Arrondissement of Sens

The arrondissement of Sens is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Yonne département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Sens.

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Sens is bordered to the northeast and east by the Aube (Champagne-Ardenne) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Auxerre, to the west by the Loiret (Centre-Val de Loire) department and to the northwest by the Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France) department.

It is the northernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the smallest in area of the department. It has 114,298 inhabitants and its 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 Sens, there are three 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 Sens INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Auxerre  Avallon  Sens8906 Brienon-sur-Armançon729368908 Charny362388910 Gâtinais en Bourgogne24248911 Joigny87158914 Pont-sur-Yonne10108916 Sens-12 + part of Sens2 + part of Sens8917 Sens-25 + part of Sens5 + part of Sens8918 Thorigny-sur-Oreuse17178920 Villeneuve-sur-Yonne1212

Communes
The arrondissement of Sens has 118 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Arces-Dilo (89014)
 Armeau (89018)
 Bagneaux (89027)
 La Belliole (89036)
 Béon (89037)
 Bœurs-en-Othe (89048)
 Les Bordes (89051)
 Brannay (89054)
 Brion (89056)
 Bussy-en-Othe (89059)
 Bussy-le-Repos (89060)
 La Celle-Saint-Cyr (89063)
 Cérilly (89065)
 Cerisiers (89066)
 Cézy (89067)
 Champigny (89074)
 Champlay (89075)
 Chamvres (89079)
 La Chapelle-sur-Oreuse (89080)
 Chaumont (89093)
 Chaumot (89094)
 Chéroy (89100)
 Les Clérimois (89111)
 Collemiers (89113)
 Compigny (89115)
 Cornant (89116)
 Coulours (89120)
 Courgenay (89122)
 Courlon-sur-Yonne (89124)
 Courtoin (89126)
 Courtois-sur-Yonne (89127)
 Cudot (89133)
 Cuy (89136)
 Dixmont (89142)
 Dollot (89143)
 Domats (89144)
 Égriselles-le-Bocage (89151)
 Étigny (89160)
 Évry (89162)
 Flacy (89165)
 Foissy-sur-Vanne (89171)
 Fontaine-la-Gaillarde (89172)
 Fouchères (89180)
 Fournaudin (89181)
 Gisy-les-Nobles (89189)
 Gron (89195)
 Joigny (89206)
 Jouy (89209)
 Lailly (89214)
 Lixy (89229)
 Looze (89230)
 Maillot (89236)
 Malay-le-Grand (89239)
 Malay-le-Petit (89240)
 Marsangy (89245)
 Michery (89255)
 Molinons (89261)
 Montacher-Villegardin (89264)
 Nailly (89274)
 Noé (89278)
 Pailly (89285)
 Paron (89287)
 Paroy-sur-Tholon (89289)
 Passy (89291)
 Piffonds (89298)
 Plessis-Saint-Jean (89302)
 Pont-sur-Vanne (89308)
 Pont-sur-Yonne (89309)
 La Postolle (89310)
 Précy-sur-Vrin (89313)
 Rosoy (89326)
 Rousson (89327)
 Saint-Agnan (89332)
 Saint-Aubin-sur-Yonne (89335)
 Saint-Clément (89338)
 Saint-Denis-lès-Sens (89342)
 Saint-Julien-du-Sault (89348)
 Saint-Loup-d'Ordon (89350)
 Saint-Martin-d'Ordon (89353)
 Saint-Martin-du-Tertre (89354)
 Saint-Maurice-aux-Riches-Hommes (89359)
 Saint-Sérotin (89369)
 Saint-Valérien (89370)
 Saligny (89373)
 Savigny-sur-Clairis (89380)
 Sens (89387)
 Sépeaux-Saint Romain (89388)
 Serbonnes (89390)
 Sergines (89391)
 Les Sièges (89395)
 Soucy (89399)
 Subligny (89404)
 Les Vallées de la Vanne (89411)
 Thorigny-sur-Oreuse (89414)
 Vallery (89428)
 Vaudeurs (89432)
 Vaumort (89434)
 Verlin (89440)
 Vernoy (89442)
 Véron (89443)
 Villeblevin (89449)
 Villebougis (89450)
 Villechétive (89451)
 Villecien (89452)
 Villemanoche (89456)
 Villenavotte (89458)
 Villeneuve-la-Dondagre (89459)
 Villeneuve-la-Guyard (89460)
 Villeneuve-l'Archevêque (89461)
 Villeneuve-sur-Yonne (89464)
 Villeperrot (89465)
 Villeroy (89466)
 Villethierry (89467)
 Villevallier (89468)
 Perceneige (89469)
 Villiers-Louis (89471)
 Vinneuf (89480)
 Voisines (89483) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 58387  Sens  25,507  Sens-1 and Sens-2  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais 58206  Joigny  9,672  Joigny  Le Jovinien 58464  Villeneuve-sur-Yonne  5,352  Villeneuve-sur-Yonne  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais 58287  Paron  4,858  Sens-2  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais 58309  Pont-sur-Yonne  3,422  Pont-sur-Yonne  Yonne Nord 58460  Villeneuve-la-Guyard  3,402  Pont-sur-Yonne  Yonne Nord 58338  Saint-Clément  2,786  Sens-1  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais 58348  Saint-Julien-du-Sault  2,388  Joigny  Le Jovinien 58074  Champigny  2,261  Pont-sur-Yonne  Yonne Nord 58443  Véron  1,965  Villeneuve-sur-Yonne  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais 58449  Villeblevin  1,845  Pont-sur-Yonne  Yonne Nord

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

References

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