Arrondissement of Nantua

The arrondissement of Nantua is an arrondissement of France in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital is the city of Nantua.

History
When the Ain department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Nantua was part of that original department.

Geography
It is found in the northern half of the department with an area of . It has 84,640 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Nantua is bordered to the north by the Jura department, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Gex, to the east by the Haute-Savoie department, to the south by the arrondissement of Belley and to the west by the  arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse.

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 Nantua,  there are only 2 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement:   Nantua (18 communes) and Oyonnax (2 communes). The canton of Bellegarde-sur-Valserine  has 1 commune in the arrondissement of Belley, 2 in the arrondissement of Gex and 11 in the arrondissement of Nantua; the canton of Hauteville-Lompnes has 29 communes in Belley and 12 in Nantua; and the canton of Pont-d'Ain has 4 communes in the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse and 20 in Nantua.

Communes
The arrondissement of Nantua has 65 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Apremont (01011)
 Arbent (01014)
 Béard-Géovreissiat (01170)
 Bellegarde-sur-Valserine (01033)
 Belleydoux (01035)
 Bellignat (01031)
 Billiat (01044)
 Bolozon (01051)
 Boyeux-Saint-Jérôme (01056)
 Brénod (01060)
 Brion (01063)
 Ceignes (01067)
 Cerdon (01068)
 Challes-la-Montagne (01077)
 Champfromier (01081)
 Chanay (01082)
 Charix (01087)
 Châtillon-en-Michaille (01091)
 Chevillard (01101)
 Condamine (01112)
 Confort (01114)
 Dortan (01148)
 Échallon (01152)
 Géovreisset (01171)
 Giron (01174)
 Groissiat (01181)
 Injoux-Génissiat (01189)
 Izenave (01191)
 Izernore (01192)
 Jujurieux (01199)
 Labalme (01200)
 Lancrans (01205)
 Lantenay (01206)
 Leyssard (01214)
 Lhôpital (01215)
 Maillat (01228)
 Martignat (01237)
 Matafelon-Granges (01240)
 Mérignat (01242)
 Montanges (01257)
 Montréal-la-Cluse (01265)
 Nantua (01269)
 Neuville-sur-Ain (01273)
 Les Neyrolles (01274)
 Nurieux-Volognat (01267)
 Outriaz (01282)
 Oyonnax (01283)
 Peyriat (01293)
 Plagne (01298)
 Le Poizat-Lalleyriat (01204)
 Poncin (01303)
 Pont-d'Ain (01304)
 Port (01307)
 Priay (01314)
 Saint-Alban (01331)
 Saint-Germain-de-Joux (01357)
 Saint-Jean-le-Vieux (01363)
 Saint-Martin-du-Frêne (01373)
 Samognat (01392)
 Serrières-sur-Ain (01404)
 Sonthonnax-la-Montagne (01410)
 Surjoux (01413)
 Varambon (01430)
 Vieu-d'Izenave (01441)
 Villes (01448)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 01283  Oyonnax  22,485  Oyonnax  Haut - Bugey 01033  Bellegarde-sur-Valserine  11,745  Bellegarde-sur-Valserine  Pays Bellegardien 01031  Bellignat  3,656  Nantua  Haut - Bugey 01269  Nantua  3,534  Nantua  Haut - Bugey 01265  Montréal-la-Cluse  3,409  Nantua  Haut - Bugey 01014  Arbent  3,405  Oyonnax  Haut - Bugey 01091  Châtillon-en-Michaille  3,311  Bellegarde-sur-Valserine  Pays Bellegardien 01192  Izernore  2,294  Pont-d'Ain  Haut - Bugey 01199  Jujurieux  2,192  Pont-d'Ain  Rives de l'Ain - Pays du Cerdon 01148  Dortan  1,845  Pont-d'Ain  Haut - Bugey
Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Ain department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Nantua