Arrondissement of Sens

The **arrondissement of Sens** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Yonne _département_ in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Sens.

## History

When the Yonne was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Sens was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Sens is bordered to the northeast and east by the Aube (Champagne-Ardenne) department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Auxerre, to the west by the Loiret (Centre-Val de Loire) department and to the northwest by the Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France) department.

It is the northernmost of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of , the smallest in area of the department. It has 114,298 inhabitants and its 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 Sens, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8906|Brienon-sur-Armançon|7||29|**36**|
|8908|Charny|36||2|**38**|
|8910|Gâtinais en Bourgogne|||24|**24**|
|8911|Joigny|8||7|**15**|
|8914|Pont-sur-Yonne|||10|**10**|
|8916|Sens-1|||2 + part of Sens|**2** + part of Sens|
|8917|Sens-2|||5 + part of Sens|**5** + part of Sens|
|8918|Thorigny-sur-Oreuse|||17|**17**|
|8920|Villeneuve-sur-Yonne|||12|**12**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Sens has 118 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Arces-Dilo <small>(89014)</small>
1. Armeau <small>(89018)</small>
1. Bagneaux <small>(89027)</small>
1. La Belliole <small>(89036)</small>
1. Béon <small>(89037)</small>
1. Bœurs-en-Othe <small>(89048)</small>
1. Les Bordes <small>(89051)</small>
1. Brannay <small>(89054)</small>
1. Brion <small>(89056)</small>
1. Bussy-en-Othe <small>(89059)</small>
1. Bussy-le-Repos <small>(89060)</small>
1. La Celle-Saint-Cyr <small>(89063)</small>
1. Cérilly <small>(89065)</small>
1. Cerisiers <small>(89066)</small>
1. Cézy <small>(89067)</small>
1. Champigny <small>(89074)</small>
1. Champlay <small>(89075)</small>
1. Chamvres <small>(89079)</small>
1. La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse <small>(89080)</small>
1. Chaumont <small>(89093)</small>
1. Chaumot <small>(89094)</small>
1. Chéroy <small>(89100)</small>
1. Les Clérimois <small>(89111)</small>
1. Collemiers <small>(89113)</small>
1. Compigny <small>(89115)</small>
1. Cornant <small>(89116)</small>
1. Coulours <small>(89120)</small>
1. Courgenay <small>(89122)</small>
1. Courlon-sur-Yonne <small>(89124)</small>
1. Courtoin <small>(89126)</small>
1. Courtois-sur-Yonne <small>(89127)</small>
1. Cudot <small>(89133)</small>
1. Cuy <small>(89136)</small>
1. Dixmont <small>(89142)</small>
1. Dollot <small>(89143)</small>
1. Domats <small>(89144)</small>
1. Égriselles-le-Bocage <small>(89151)</small>
1. Étigny <small>(89160)</small>
1. Évry <small>(89162)</small>
1. Flacy <small>(89165)</small>
1. Foissy-sur-Vanne <small>(89171)</small>
1. Fontaine-la-Gaillarde <small>(89172)</small>
1. Fouchères <small>(89180)</small>
1. Fournaudin <small>(89181)</small>
1. Gisy-les-Nobles <small>(89189)</small>
1. Gron <small>(89195)</small>
1. Joigny <small>(89206)</small>
1. Jouy <small>(89209)</small>
1. Lailly <small>(89214)</small>
1. Lixy <small>(89229)</small>
1. Looze <small>(89230)</small>
1. Maillot <small>(89236)</small>
1. Malay-le-Grand <small>(89239)</small>
1. Malay-le-Petit <small>(89240)</small>
1. Marsangy <small>(89245)</small>
1. Michery <small>(89255)</small>
1. Molinons <small>(89261)</small>
1. Montacher-Villegardin <small>(89264)</small>
1. Nailly <small>(89274)</small>
1. Noé <small>(89278)</small>
1. Pailly <small>(89285)</small>
