Arrondissement of Nevers

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

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

Geography
The arrondissement  of Nevers is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Clamecy, to the east by the arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville), to the south by the Allier (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department and to the west by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire) department.

The arrondissement is in the southwestern part of the department, with an area of , the largest in area of the department. It has 118,087 inhabitants, the arrondissement of Nièvre with more people living there, 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.

 Château-Chinon (partly)
 Decize
 Fourchambault
 Guérigny (partly)
 Imphy
 Nevers-1
 Nevers-2
 Nevers-3
 Nevers-4
 Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier
 Varennes-Vauzelles

Communes
The arrondissement of Nevers has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Anlezy (58006)
 Avril-sur-Loire (58020)
 Azy-le-Vif (58021)
 Béard (58025)
 Beaumont-Sardolles (58028)
 Billy-Chevannes (58031)
 Bona (58035)
 Challuy (58051)
 Champvert (58055)
 Chantenay-Saint-Imbert (58057)
 Chevenon (58072)
 Cizely (58078)
 Cossaye (58087)
 Coulanges-lès-Nevers (58088)
 Crux-la-Ville (58092)
 Decize (58095)
 Devay (58096)
 Diennes-Aubigny (58097)
 Dornes (58104)
 Druy-Parigny (58105)
 La Fermeté (58112)
 Fertrève (58113)
 Fleury-sur-Loire (58115)
 Fourchambault (58117)
 Frasnay-Reugny (58119)
 Garchizy (58121)
 Germigny-sur-Loire (58124)
 Gimouille (58126)
 Guérigny (58131)
 Imphy (58134)
 Jailly (58136)
 Lamenay-sur-Loire (58137)
 Langeron (58138)
 Limon (58143)
 Livry (58144)
 Lucenay-lès-Aix (58146)
 Luthenay-Uxeloup (58148)
 La Machine (58151)
 Magny-Cours (58152)
 Mars-sur-Allier (58158)
 Marzy (58160)
 Montapas (58171)
 Montigny-aux-Amognes (58176)
 Neuville-lès-Decize (58192)
 Nevers (58194)
 Nolay (58196)
 Parigny-les-Vaux (58207)
 Poiseux (58212)
 Pougues-les-Eaux (58214)
 Rouy (58223)
 Saincaize-Meauce (58225)
 Saint-Benin-d'Azy (58232)
 Saint-Benin-des-Bois (58233)
 Saint-Éloi (58238)
 Sainte-Marie (58253)
 Saint-Firmin (58239)
 Saint-Franchy (58240)
 Saint-Germain-Chassenay (58241)
 Saint-Jean-aux-Amognes (58247)
 Saint-Léger-des-Vignes (58250)
 Saint-Martin-d'Heuille (58254)
 Saint-Maurice (58257)
 Saint-Ouen-sur-Loire (58258)
 Saint-Parize-en-Viry (58259)
 Saint-Parize-le-Châtel (58260)
 Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier (58264)
 Saint-Saulge (58267)
 Saint-Sulpice (58269)
 Sauvigny-les-Bois (58273)
 Saxi-Bourdon (58275)
 Sermoise-sur-Loire (58278)
 Sougy-sur-Loire (58280)
 Thianges (58291)
 Toury-Lurcy (58293)
 Toury-sur-Jour (58294)
 Tresnay (58296)
 Trois-Vèvres (58297)
 Urzy (58300)
 Varennes-Vauzelles (58303)
 Vaux d'Amognes (58204)
 Verneuil (58306)
 Ville-Langy (58311)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 58194  Nevers  34,485  Nevers-1, Nevers-2Nevers-3 and Nevers-4  Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers 58303  Varennes-Vauzelles  9,467  Varennes-Vauzelles  Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers 58095  Decize  5,626  Decize  Sud Nivernais 58117  Fourchambault  4,456  Fourchambault  Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers 58121  Garchizy  3,835  Fourchambault  Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers 58160  Marzy  3,656  Fourchambault  Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers 58088  Coulanges-lès-Nevers  3,591  Nevers-1  Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers 58134  Imphy  3,482  Imphy  Sud Nivernais 58151  La Machine  3,397  Imphy  Sud Nivernais 58131  Guérigny  2,468   Guérigny  Loire, Nièvre et Bertranges 58214  Pougues-les-Eaux  2,437  Varennes-Vauzelles  Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers 58238  Saint-Éloi  2,149  Nevers-2  Loire et Allier

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

References

Nevers