Arrondissement of Vitry-le-François

The arrondissement of Vitry-le-François is an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Vitry-le-François.

History
When the Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Vitry-le-François was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Vitry-le-François is in the southeast of the Marne department. It is bordered to the north by the Sainte-Menehould arrondissement, to the northeast by the Meuse department, to the east by the Haute-Marne department, to the south by the Aube department, to the west by the Épernay arrondissement and to the northwest by the Châlons-en-Champagne arrondissement.

The arrondissement of Vitry-le-François has an area of  and 47,741 inhabitants, for 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  Vitry-le-François, there are three cantons and only one does not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:

 Châlons-en-Champagne-3 (5105) (partly)
 Sermaize-les-Bains (5120)
 Vitry-le-François-Champagne et Der (5123)

Communes
The arrondissement of Vitry-le-François has 113 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Ablancourt (51001)
 Alliancelles (51006)
 Ambrières (51008)
 Arrigny (51016)
 Arzillières-Neuville (51017)
 Aulnay-l'Aître (51022)
 Bassu (51039)
 Bassuet (51040)
 Bettancourt-la-Longue (51057)
 Bignicourt-sur-Marne (51059)
 Bignicourt-sur-Saulx (51060)
 Blacy (51065)
 Blaise-sous-Arzillières (51066)
 Blesme (51068)
 Brandonvillers (51080)
 Brusson (51094)
 Bréban (51084)
 Bussy-le-Repos (51098)
 Changy (51122)
 Chapelaine (51125)
 Charmont (51130)
 Cheminon (51144)
 Châtelraould-Saint-Louvent (51134)
 Châtillon-sur-Broué (51135)
 Cloyes-sur-Marne (51156)
 Coole (51167)
 Corbeil (51169)
 Courdemanges (51184)
 Couvrot (51195)
 Dommartin-Lettrée (51212)
 Dompremy (51215)
 Drosnay (51219)
 Drouilly (51220)
 Favresse (51246)
 Frignicourt (51262)
 Giffaumont-Champaubert (51269)
 Gigny-Bussy (51270)
 Glannes (51275)
 Haussignémont (51284)
 Hauteville (51286)
 Heiltz-l'Évêque (51290)
 Heiltz-le-Hutier (51288)
 Heiltz-le-Maurupt (51289)
 Huiron (51295)
 Humbauville (51296)
 Isle-sur-Marne (51300)
 Jussecourt-Minecourt (51311)
 La Chaussée-sur-Marne (51141)
 Landricourt (51315)
 Larzicourt (51316)
 Le Buisson (51095)
 Le Meix-Tiercelin (51361)
 Les Rivières-Henruel (51463)
 Lignon (51322)
 Lisse-en-Champagne (51325)
 Loisy-sur-Marne (51328)
 Luxémont-et-Villotte (51334)
 Maisons-en-Champagne (51340)
 Margerie-Hancourt (51349)
 Marolles (51352)
 Matignicourt-Goncourt (51356)
 Maurupt-le-Montois (51358)
 Merlaut (51363)
 Moncetz-l'Abbaye (51373)
 Norrois (51406)
 Orconte (51417)
 Outines (51419)
 Outrepont (51420)
 Pargny-sur-Saulx (51423)
 Plichancourt (51433)
 Ponthion (51441)
 Possesse (51442)
 Pringy (51446)
 Reims-la-Brûlée (51455)
 Saint-Amand-sur-Fion (51472)
 Saint-Chéron (51475)
 Saint-Eulien (51478)
 Saint-Jean-devant-Possesse (51489)
 Saint-Lumier-en-Champagne (51496)
 Saint-Lumier-la-Populeuse (51497)
 Saint-Ouen-Domprot (51508)
 Saint-Quentin-les-Marais (51510)
 Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson (51513)
 Saint-Utin (51520)
 Saint-Vrain (51521)
 Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement (51277)
 Sapignicourt (51522)
 Scrupt (51528)
 Sermaize-les-Bains (51531)
 Sogny-en-l'Angle (51539)
 Sommesous (51545)
 Sompuis (51550)
 Somsois (51551)
 Songy (51552)
 Soudé (51555)
 Soulanges (51557)
 Thiéblemont-Farémont (51567)
 Trois-Fontaines-l'Abbaye (51583)
 Val-de-Vière (51218)
 Vanault-le-Châtel (51589)
 Vanault-les-Dames (51590)
 Vauclerc (51598)
 Vavray-le-Grand (51601)
 Vavray-le-Petit (51602)
 Vernancourt (51608)
 Villers-le-Sec (51635)
 Vitry-en-Perthois (51647)
 Vitry-le-François (51649)
 Vouillers (51654)
 Vroil (51658)
 Écollemont (51223)
 Écriennes (51224)
 Étrepy (51240)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 51649  Vitry-le-François  13,144  Vitry-le-François-Champagne et Der  Vitry, Champagne et Der 51531  Sermaize-les-Bains  1,979  Sermaize-les-Bains  Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx 51423  Pargny-sur-Saulx  1,945  Sermaize-les-Bains  Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx 51262  Frignicourt  1,858  Vitry-le-François-Champagne et Der  Vitry, Champagne et Der 51328  Loisy-sur-Marne  1,085  Vitry-le-François-Champagne et Der  Vitry, Champagne et Der 51472  Saint-Amand-sur-Fion  1,060  Sermaize-les-Bains  Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx 51352  Marolles  907  Vitry-le-François-Champagne et Der  Vitry, Champagne et Der 51195  Couvrot  885  Vitry-le-François-Champagne et Der  Vitry, Champagne et Der 51647  Vitry-en-Perthois  878  Sermaize-les-Bains  Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx 51141  La Chaussée-sur-Marne  827  Vitry-le-François-Champagne et Der  Vitry, Champagne et Der

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

References

Vitry-le-Francois