Arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire

The arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Nièvre département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire.

History
When the Nièvre department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire was part of that original department, with the original name of Cosne. In 1952, the name was changed to Cosne-sur-Loire, and in 1973, after the commune Cours was joined to the commune Cosne-sur-Loire, the name was changed to the present name.

Geography
The arrondissement  of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is bordered to the north by the Yonne (Burgundy) department, to the east by the arrondissement of Clamecy, to the south by the arrondissement of Nevers and to the west by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire) department.

It is the westernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of . It has 44,772 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.

There are only 3 cantons in the arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire:
 La Charité-sur-Loire
 Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
 Pouilly-sur-Loire

Communes
The arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire has 63 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Alligny-Cosne (58002)
 Annay (58007)
 Arbourse (58009)
 Arquian (58012)
 Arthel (58013)
 Arzembouy (58014)
 Beaumont-la-Ferrière (58027)
 Bitry (58033)
 Bouhy (58036)
 Bulcy (58042)
 La Celle-sur-Loire (58044)
 La Celle-sur-Nièvre (58045)
 Cessy-les-Bois (58048)
 Champlemy (58053)
 Champvoux (58056)
 La Charité-sur-Loire (58059)
 Chasnay (58061)
 Châteauneuf-Val-de-Bargis (58064)
 Chaulgnes (58067)
 Ciez (58077)
 Colméry (58081)
 Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (58086)
 Couloutre (58089)
 Dampierre-sous-Bouhy (58094)
 Dompierre-sur-Nièvre (58101)
 Donzy (58102)
 Garchy (58122)
 Giry (58127)
 Lurcy-le-Bourg (58147)
 La Marche (58155)
 Menestreau (58162)
 Mesves-sur-Loire (58164)
 Montenoison (58174)
 Moussy (58184)
 Murlin (58186)
 Myennes (58187)
 Nannay (58188)
 Narcy (58189)
 Neuvy-sur-Loire (58193)
 Oulon (58203)
 Perroy (58209)
 Pougny (58213)
 Pouilly-sur-Loire (58215)
 Prémery (58218)
 Raveau (58220)
 Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye (58227)
 Saint-Andelain (58228)
 Saint-Aubin-les-Forges (58231)
 Saint-Bonnot (58234)
 Sainte-Colombe-des-Bois (58236)
 Saint-Laurent-l'Abbaye (58248)
 Saint-Loup (58251)
 Saint-Malo-en-Donziois (58252)
 Saint-Martin-sur-Nohain (58256)
 Saint-Père (58261)
 Saint-Quentin-sur-Nohain (58265)
 Saint-Vérain (58270)
 Sichamps (58279)
 Suilly-la-Tour (58281)
 Tracy-sur-Loire (58295)
 Tronsanges (58298)
 Varennes-lès-Narcy (58302)
 Vielmanay (58307)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 58086  Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire  10,553  Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire  Loire, Vignobles et Nohain 58059  La Charité-sur-Loire  5,008  La Charité-sur-Loire  Loire, Nièvre et Bertranges 58218  Prémery  1,882  La Charité-sur-Loire  Loire, Nièvre et Bertranges 58215  Pouilly-sur-Loire  1,697  Pouilly-sur-Loire  Loire, Vignobles et Nohain 58102  Donzy  1,600  Pouilly-sur-Loire  Loire, Vignobles et Nohain 58193  Neuvy-sur-Loire  1,519  Pouilly-sur-Loire  Loire, Vignobles et Nohain 58067  Chaulgnes  1,476  La Charité-sur-Loire  Loire, Nièvre et Bertranges 58227  Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye  1,306  Pouilly-sur-Loire  Puisaye-Forterre 58261  Saint-Père  1,130  Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire  Loire, Vignobles et Nohain

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Nièvre department
 Communes of the Nièvre department

References

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