Arrondissement of La Châtre

The arrondissement of La Châtre is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of La Châtre.

History
When the Indre department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Châteauroux was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of La Châtre is in the southeast of the Indre department. It  has an area of  and a population of 32,962 inhabitants.

The lowest point in the arrondissement is  high,  in the "commune" of Ceaulmont, and the highest is  high, in the "commune" of Crevant.

It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of  Châteauroux, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Issoudun, to the east by the Cher departmen, to the south by the Creuse department and to the west by the arrondissement of  Le Blanc.

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.

The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
INSEEcode Canton  Le Blanc  Châteauroux  La Châtre  Issoudun Total3602 Argenton-sur-Creuse   12  8   203608 La Châtre    26  8  343611 Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre   1  24   25
Communes
The arrondissement of La Châtre has 51 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Aigurande (36001)
 La Berthenoux (36017)
 Briantes (36025)
 La Buxerette (36028)
 Buxières-d'Aillac (36030)
 Champillet (36038)
 Chassignolles (36043)
 La Châtre (36046)
 Cluis (36056)
 Crevant (36060)
 Crozon-sur-Vauvre (36061)
 Feusines (36073)
 Fougerolles (36078)
 Gournay (36084)
 Lacs (36091)
 Lignerolles (36095)
 Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel (36099)
 Lourouer-Saint-Laurent (36100)
 Lys-Saint-Georges (36108)
 Le Magny (36109)
 Maillet (36110)
 Malicornay (36111)
 Mers-sur-Indre (36120)
 Montchevrier (36126)
 Montgivray (36127)
 Montipouret (36129)
 Montlevicq (36130)
 La Motte-Feuilly (36132)
 Mouhers (36133)
 Néret (36138)
 Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre (36141)
 Nohant-Vic (36143)
 Orsennes (36146)
 Pérassay (36156)
 Pouligny-Notre-Dame (36163)
 Pouligny-Saint-Martin (36164)
 Saint-Août (36180)
 Saint-Chartier (36184)
 Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie (36186)
 Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet (36189)
 Saint-Plantaire (36207)
 Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre (36208)
 Sarzay (36210)
 Sazeray (36214)
 Thevet-Saint-Julien (36221)
 Tranzault (36226)
 Urciers (36227)
 Verneuil-sur-Igneraie (36234)
 Vicq-Exemplet (36236)
 Vigoulant (36238)
 Vijon (36240)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 36046  La Châtre  4,278  La Châtre  La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère 36141  Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre  1,665  Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre  Le Val de Bouzanne 36127  Montgivray  1,654  Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre  La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère 36001  Aigurande  1,481  Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre  La Marche Berrichonne 36109  Le Magny  1,072  Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre  La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère 36056  Cluis  1,006  Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre  Le Val de Bouzanne 36189  Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet  957  Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre  La Marche Berrichonne 36180  Saint-Août  858  La Châtre  La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère 36208  Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre  809  La Châtre  La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère

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

References

La Chatre