Arrondissement of Vichy

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

## History

When the department of Allier was created on 4 March 1790, Vichy was not one of ist districts. With the establishment of the _arrondissements_ on 17 February 1800, Vichy was part of the _arrondissements_ of _Lapalisse_.

On 24 August 1941, the capital of the _arrondissement_ of _Lapalisse_ was moved from the city of Lapalisse to the city of Vichy that was then the capital of the French State.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_  of Vichy is in the southeast of the Allier department and is bordered to the west and north by the _arrondissement_ of Moulins, to the east by the Saône-et-Loire department (Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region), to the southeast by the Loire department, to the south by the Puy-de-Dôme department and to the southwest by the _arrondissement_ of Montluçon.

It has an area of , and 122,267 inhabitants, the _arrondissement_ of Allier with more people living there, 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 Vichy, there are 5 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_: Bellerive-sur-Allier, Cusset, Lapalisse, Vichy-1 and Vichy-2 as can be seen in the following table:

|Canton|Montluçon|Moulins|Vichy|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bellerive-sur-Allier|||11|
|Cusset|||4|
|Dompierre-sur-Besbre||19|13|
|Gannat|14|15|12|
|Lapalisse|||31|
|Moulins-2||10 + Part of Moulins|12|
|Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule||8|14|
|Vichy-1|||3 + Part of Vichy|
|Vichy-2|||2 + Part of Vichy|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Vichy has 119 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Abrest <small>(03001)</small>
1. Andelaroche <small>(03004)</small>
1. Arfeuilles <small>(03006)</small>
1. Arronnes <small>(03008)</small>
1. Avrilly <small>(03014)</small>
1. Barrais-Bussolles <small>(03017)</small>
1. Bègues <small>(03021)</small>
1. Bellenaves <small>(03022)</small>
1. Bellerive-sur-Allier <small>(03023)</small>
1. Bert <small>(03024)</small>
1. Billezois <small>(03028)</small>
1. Billy <small>(03029)</small>
1. Biozat <small>(03030)</small>
1. Bost <small>(03033)</small>
1. Boucé <small>(03034)</small>
1. Le Bouchaud <small>(03035)</small>
1. Le Breuil <small>(03042)</small>
1. Broût-Vernet <small>(03043)</small>
1. Brugheas <small>(03044)</small>
1. Busset <small>(03045)</small>
1. La Chabanne <small>(03050)</small>
1. La Chapelle <small>(03056)</small>
1. Charmeil <small>(03060)</small>
1. Charmes <small>(03061)</small>
1. Châtel-Montagne <small>(03066)</small>
1. Châtelperron <small>(03067)</small>
1. Châtelus <small>(03068)</small>
1. Chavroches <small>(03071)</small>
1. Chezelle <small>(03075)</small>
1. Chirat-l'Église <small>(03077)</small>
1. Chouvigny <small>(03078)</small>
1. Cindré <small>(03079)</small>
1. Cognat-Lyonne <small>(03080)</small>
1. Coutansouze <small>(03089)</small>
1. Créchy <small>(03091)</small>
1. Creuzier-le-Neuf <small>(03093)</small>
1. Creuzier-le-Vieux <small>(03094)</small>
1. Cusset <small>(03095)</small>
1. Le Donjon <small>(03103)</small>
1. Droiturier <small>(03105)</small>
1. Ébreuil <small>(03107)</small>
1. Échassières <small>(03108)</small>
1. Escurolles <small>(03109)</small>
1. Espinasse-Vozelle <small>(03110)</small>
1. Ferrières-sur-Sichon <small>(03113)</small>
1. Gannat <small>(03118)</small>
1. La Guillermie <small>(03125)</small>
1. Hauterive <small>(03126)</small>
1. Isserpent <small>(03131)</small>
1. Jaligny-sur-Besbre <small>(03132)</small>
1. Jenzat <small>(03133)</small>
1. Lalizolle <small>(03135)</small>
1. Langy <small>(03137)</small>
1. Lapalisse <small>(03138)</small>
1. Laprugne <small>(03139)</small>
