Arrondissement of Mâcon

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

History
When the Saône-et-Loire department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Mâcon was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement  of Mâcon is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Louhans and to the west by the arrondissement of Charolles. It is also bordered by two departments of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region: the Rhône department to the south and the Ain department to the east.

It is in the southern part of the department, with an area of , the smallest in area of the department. It has 114,063 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.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Mâcon are:

 La Chapelle-de-Guinchay (partly)
 Cluny (partly)
 Cuiseaux (partly)
 Hurigny
 Mâcon-1
 Mâcon-2
 Tournus (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Mâcon has 121 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Ameugny (71007)
 Azé (71016)
 Bergesserin (71030)
 Berzé-la-Ville (71032)
 Berzé-le-Châtel (71031)
 Bissy-la-Mâconnaise (71035)
 Bissy-sous-Uxelles (71036)
 Blanot (71039)
 Bonnay (71042)
 Bourgvilain (71050)
 Brandon (71055)
 Bray (71057)
 Buffières (71065)
 Burgy (71066)
 Burnand (71067)
 Burzy (71068)
 Bussières (71069)
 Chaintré (71074)
 Chânes (71084)
 Chapaize (71087)
 La Chapelle-de-Guinchay (71090)
 La Chapelle-du-Mont-de-France (71091)
 La Chapelle-sous-Brancion (71094)
 Charbonnières (71099)
 Chardonnay (71100)
 Charnay-lès-Mâcon (71105)
 Chasselas (71108)
 Château (71112)
 Chérizet (71125)
 Chevagny-les-Chevrières (71126)
 Chissey-lès-Mâcon (71130)
 Clermain (71134)
 Clessé (71135)
 Cluny (71137)
 Cormatin (71145)
 Cortambert (71146)
 Cortevaix (71147)
 Crêches-sur-Saône (71150)
 Cruzille (71156)
 Curtil-sous-Buffières (71163)
 Curtil-sous-Burnand (71164)
 Davayé (71169)
 Dompierre-les-Ormes (71178)
 Donzy-le-Pertuis (71181)
 Farges-lès-Mâcon (71195)
 Flagy (71199)
 Fleurville (71591)
 Fuissé (71210)
 Germolles-sur-Grosne (71217)
 Grevilly (71226)
 Hurigny (71235)
 Igé (71236)
 Jalogny (71240)
 Lacrost (71248)
 Laizé (71250)
 Leynes (71258)
 Lournand (71264)
 Lugny (71267)
 Mâcon (71270)
 Malay (71272)
 Martailly-lès-Brancion (71284)
 Massilly (71287)
 Matour (71289)
 Mazille (71290)
 Milly-Lamartine (71299)
 Montagny-sur-Grosne (71304)
 Montbellet (71305)
 Montmelard (71316)
 Ozenay (71338)
 Passy (71344)
 Péronne (71345)
 Pierreclos (71350)
 Plottes (71353)
 Préty (71359)
 Prissé (71360)
 Pruzilly (71362)
 Ratenelle (71366)
 La Roche-Vineuse (71371)
 Romanèche-Thorins (71372)
 Romenay (71373)
 Royer (71377)
 Sailly (71381)
 Saint-Albain (71383)
 Saint-Amour-Bellevue (71385)
 Saint-André-le-Désert (71387)
 Sainte-Cécile (71397)
 Saint-Gengoux-de-Scissé (71416)
 Saint-Gengoux-le-National (71417)
 Saint-Huruge (71427)
 Saint-Léger-sous-la-Bussière (71441)
 Saint-Martin-Belle-Roche (71448)
 Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay (71460)
 Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux (71469)
 Saint-Point (71470)
 Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles (71481)
 Saint-Vérand (71487)
 Saint-Vincent-des-Prés (71488)
 Saint-Ythaire (71492)
 La Salle (71494)
 Salornay-sur-Guye (71495)
 Sancé (71497)
 Savigny-sur-Grosne (71507)
 Senozan (71513)
 Serrières (71518)
 Sigy-le-Châtel (71521)
 Sologny (71525)
 Solutré-Pouilly (71526)
 Taizé (71532)
 Tournus (71543)
 Tramayes (71545)
 Trambly (71546)
 Trivy (71547)
 La Truchère (71549)
 Uchizy (71550)
 Varennes-lès-Mâcon (71556)
 Vergisson (71567)
 Verzé (71574)
 Le Villars (71576)
 La Vineuse sur Fregande (71582)
 Vinzelles (71583)
 Viré (71584)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 71270  Mâcon  33,456  Mâcon-1 and Mâcon-2  Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération 71105  Charnay-lès-Mâcon  6,969  Mâcon-1  Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération 71543  Tournus  5,764  Tournus  Mâconnais - Tournugeois 71137  Cluny  4,775  Cluny  Le Clunisois 71090  La Chapelle-de-Guinchay  3,999  La Chapelle-de-Guinchay  Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération 71150  Crêches-sur-Saône  2,930  La Chapelle-de-Guinchay  Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération 71360  Prissé  1,993  Hurigny  Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération 71372  Romanèche-Thorins  1,964  La Chapelle-de-Guinchay  Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération 71235  Hurigny  1,959  Hurigny  Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération 71497  Sancé  1,872  Mâcon-1  Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération

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

References

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