Arrondissement of Auxerre

The arrondissement of Auxerre is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Yonne département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Auxerre.

History
When the Yonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Auxerre was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Auxerre is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Sens, to the east by the arrondissement of Avallon, to the south by the Nièvre (Burgundy) department and to the west by the Loiret (Centre-Val de Loire) department.

It has an area of , the largest in area of the arrondissements of the department. It has 179,922 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition
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 Auxerre, there are six cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Auxerre INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Auxerre  Avallon  Senes8901 Auxerre-13 + part of Auxerre3 + part of Auxerre8902 Auxerre-26 + part of Auxerre6 + part of Auxerre8903 Auxerre-36 + part of Auxerre6 + part of Auxerre8904 Auxerre-42 + part of Auxerre2 + part of Auxerre8906 Brienon-sur-Armançon729368907 Chablis2339628908 Charny362388909 Cœur de Puisaye24248911 Joigny87158912 Joux-la-Ville2123448913 Migennes10108915 Saint-Florentin148228921 Vincelles3636

Communes
The arrondissement of Auxerre has 171 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aigremont (89002)
 Andryes (89007)
 Appoigny (89013)
 Augy (89023)
 Auxerre (89024)
 Bassou (89029)
 Bazarnes (89030)
 Beaumont (89031)
 Beauvoir (89033)
 Beine (89034)
 Bellechaume (89035)
 Béru (89039)
 Bessy-sur-Cure (89040)
 Beugnon (89041)
 Bleigny-le-Carreau (89045)
 Bléneau (89046)
 Bonnard (89050)
 Branches (89053)
 Brienon-sur-Armançon (89055)
 Butteaux (89061)
 Carisey (89062)
 Chablis (89068)
 Chailley (89069)
 Champcevrais (89072)
 Champignelles (89073)
 Champlost (89076)
 Champs-sur-Yonne (89077)
 Chamvres (89079)
 La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne (89081)
 Charbuy (89083)
 Charentenay (89084)
 Charmoy (89085)
 Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye (89086)
 Chassy (89088)
 Chemilly-sur-Serein (89095)
 Chemilly-sur-Yonne (89096)
 Cheny (89099)
 Chéu (89101)
 Chevannes (89102)
 Chichée (89104)
 Chichery (89105)
 Chitry (89108)
 Coulangeron (89117)
 Coulanges-la-Vineuse (89118)
 Coulanges-sur-Yonne (89119)
 Courgis (89123)
 Courson-les-Carrières (89125)
 Crain (89129)
 Deux Rivières (89130)
 Diges (89139)
 Dracy (89147)
 Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines (89148)
 Égleny (89150)
 Épineau-les-Voves (89152)
 Escamps (89154)
 Escolives-Sainte-Camille (89155)
 Esnon (89156)
 Étais-la-Sauvin (89158)
 La Ferté-Loupière (89163)
 Festigny (89164)
 Fleury-la-Vallée (89167)
 Fleys (89168)
 Fontaines (89173)
 Fontenay-près-Chablis (89175)
 Fontenay-sous-Fouronnes (89177)
 Fontenoy (89179)
 Fouronnes (89182)
 Germigny (89186)
 Gurgy (89198)
 Gy-l'Évêque (89199)
 Hauterive (89200)
 Héry (89201)
 Irancy (89202)
 Jaulges (89205)
 Jussy (89212)
 Lain (89215)
 Lainsecq (89216)
 Lalande (89217)
 Laroche-Saint-Cydroine (89218)
 Lasson (89219)
 Lavau (89220)
 Leugny (89221)
 Levis (89222)
 Lichères-près-Aigremont (89224)
 Lignorelles (89226)
 Ligny-le-Châtel (89227)
 Lindry (89228)
 Lucy-sur-Cure (89233)
 Lucy-sur-Yonne (89234)
 Mailly-la-Ville (89237)
 Mailly-le-Château (89238)
 Maligny (89242)
 Mercy (89249)
 Méré (89250)
 Merry-Sec (89252)
 Merry-la-Vallée (89251)
 Merry-Sec (89252)
 Mézilles (89254)
 Migé (89256)
 Migennes (89257)
 Monéteau (89263)
 Montholon (89003)
 Montigny-la-Resle (89265)
 Mont-Saint-Sulpice (89268)
 Mouffy (89270)
 Moulins-sur-Ouanne (89272)
 Moutiers-en-Puisaye (89273)
 Neuvy-Sautour (89276)
 Nitry (89277)
 Les Ormes (89281)
 Ormoy (89282)
 Ouanne (89283)
 Parly (89286)
 Paroy-en-Othe (89288)
 Percey (89292)
 Perrigny (89295)
 Poilly-sur-Serein (89303)
 Poilly-sur-Tholon (89304)
 Pontigny (89307)
 Pourrain (89311)
 Prégilbert (89314)
 Préhy (89315)
 Quenne (89319)
 Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses (89324)
 Ronchères (89325)
 Rouvray (89328)
 Sainpuits (89331)
 Saint-Bris-le-Vineux (89337)
 Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing (89340)
 Saint-Cyr-les-Colons (89341)
 Saint-Fargeau (89344)
 Saint-Florentin (89345)
 Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche (89346)
 Saint-Martin-des-Champs (89352)
 Saint-Maurice-le-Vieil (89360)
 Saint-Maurice-Thizouaille (89361)
 Sainte-Pallaye (89363)
 Saint-Privé (89365)
 Saints-en-Puisaye (89367)
 Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (89368)
 Seignelay (89382)
 Sementron (89383)
 Senan (89384)
 Sery (89394)
 Sommecaise (89397)
 Sormery (89398)
 Sougères-en-Puisaye (89400)
 Soumaintrain (89402)
 Les Hauts de Forterre (89405)
 Tannerre-en-Puisaye (89408)
 Thury (89416)
 Toucy (89419)
 Treigny (89420)
 Trucy-sur-Yonne (89424)
 Turny (89425)
 Val-de-Mercy (89426)
 Vallan (89427)
 Varennes (89430)
 Venizy (89436)
 Venouse (89437)
 Venoy (89438)
 Vergigny (89439)
 Vermenton (89441)
 Villefargeau (89453)
 Villeneuve-les-Genêts (89462)
 Villeneuve-Saint-Salves (89463)
 Villiers-Saint-Benoît (89472)
 Villiers-Vineux (89474)
 Villy (89477)
 Vincelles (89478)
 Vincelottes (89479)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 58024  Auxerre  34,843  Auxerre-1, Auxerre-2Auxerre-3 and Auxerre-4  Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois 58257  Migennes  7,019  Migennes  Agglomération Migennoise 58086  Charny Orée de Puisaye  5,145  Charny  Puisaye-Forterre 58345  Saint-Florentin  4,614  Saint-Florentin  Serein et Armance 58263  Monéteau  4,010  Auxerre-2  Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois 58346  Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche  3,301  Auxerre-1  Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois 58055  Brienon-sur-Armançon  3,145  Brienon-sur-Armançon  Serein et Armance 58013  Appoigny  3,135  Auxerre-2  Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois 58419  Toucy  2,748  Cœur de Puisaye  Puisaye-Forterre 58099  Cheny  2,462  Migennes  Agglomération Migennoise

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Yonne department
 Communes of the Yonne department

References


Auxerre