1. Lavoine <small>(03141)</small>
1. Lenax <small>(03142)</small>
1. Liernolles <small>(03144)</small>
1. Loddes <small>(03147)</small>
1. Louroux-de-Bouble <small>(03152)</small>
1. Luneau <small>(03154)</small>
1. Magnet <small>(03157)</small>
1. Mariol <small>(03163)</small>
1. Le Mayet-d'École <small>(03164)</small>
1. Le Mayet-de-Montagne <small>(03165)</small>
1. Mazerier <small>(03166)</small>
1. Molles <small>(03174)</small>
1. Monestier <small>(03175)</small>
1. Montaiguët-en-Forez <small>(03178)</small>
1. Montaigu-le-Blin <small>(03179)</small>
1. Montcombroux-les-Mines <small>(03181)</small>
1. Monteignet-sur-l'Andelot <small>(03182)</small>
1. Montoldre <small>(03187)</small>
1. Nades <small>(03192)</small>
1. Naves <small>(03194)</small>
1. Neuilly-en-Donjon <small>(03196)</small>
1. Nizerolles <small>(03201)</small>
1. Périgny <small>(03205)</small>
1. Le Pin <small>(03208)</small>
1. Poëzat <small>(03209)</small>
1. Rongères <small>(03215)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Rochefort <small>(03220)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe <small>(03223)</small>
1. Saint-Clément <small>(03224)</small>
1. Saint-Didier-en-Donjon <small>(03226)</small>
1. Saint-Didier-la-Forêt <small>(03227)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-de-Vicq <small>(03230)</small>
1. Saint-Félix <small>(03232)</small>
1. Saint-Gérand-le-Puy <small>(03235)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-des-Fossés <small>(03236)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-sur-Vouzance <small>(03239)</small>
1. Saint-Léon <small>(03240)</small>
1. Saint-Loup <small>(03242)</small>
1. Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs <small>(03248)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-Laval <small>(03250)</small>
1. Saint-Pont <small>(03252)</small>
1. Saint-Priest-d'Andelot <small>(03255)</small>
1. Saint-Prix <small>(03257)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy-en-Rollat <small>(03258)</small>
1. Saint-Yorre <small>(03264)</small>
1. Sanssat <small>(03266)</small>
1. Saulzet <small>(03268)</small>
1. Serbannes <small>(03271)</small>
1. Servilly <small>(03272)</small>
1. Seuillet <small>(03273)</small>
1. Sorbier <small>(03274)</small>
1. Sussat <small>(03276)</small>
1. Target <small>(03277)</small>
1. Thionne <small>(03284)</small>
1. Treteau <small>(03289)</small>
1. Trézelles <small>(03291)</small>
1. Valignat <small>(03295)</small>
1. Varennes-sur-Allier <small>(03298)</small>
1. Varennes-sur-Tèche <small>(03299)</small>
1. Veauce <small>(03302)</small>
1. Vendat <small>(03304)</small>
1. Le Vernet <small>(03306)</small>
1. Vichy <small>(03310)</small>
1. Vicq <small>(03311)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|03310|Vichy|25,279|Vichy-1 and Vichy-2|CA Vichy Communauté|
|03095|Cusset|13,386|Cusset|CA Vichy Communauté|
|03023|Bellerive-sur-Allier|8,533|Bellerive-sur-Allier|CA Vichy Communauté|
|03118|Gannat|5,862|Gannat|Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne|
|03236|Saint-Germain-des-Fossés|3,735|Vichy-1|CA Vichy Communauté|
|03298|Varennes-sur-Allier|3,562|Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule|Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire|
|03094|Creuzier-le-Vieux|3,310|Cusset|CA Vichy Communauté|
|03138|Lapalisse|3,076|Lapalisse|Pays de Lapalisse|
|03001|Abrest|2,847|Vichy-2|CA Vichy Communauté|
|03264|Saint-Yorre|2,789|Vichy-2|CA Vichy Communauté|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Vichy
- **insee**: 033
- **nbcomm**: 119
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Vichy
- **area**: 2265.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Vichy 2017.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes