Arrondissement of Montluçon

The arrondissement of Montluçon is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Allier département. Its capital is the city of Montluçon, a subprefecture of the department.

History
On 4 March 1790, with the establishment of the department of Allier, Montluçon was one of the districts of the department. With the establishment of the arrondissements on 17 February 1800, Montluçon was one of the original arrondissements.

Geography
The arrondissement of Montluçon is bordered to the north by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire region) department, to the east by the arrondissement of Moulins, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Vichy, to the south by the Puy-de-Dôme department and to the west by the Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region) department.

It is the westernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has 114,756 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 Montluçon, there are 6 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Commentry, Huriel, Montluçon-1, Montluçon-2, Montluçon-3 and Montluçon-4 as can be seen in the following table:

+ Communes in arrondissement of Montluçon Canton Montluçon Moulins Vichy Bourbon-l'Archambault1217 Commentry24 Gannat141512 Huriel31 Montluçon-13 Montluçon-21 Montluçon-314 + Part of Montluçon Montluçon-46 + Part of Montluçon

Communes
The arrondissement of Montluçon has 89 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Ainay-le-Château (03003)
 Archignat (03005)
 Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest (03007)
 Audes (03010)
 Beaune-d'Allier (03020)
 Bézenet (03027)
 Bizeneuille (03031)
 Blomard (03032)
 Braize (03037)
 Le Brethon (03041)
 La Celle (03047)
 Cérilly (03048)
 Chambérat (03051)
 Chamblet (03052)
 La Chapelaude (03055)
 Chappes (03058)
 Chavenon (03070)
 Chazemais (03072)
 Colombier (03081)
 Commentry (03082)
 Cosne-d'Allier (03084)
 Courçais (03088)
 Deneuille-les-Mines (03097)
 Désertines (03098)
 Domérat (03101)
 Doyet (03104)
 Durdat-Larequille (03106)
 Estivareilles (03111)
 Haut-Bocage (03158)
 Hérisson (03127)
 Huriel (03128)
 Hyds (03129)
 Isle-et-Bardais (03130)
 Lamaids (03136)
 Lavault-Sainte-Anne (03140)
 Lételon (03143)
 Lignerolles (03145)
 Louroux-Bourbonnais (03150)
 Louroux-de-Beaune (03151)
 Malicorne (03159)
 Marcillat-en-Combraille (03161)
 Mazirat (03167)
 Meaulne-Vitray (03168)
 Mesples (03172)
 Montluçon (03185)
 Montmarault (03186)
 Montvicq (03189)
 Murat (03191)
 Nassigny (03193)
 Néris-les-Bains (03195)
 La Petite-Marche (03206)
 Prémilhat (03211)
 Quinssaines (03212)
 Reugny (03213)
 Ronnet (03216)
 Saint-Angel (03217)
 Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais (03221)
 Saint-Bonnet-de-Four (03219)
 Saint-Caprais (03222)
 Saint-Désiré (03225)
 Saint-Éloy-d'Allier (03228)
 Sainte-Thérence (03261)
 Saint-Fargeol (03231)
 Saint-Genest (03233)
 Saint-Marcel-en-Marcillat (03244)
 Saint-Marcel-en-Murat (03243)
 Saint-Martinien (03246)
 Saint-Palais (03249)
 Saint-Priest-en-Murat (03256)
 Saint-Sauvier (03259)
 Saint-Victor (03262)
 Sauvagny (03269)
 Sazeret (03270)
 Teillet-Argenty (03279)
 Terjat (03280)
 Theneuille (03282)
 Tortezais (03285)
 Treignat (03288)
 Urçay (03293)
 Valigny (03296)
 Vallon-en-Sully (03297)
 Vaux (03301)
 Venas (03303)
 Verneix (03305)
 Vernusse (03308)
 Le Vilhain (03313)
 Villebret (03314)
 Villefranche-d'Allier (03315)
 Viplaix (03317)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 03185  Montluçon  37,289  Montluçon-1, Montluçon-2Montluçon-3, Montluçon-4  CA Montluçon Communauté 03101  Domérat  8,985  Montluçon-1  CA Montluçon Communauté 03082  Commentry  6,395  Commentry  Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté 03098  Désertines  4,304  Montluçon-2  CA Montluçon Communauté 03195  Néris-les-Bains  2,701  Montluçon-3  Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté 03128  Huriel  2,700  Huriel  Pays d'Huriel 03211  Prémilhat  2,434  Montluçon-4  CA Montluçon Communauté 03262  Saint-Victor  2,107  Montluçon-1  CA Montluçon Communauté 03084  Cosne-d'Allier  2,098  Huriel  Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté 03297  Vallon-en-Sully  1,635  Huriel  Val de Cher

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Allier department
 Communes of the Allier department

References

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