1. Paron <small>(89287)</small>
1. Paroy-sur-Tholon <small>(89289)</small>
1. Passy <small>(89291)</small>
1. Piffonds <small>(89298)</small>
1. Plessis-Saint-Jean <small>(89302)</small>
1. Pont-sur-Vanne <small>(89308)</small>
1. Pont-sur-Yonne <small>(89309)</small>
1. La Postolle <small>(89310)</small>
1. Précy-sur-Vrin <small>(89313)</small>
1. Rosoy <small>(89326)</small>
1. Rousson <small>(89327)</small>
1. Saint-Agnan <small>(89332)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin-sur-Yonne <small>(89335)</small>
1. Saint-Clément <small>(89338)</small>
1. Saint-Denis-lès-Sens <small>(89342)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-du-Sault <small>(89348)</small>
1. Saint-Loup-d'Ordon <small>(89350)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-d'Ordon <small>(89353)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-du-Tertre <small>(89354)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-aux-Riches-Hommes <small>(89359)</small>
1. Saint-Sérotin <small>(89369)</small>
1. Saint-Valérien <small>(89370)</small>
1. Saligny <small>(89373)</small>
1. Savigny-sur-Clairis <small>(89380)</small>
1. Sens <small>(89387)</small>
1. Sépeaux-Saint Romain <small>(89388)</small>
1. Serbonnes <small>(89390)</small>
1. Sergines <small>(89391)</small>
1. Les Sièges <small>(89395)</small>
1. Soucy <small>(89399)</small>
1. Subligny <small>(89404)</small>
1. Les Vallées de la Vanne <small>(89411)</small>
1. Thorigny-sur-Oreuse <small>(89414)</small>
1. Vallery <small>(89428)</small>
1. Vaudeurs <small>(89432)</small>
1. Vaumort <small>(89434)</small>
1. Verlin <small>(89440)</small>
1. Vernoy <small>(89442)</small>
1. Véron <small>(89443)</small>
1. Villeblevin <small>(89449)</small>
1. Villebougis <small>(89450)</small>
1. Villechétive <small>(89451)</small>
1. Villecien <small>(89452)</small>
1. Villemanoche <small>(89456)</small>
1. Villenavotte <small>(89458)</small>
1. Villeneuve-la-Dondagre <small>(89459)</small>
1. Villeneuve-la-Guyard <small>(89460)</small>
1. Villeneuve-l'Archevêque <small>(89461)</small>
1. Villeneuve-sur-Yonne <small>(89464)</small>
1. Villeperrot <small>(89465)</small>
1. Villeroy <small>(89466)</small>
1. Villethierry <small>(89467)</small>
1. Villevallier <small>(89468)</small>
1. Perceneige <small>(89469)</small>
1. Villiers-Louis <small>(89471)</small>
1. Vinneuf <small>(89480)</small>
1. Voisines <small>(89483)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|58387|Sens|25,507|Sens-1 and Sens-2|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais|
|58206|Joigny|9,672|Joigny|Le Jovinien|
|58464|Villeneuve-sur-Yonne|5,352|Villeneuve-sur-Yonne|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais|
|58287|Paron|4,858|Sens-2|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais|
|58309|Pont-sur-Yonne|3,422|Pont-sur-Yonne|Yonne Nord|
|58460|Villeneuve-la-Guyard|3,402|Pont-sur-Yonne|Yonne Nord|
|58338|Saint-Clément|2,786|Sens-1|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais|
|58348|Saint-Julien-du-Sault|2,388|Joigny|Le Jovinien|
|58074|Champigny|2,261|Pont-sur-Yonne|Yonne Nord|
|58443|Véron|1,965|Villeneuve-sur-Yonne|Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais|
|58449|Villeblevin|1,845|Pont-sur-Yonne|Yonne Nord|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Yonne department
- Communes of the Yonne department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Sens
- **insee**: 893
- **nbcomm**: 118
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Sens
- **area**: 1916.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Sens 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté