Arrondissement of Guéret

The arrondissement of Guéret is an arrondissement of France, in the Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Guéret.

History
When the Creuse department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Guéret was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Guéret is the largest arrondissement of the department both in area, , and population (83,458 inhabitants).

The arrondissement of Guéret is the most northern arrondissement of the Creuse department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Cher department, to the east by the Allier department, to the south by the arrondissement of Aubusson, to the west by the Haute-Vienne department and to the north by the Indre department.

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 Guéret, only three cantons do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement: Ahun, Bourganeuf and Gouzon. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Guéret INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Aubusson  Guéret2301 Ahun1017272304 Bonnat18182305 Bourganeuf413172306 Boussac17172307 Dun-le-Palestel17172310 Gouzon1213252311 Le Grand-Bourg16162312 Guéret-14 + part of Guéret4 + part of Guéret2313 Guéret-26 + part of Guéret6 + part of Guéret2314 Saint-Vaury11112315 La Souterraine77

Communes
The arrondissement of Guéret has 140 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Ahun (23001)
 Ajain (23002)
 Anzême (23004)
 Arrènes (23006)
 Augères (23010)
 Aulon (23011)
 Auriat (23012)
 Azat-Châtenet (23014)
 Azerables (23015)
 Bazelat (23018)
 Bénévent-l'Abbaye (23021)
 Bétête (23022)
 Blaudeix (23023)
 Bonnat (23025)
 Bord-Saint-Georges (23026)
 Bosmoreau-les-Mines (23027)
 Bourganeuf (23030)
 Le Bourg-d'Hem (23029)
 Boussac (23031)
 Boussac-Bourg (23032)
 La Brionne (23033)
 Bussière-Dunoise (23036)
 Bussière-Saint-Georges (23038)
 La Celle-Dunoise (23039)
 La Celle-sous-Gouzon (23040)
 La Cellette (23041)
 Ceyroux (23042)
 Chambon-Sainte-Croix (23044)
 Chamborand (23047)
 Champsanglard (23049)
 La Chapelle-Baloue (23050)
 La Chapelle-Saint-Martial (23051)
 La Chapelle-Taillefert (23052)
 Châtelus-le-Marcheix (23056)
 Châtelus-Malvaleix (23057)
 Chéniers (23062)
 Clugnat (23064)
 Colondannes (23065)
 Cressat (23068)
 Crozant (23070)
 Domeyrot (23072)
 Dun-le-Palestel (23075)
 Faux-Mazuras (23078)
 Fleurat (23082)
 La Forêt-du-Temple (23084)
 Fresselines (23087)
 Fursac (23192)
 Gartempe (23088)
 Genouillac (23089)
 Glénic (23092)
 Gouzon (23093)
 Le Grand-Bourg (23095)
 Guéret (23096)
 Jalesches (23098)
 Janaillat (23099)
 Jarnages (23100)
 Jouillat (23101)
 Ladapeyre (23102)
 Lafat (23103)
 Lavaufranche (23104)
 Lépinas (23107)
 Leyrat (23108)
 Linard (23109)
 Lizières (23111)
 Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre (23112)
 Maison-Feyne (23117)
 Maisonnisses (23118)
 Malleret-Boussac (23120)
 Malval (23121)
 Mansat-la-Courrière (23122)
 Marsac (23124)
 Masbaraud-Mérignat (23126)
 Mazeirat (23128)
 Méasnes (23130)
 Montaigut-le-Blanc (23132)
 Montboucher (23133)
 Mortroux (23136)
 Mourioux-Vieilleville (23137)
 Moutier-d'Ahun (23138)
 Moutier-Malcard (23139)
 Naillat (23141)
 Noth (23143)
 Nouzerines (23146)
 Nouzerolles (23147)
 Nouziers (23148)
 Parsac-Rimondeix (23149)
 Peyrabout (23150)
 Pierrefitte (23152)
 Pionnat (23154)
 Pontarion (23155)
 La Pouge (23157)
 Roches (23162)
 Sagnat (23166)
 Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat (23177)
 Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix (23181)
 Saint-Christophe (23186)
 Saint-Dizier-les-Domaines (23188)
 Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne (23189)
 Sainte-Feyre (23193)
 Saint-Éloi (23191)
 Saint-Fiel (23195)
 Saint-Georges-la-Pouge (23197)
 Saint-Germain-Beaupré (23199)
 Saint-Goussaud (23200)
 Saint-Hilaire-la-Plaine (23201)
 Saint-Hilaire-le-Château (23202)
 Saint-Laurent (23206)
 Saint-Léger-Bridereix (23207)
 Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois (23208)
 Saint-Marien (23213)
 Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine (23217)
 Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine (23219)
 Saint-Pierre-Chérignat (23230)
 Saint-Pierre-le-Bost (23233)
 Saint-Priest-la-Feuille (23235)
 Saint-Priest-la-Plaine (23236)
 Saint-Priest-Palus (23237)
 Saint-Sébastien (23239)
 Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc (23240)
 Saint-Silvain-Montaigut (23242)
 Saint-Silvain-sous-Toulx (23243)
 Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois (23244)
 Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois (23245)
 Saint-Vaury (23247)
 Saint-Victor-en-Marche (23248)
 Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois (23250)
 Sardent (23168)
 La Saunière (23169)
 Savennes (23170)
 Soubrebost (23173)
 Soumans (23174)
 La Souterraine (23176)
 Tercillat (23252)
 Thauron (23253)
 Toulx-Sainte-Croix (23254)
 Trois-Fonds (23255)
 Vareilles (23258)
 Vidaillat (23260)
 Vigeville (23262)
 Villard (23263)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 23096  Guéret  13,342  Guéret-1 and Guéret-2  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret 23176  La Souterraine  5,295  La Souterraine  Pays Dunois, Pays Sostranien, Bénévent - Grand-Bourg 23030  Bourganeuf  2,725  Bourganeuf  Ciate, Bourganeuf – Royère-De-Vassivière 23193  Sainte-Feyre  2,470  Guéret-1  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret 23245  Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois  1,987  Saint-Vaury  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret 23247  Saint-Vaury  1,791  Saint-Vaury  Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret 23093  Gouzon  1,575  Gouzon  Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces,Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize 23001  Ahun  1,466  Ahun  Ciate, Bourganeuf – Royère-De-Vassivière 23025  Bonnat  1,310  Bonnat  PPortes de la Creuse en Marche 23031  Boussac  1,285  Boussac  Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces,Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Creuse department
 Communes of the Creuse department

References

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