Arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould

The **arrondissement of Sainte-Menehould** was an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Sainte-Menehould.

## History

When the Marne department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Sainte-Menehould was part of that original department.

In 1926, the _arrondissement_ was eliminated but it became again an _arrondissement_ of the Marne department in 1940.

It was dissolved in April 2017. All communes joined the arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Sainte-Menehould is in the northeast of the Marne department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardennes department, to the east by the Meuse department, to the south by the Vitry-le-François _arrondissement_ and to the west by the Châlons-en-Champagne _arrondissement_.

The _arrondissement_ of Sainte-Menehould is the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department with an area of  and the one with fewest people living in it (13,821 inhabitants), for a population density of  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

### 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_.

There is only one canton in the _arrondissement_ of Sainte-Menehould: the canton of Argonne Suippe et Vesle; the _communes_ of this canton are in the _arrondissements_ of Châlons-en-Champagne and of Sainte-Menehould.

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Sainte-Menehould has 67 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Argers <small>(51015)</small>
1. Auve <small>(51027)</small>
1. Belval-en-Argonne <small>(51047)</small>
1. Berzieux <small>(51053)</small>
1. Binarville <small>(51062)</small>
1. Braux-Saint-Remy <small>(51083)</small>
1. Braux-Sainte-Cohière <small>(51082)</small>
1. Cernay-en-Dormois <small>(51104)</small>
1. Chaudefontaine <small>(51139)</small>
1. Châtrices <small>(51138)</small>
1. Contault <small>(51166)</small>
1. Courtémont <small>(51191)</small>
1. Dampierre-le-Château <small>(51206)</small>
1. Dommartin-Dampierre <small>(51211)</small>
1. Dommartin-Varimont <small>(51214)</small>
1. Dommartin-sous-Hans <small>(51213)</small>
1. Florent-en-Argonne <small>(51253)</small>
1. Fontaine-en-Dormois <small>(51255)</small>
1. Givry-en-Argonne <small>(51272)</small>
1. Gizaucourt <small>(51274)</small>
1. Gratreuil <small>(51280)</small>
1. Hans <small>(51283)</small>
1. Herpont <small>(51292)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Felcourt <small>(51126)</small>
1. La Croix-en-Champagne <small>(51197)</small>
1. La Neuville-au-Pont <small>(51399)</small>
1. La Neuville-aux-Bois <small>(51397)</small>
1. Laval-sur-Tourbe <small>(51317)</small>
1. Le Chemin <small>(51143)</small>
1. Le Châtelier <small>(51133)</small>
1. Le Vieil-Dampierre <small>(51619)</small>
1. Les Charmontois <small>(51132)</small>
1. Maffrécourt <small>(51336)</small>
1. Malmy <small>(51341)</small>
1. Massiges <small>(51355)</small>
1. Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus <small>(51368)</small>
1. Moiremont <small>(51370)</small>
1. Noirlieu <small>(51404)</small>
1. Passavant-en-Argonne <small>(51424)</small>
1. Rapsécourt <small>(51452)</small>
1. Remicourt <small>(51456)</small>
1. Rouvroy-Ripont <small>(51470)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-sur-Tourbe <small>(51491)</small>
1. Saint-Mard-sur-Auve <small>(51498)</small>
1. Saint-Mard-sur-le-Mont <small>(51500)</small>
1. Saint-Remy-sur-Bussy <small>(51515)</small>
1. Saint-Thomas-en-Argonne <small>(51519)</small>
1. Sainte-Menehould <small>(51507)</small>
1. Servon-Melzicourt <small>(51533)</small>
1. Sivry-Ante <small>(51537)</small>
1. Somme-Bionne <small>(51543)</small>
1. Somme-Tourbe <small>(51547)</small>
1. Somme-Yèvre <small>(51549)</small>
1. Sommepy-Tahure <small>(51544)</small>
1. Tilloy-et-Bellay <small>(51572)</small>
1. Valmy <small>(51588)</small>
1. Verrières <small>(51610)</small>
1. Vienne-la-Ville <small>(51620)</small>
1. Vienne-le-Château <small>(51621)</small>
1. Ville-sur-Tourbe <small>(51640)</small>
1. Villers-en-Argonne <small>(51632)</small>
1. Virginy <small>(51646)</small>
1. Voilemont <small>(51650)</small>
1. Wargemoulin-Hurlus <small>(51659)</small>
1. Éclaires <small>(51222)</small>
1. Élise-Daucourt <small>(51228)</small>
1. Épense <small>(51229)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|51507|Sainte-Menehould|4,219|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|L'Argonne Champenoise|
|51544|Sommepy-Tahure|631|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|Suippe et Vesle|
|51399|La Neuville-au-Pont|556|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|L'Argonne Champenoise|
|51621|Vienne-le-Château|528|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|L'Argonne Champenoise|
|51272|Givry-en-Argonne|454|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|L'Argonne Champenoise|
|51610|Verrières|416|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|L'Argonne Champenoise|
|51515|Saint-Remy-sur-Bussy|338|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|Suippe et Vesle|
|51139|Chaudefontaine|332|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|L'Argonne Champenoise|
|51588|Valmy|296|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|L'Argonne Champenoise|
|51027|Auve|281|Argonne Suippe et Vesle|L'Argonne Champenoise|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Sainte-Menehould
- **insee**: 515
- **nbcomm**: 67
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Sainte-Menehould
- **pop**: 13927
- **year**: 2012
- **area**: 1021
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Sainte-Menehould 2017.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Grand Est
- **disbanded**: 2017