Arrondissement of Le Blanc

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

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Le Blanc is the most western _arrondissement_ of the Indre department; it covers parts of the west and southwest of the department. It  is the second _arrondissement_ of the department in area, after the _arrondissement_ of Châteauroux, with, but the one with the lowest population (31,821 inhabitants).

The lowest point in the arrondissement is  high,  in the "commune" of Néons-sur-Creuse, and the highest is  high,  in the "commune" of Mouhet.

It is bordered to the north by the Indre-et-Loire department, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Châteauroux, to the southeast by the _arrondissement_ of  La Châtre, to the south by the Creuse department, to the southwest by the  Haute-Vienne department and to the west by the Vienne department.

### 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 are only two cantons in the _arrondissement_ of Le Blanc:
- Le Blanc <small>(3603)</small>, with 27 "communes", all in the _arrondissement_; and
- Saint-Gaultier <small>(3612)</small>, with 30 "communes" in the _arrondissement_ and 4 in the _arrondissement_ of Châteauroux.

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Le Blanc has 57 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Azay-le-Ferron <small>(36010)</small>
1. Beaulieu <small>(36015)</small>
1. Bélâbre <small>(36016)</small>
1. Le Blanc <small>(36018)</small>
1. Bonneuil <small>(36020)</small>
1. Chaillac <small>(36035)</small>
1. Chalais <small>(36036)</small>
1. La Châtre-Langlin <small>(36047)</small>
1. Chazelet <small>(36049)</small>
1. Chitray <small>(36051)</small>
1. Ciron <small>(36053)</small>
1. Concremiers <small>(36058)</small>
1. Douadic <small>(36066)</small>
1. Dunet <small>(36067)</small>
1. Fontgombault <small>(36076)</small>
1. Ingrandes <small>(36087)</small>
1. Lignac <small>(36094)</small>
1. Lingé <small>(36096)</small>
1. Lurais <small>(36104)</small>
1. Lureuil <small>(36105)</small>
1. Luzeret <small>(36106)</small>
1. Martizay <small>(36113)</small>
1. Mauvières <small>(36114)</small>
1. Mérigny <small>(36119)</small>
1. Mézières-en-Brenne <small>(36123)</small>
1. Migné <small>(36124)</small>
1. Mouhet <small>(36134)</small>
1. Néons-sur-Creuse <small>(36137)</small>
1. Nuret-le-Ferron <small>(36144)</small>
1. Obterre <small>(36145)</small>
1. Oulches <small>(36148)</small>
1. Parnac <small>(36150)</small>
1. Paulnay <small>(36153)</small>
1. La Pérouille <small>(36157)</small>
1. Pouligny-Saint-Pierre <small>(36165)</small>
1. Preuilly-la-Ville <small>(36167)</small>
1. Prissac <small>(36168)</small>
1. Rivarennes <small>(36172)</small>
1. Rosnay <small>(36173)</small>
1. Roussines <small>(36174)</small>
1. Ruffec <small>(36176)</small>
1. Sacierges-Saint-Martin <small>(36177)</small>
1. Saint-Aigny <small>(36178)</small>
1. Saint-Benoît-du-Sault <small>(36182)</small>
1. Saint-Civran <small>(36187)</small>
1. Saint-Gaultier <small>(36192)</small>
1. Sainte-Gemme <small>(36193)</small>
1. Saint-Gilles <small>(36196)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize <small>(36197)</small>
1. Saint-Michel-en-Brenne <small>(36204)</small>
1. Saulnay <small>(36212)</small>
1. Sauzelles <small>(36213)</small>
1. Thenay <small>(36220)</small>
1. Tilly <small>(36223)</small>
1. Tournon-Saint-Martin <small>(36224)</small>
1. Vigoux <small>(36239)</small>
1. Villiers <small>(36246)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|36018|Le Blanc|6,602|Le Blanc|Brenne - Val de Creuse|
|36192|Saint-Gaultier|1,819|Saint-Gaultier|Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse|
|36224|Tournon-Saint-Martin|1,175|Le Blanc|Brenne - Val de Creuse|
|36165|Pouligny-Saint-Pierre|1,095|Le Blanc|Brenne - Val de Creuse|
|36035|Chaillac|1,088|Saint-Gaultier|Marche Occitane - Val d'Anglin|
|36123|Mézières-en-Brenne|1,062|Le Blanc|Cœur de Brenne|
|36016|Bélâbre|999|Saint-Gaultier|Marche Occitane - Val d'Anglin|
|36113|Martizay|980|Le Blanc|Cœur de Brenne|
|36220|Thenay|862|Saint-Gaultier|Brenne - Val de Creuse|
|36010|Azay-le-Ferron|860|Le Blanc|Cœur de Brenne|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Le Blanc
- **insee**: 361
- **nbcomm**: 57
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Le Blanc
- **area**: 1782.3
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Le Blanc 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire