Chapelaude <small>(03055)</small>
1. Chappes <small>(03058)</small>
1. Chavenon <small>(03070)</small>
1. Chazemais <small>(03072)</small>
1. Colombier <small>(03081)</small>
1. Commentry <small>(03082)</small>
1. Cosne-d'Allier <small>(03084)</small>
1. Courçais <small>(03088)</small>
1. Deneuille-les-Mines <small>(03097)</small>
1. Désertines <small>(03098)</small>
1. Domérat <small>(03101)</small>
1. Doyet <small>(03104)</small>
1. Durdat-Larequille <small>(03106)</small>
1. Estivareilles <small>(03111)</small>
1. Haut-Bocage <small>(03158)</small>
1. Hérisson <small>(03127)</small>
1. Huriel <small>(03128)</small>
1. Hyds <small>(03129)</small>
1. Isle-et-Bardais <small>(03130)</small>
1. Lamaids <small>(03136)</small>
1. Lavault-Sainte-Anne <small>(03140)</small>
1. Lételon <small>(03143)</small>
1. Lignerolles <small>(03145)</small>
1. Louroux-Bourbonnais <small>(03150)</small>
1. Louroux-de-Beaune <small>(03151)</small>
1. Malicorne <small>(03159)</small>
1. Marcillat-en-Combraille <small>(03161)</small>
1. Mazirat <small>(03167)</small>
1. Meaulne-Vitray <small>(03168)</small>
1. Mesples <small>(03172)</small>
1. Montluçon <small>(03185)</small>
1. Montmarault <small>(03186)</small>
1. Montvicq <small>(03189)</small>
1. Murat <small>(03191)</small>
1. Nassigny <small>(03193)</small>
1. Néris-les-Bains <small>(03195)</small>
1. La Petite-Marche <small>(03206)</small>
1. Prémilhat <small>(03211)</small>
1. Quinssaines <small>(03212)</small>
1. Reugny <small>(03213)</small>
1. Ronnet <small>(03216)</small>
1. Saint-Angel <small>(03217)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais <small>(03221)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Four <small>(03219)</small>
1. Saint-Caprais <small>(03222)</small>
1. Saint-Désiré <small>(03225)</small>
1. Saint-Éloy-d'Allier <small>(03228)</small>
1. Sainte-Thérence <small>(03261)</small>
1. Saint-Fargeol <small>(03231)</small>
1. Saint-Genest <small>(03233)</small>
1. Saint-Marcel-en-Marcillat <small>(03244)</small>
1. Saint-Marcel-en-Murat <small>(03243)</small>
1. Saint-Martinien <small>(03246)</small>
1. Saint-Palais <small>(03249)</small>
1. Saint-Priest-en-Murat <small>(03256)</small>
1. Saint-Sauvier <small>(03259)</small>
1. Saint-Victor <small>(03262)</small>
1. Sauvagny <small>(03269)</small>
1. Sazeret <small>(03270)</small>
1. Teillet-Argenty <small>(03279)</small>
1. Terjat <small>(03280)</small>
1. Theneuille <small>(03282)</small>
1. Tortezais <small>(03285)</small>
1. Treignat <small>(03288)</small>
1. Urçay <small>(03293)</small>
1. Valigny <small>(03296)</small>
1. Vallon-en-Sully <small>(03297)</small>
1. Vaux <small>(03301)</small>
1. Venas <small>(03303)</small>
1. Verneix <small>(03305)</small>
1. Vernusse <small>(03308)</small>
1. Le Vilhain <small>(03313)</small>
1. Villebret <small>(03314)</small>
1. Villefranche-d'Allier <small>(03315)</small>
1. Viplaix <small>(03317)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|03185|Montluçon|37,289|Montluçon-1, Montluçon-2 Montluçon-3, Montluçon-4 || CA Montluçon Communauté||
|03101|Domérat|8,985|Montluçon-1|CA Montluçon Communauté|
|03082|Commentry|6,395|Commentry|Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté|
|03098|Désertines|4,304|Montluçon-2|CA Montluçon Communauté|
|03195|Néris-les-Bains|2,701|Montluçon-3|Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté|
|03128|Huriel|2,700|Huriel|Pays d'Huriel|
|03211|Prémilhat|2,434|Montluçon-4|CA Montluçon Communauté|
|03262|Saint-Victor|2,107|Montluçon-1|CA Montluçon Communauté|
|03084|Cosne-d'Allier|2,098|Huriel|Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté|
|03297|Vallon-en-Sully|1,635|Huriel|Val de Cher|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Montluçon
- **insee**: 031
- **nbcomm**: 89
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Montluçon
- **area**: 2116.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Montluçon 2017.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes