Arrondissement of Louhans

The arrondissement of Louhans is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Saône-et-Loire département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Louhans.

History
When the Saône-et-Loire was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Louhans was part of that original department. In 1926, the arrondissement of Louhans was eliminated but in 1942 it became again an arrondissement of the department.

Geography
The arrondissement  of Louhans is bordered to the north and east by the Jura department, to the southeast by the Ain (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Mâcon, to the west  by the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône and to the northwest (a small part) by the Côte-d'Or department.

It is the easternmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of ,  the second smallest in area of the department. It has 55,567 inhabitants, the arrondissement of Saône-et-Loire with fewer people living in it, 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.

There are only three cantons in the arrondissement of Louhans: Cuiseaux (partly), Louhans and Pierre-de-Bresse.

Communes
The arrondissement of Louhans has 79 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Authumes (71013)
 Bantanges (71018)
 Beaurepaire-en-Bresse (71027)
 Beauvernois (71028)
 Bellevesvre (71029)
 Bosjean (71044)
 Bouhans (71045)
 Branges (71056)
 Brienne (71061)
 Bruailles (71064)
 Champagnat (71079)
 Charette-Varennes (71101)
 Condal (71143)
 Cuiseaux (71157)
 Cuisery (71158)
 Dampierre-en-Bresse (71168)
 Devrouze (71173)
 Diconne (71175)
 Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux (71177)
 Flacey-en-Bresse (71198)
 Frangy-en-Bresse (71205)
 Fretterans (71207)
 Frontenard (71208)
 Frontenaud (71209)
 Huilly-sur-Seille (71234)
 Joudes (71243)
 Jouvençon (71244)
 Juif (71246)
 L'Abergement-de-Cuisery (71001)
 La Chapelle-Naude (71092)
 La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur (71093)
 La Chapelle-Thècle (71097)
 La Chaux (71121)
 La Frette (71206)
 La Genête (71213)
 La Racineuse (71364)
 Lays-sur-le-Doubs (71254)
 Le Fay (71196)
 Le Miroir (71300)
 Le Planois (71352)
 Le Tartre (71534)
 Loisy (71261)
 Louhans (71263)
 Mervans (71295)
 Montagny-près-Louhans (71303)
 Montcony (71311)
 Montjay (71314)
 Montpont-en-Bresse (71318)
 Montret (71319)
 Mouthier-en-Bresse (71326)
 Ménetreuil (71293)
 Ormes (71332)
 Pierre-de-Bresse (71351)
 Pourlans (71357)
 Rancy (71365)
 Ratte (71367)
 Sagy (71379)
 Saillenard (71380)
 Saint-André-en-Bresse (71386)
 Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse (71396)
 Saint-Germain-du-Bois (71419)
 Saint-Martin-du-Mont (71454)
 Saint-Usuge (71484)
 Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse (71489)
 Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse (71410)
 Sainte-Croix (71401)
 Savigny-en-Revermont (71506)
 Savigny-sur-Seille (71508)
 Sens-sur-Seille (71514)
 Serley (71516)
 Serrigny-en-Bresse (71519)
 Simandre (71522)
 Simard (71523)
 Sornay (71528)
 Thurey (71538)
 Torpes (71541)
 Varennes-Saint-Sauveur (71558)
 Vincelles (71580)
 Vérissey (71568)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 71263  Louhans  6,349  Louhans  Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' 71056  Branges  2,388  Louhans  Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' 71528  Sornay  2,038  Louhans  Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' 71351  Pierre-de-Bresse  1,966  Pierre-de-Bresse  Le Canton de Pierre de Bresse 71419  Saint-Germain-du-Bois  1,936  Pierre-de-Bresse  Bresse Revermont 71 71157  Cuiseaux  1,889  Cuiseaux  Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' 71522  Simandre  1,691  Cuiseaux  Terres de Bresse 71158  Cuisery  1,594  Cuiseaux  Terres de Bresse 71295  Mervans  1,470  Pierre-de-Bresse  Bresse Revermont 71 71484  Saint-Usuge  1,303  Louhans  Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Saône-et-Loire department
 Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

References

Louhans