Arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne

The arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne is an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Châlons-en-Champagne.

History
When the Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne, with the name Châlons-sur-Marne, was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne is the central arrondissements of the Marne department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Reims and, for a short distance, by the Ardennes department; to the northeast by the Sainte-Menehould arrondissement; to the southeast and south by the Vitry-le-François arrondissement; and to the west by the Épernay arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, , and the third in population (103,110 inhabitants) with 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.

In the arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne, there are six cantons and three of them do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:

 Argonne Suippe et Vesle (5101) (partly)
 Châlons-en-Champagne-1 (5103)
 Châlons-en-Champagne-2 (5104)
 Châlons-en-Champagne-3 (5105) (partly)
 Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne (5110) (partly)
 Vertus-Plaine Champenoise (5122) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne has 100 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Aigny (51003)
 Athis (51018)
 Aulnay-sur-Marne (51023)
 Bergères-lès-Vertus (51049)
 Billy-le-Grand (51061)
 Bouy (51078)
 Breuvery-sur-Coole (51087)
 Bussy-Lettrée (51099)
 Bussy-le-Château (51097)
 Cernon (51106)
 Chaintrix-Bierges (51107)
 Champigneul-Champagne (51117)
 Cheniers (51146)
 Cheppes-la-Prairie (51148)
 Chepy (51149)
 Cherville (51150)
 Châlons-en-Champagne (51108)
 Clamanges (51154)
 Compertrix (51160)
 Condé-sur-Marne (51161)
 Coolus (51168)
 Coupetz (51178)
 Coupéville (51179)
 Courtisols (51193)
 Cuperly (51203)
 Dampierre-au-Temple (51205)
 Dampierre-sur-Moivre (51208)
 Fagnières (51242)
 Faux-Vésigneul (51244)
 Francheville (51259)
 Germinon (51268)
 Givry-lès-Loisy (51273)
 Isse (51301)
 Jonchery-sur-Suippe (51307)
 Juvigny (51312)
 Jâlons (51303)
 L'Épine (51231)
 La Cheppe (51147)
 La Veuve (51617)
 Le Fresne (51260)
 Les Grandes-Loges (51278)
 Livry-Louvercy (51326)
 Loisy-en-Brie (51327)
 Mairy-sur-Marne (51339)
 Marson (51354)
 Matougues (51357)
 Moivre (51371)
 Moncetz-Longevas (51372)
 Mourmelon-le-Grand (51388)
 Mourmelon-le-Petit (51389)
 Nuisement-sur-Coole (51409)
 Omey (51415)
 Pierre-Morains (51430)
 Pocancy (51435)
 Pogny (51436)
 Poix (51438)
 Recy (51453)
 Rouffy (51469)
 Saint-Germain-la-Ville (51482)
 Saint-Gibrien (51483)
 Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (51485)
 Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand (51486)
 Saint-Jean-sur-Moivre (51490)
 Saint-Mard-lès-Rouffy (51499)
 Saint-Martin-aux-Champs (51502)
 Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pré (51504)
 Saint-Memmie (51506)
 Saint-Pierre (51509)
 Saint-Quentin-sur-Coole (51512)
 Saint-Étienne-au-Temple (51476)
 Sainte-Marie-à-Py (51501)
 Sarry (51525)
 Sogny-aux-Moulins (51538)
 Somme-Suippe (51546)
 Somme-Vesle (51548)
 Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus (51553)
 Soudron (51556)
 Soulières (51558)
 Suippes (51559)
 Thibie (51566)
 Togny-aux-Bœufs (51574)
 Trécon (51578)
 Vadenay (51587)
 Val-des-Marais (51158)
 Vatry (51595)
 Vaudemange (51599)
 Vert-Toulon (51611)
 Vertus (51612)
 Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny (51627)
 Villers-le-Château (51634)
 Villeseneux (51638)
 Vitry-la-Ville (51648)
 Voipreux (51651)
 Vouzy (51655)
 Vraux (51656)
 Vélye (51603)
 Vésigneul-sur-Marne (51616)
 Écury-le-Repos (51226)
 Écury-sur-Coole (51227)
 Étréchy (51239)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 51108  Châlons-en-Champagne  45,002  
 Châlons-en-Champagne-1 
 Châlons-en-Champagne-2
 Châlons-en-Champagne-3CA de Châlons-en-Champagne 51506  Saint-Memmie  5,583  Châlons-en-Champagne-3  CA de Châlons-en-Champagne 51388  Mourmelon-le-Grand  5,379  Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne CA de Châlons-en-Champagne 51242  Fagnières  4,735  Châlons-en-Champagne-1  CA de Châlons-en-Champagne 51559  Suippes  3,970  Argonne Suippe et Veslee  Suippe et Vesle 51193  Courtisols  2,463  Argonne Suippe et Veslee  De la Moivre à la Coole 51612  Vertus  2,407  Vertus-Plaine Champenoise  CA Épernay, Coteaux et Plaine de Champagne 51525  Sarry  2,080  Châlons-en-Champagne-3  CA de Châlons-en-Champagne 51160  Compertrix  1,503  Châlons-en-Champagne-1  CA de Châlons-en-Champagne 51326  Livry-Louvercy  1,107  Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne CA de Châlons-en-Champagne 51453  Recy  1,047  Châlons-en-Champagne-2  CA de Châlons-en-Champagne

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Marne department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Chalons-en-Champagne