Arrondissement of Château-Thierry

The arrondissement of Château-Thierry is an arrondissement of France, in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital is the city of Château-Thierry.

History
When the Aisne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Château-Thierry was part of that original department.

On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Château-Thierry was eliminated but in 1942 it was made again an arrondissement.

Geography
The arrondissement of Château-Thierry is the most southern of the arrondissements of the Aisne department. It is bordered to the north by the Soissons arrondissement, to the south and southeast by the Marne department, to the southwest by the Seine-et-Marne department and to the northwest by the Oise department.

The arrondissement of Château-Thierry is the second smallest arrondissement of the department both in area, , and population (73,188 inhabitants).

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 cantons of the arrondissement of Château-Thierry are:

 Château-Thierry (0202)
 Essômes-sur-Marne (0204)
 Fère-en-Tardenois (0205) (partly)
 Villers-Cotterêts (0221) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Château-Thierry has 108 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Armentières-sur-Ourcq (02023)
 Azy-sur-Marne (02042)
 Barzy-sur-Marne (02051)
 Belleau (02062)
 Beuvardes (02083)
 Blesmes (02094)
 Bonneil (02098)
 Bonnesvalyn (02099)
 Bouresches (02105)
 Brasles (02114)
 Brécy (02119)
 Brumetz (02125)
 Bruyères-sur-Fère (02127)
 Bussiares (02137)
 Bézu-Saint-Germain (02085)
 Bézu-le-Guéry (02084)
 Celles-lès-Condé (02146)
 La Chapelle-sur-Chézy (02162)
 Charly-sur-Marne (02163)
 Le Charmel (02164)
 Chartèves (02166)
 Château-Thierry (02168)
 Chézy-en-Orxois (02185)
 Chézy-sur-Marne (02186)
 Chierry (02187)
 Cierges (02193)
 Coincy (02203)
 Condé-en-Brie (02209)
 Connigis (02213)
 Coulonges-Cohan (02220)
 Coupru (02221)
 Courboin (02223)
 Courchamps (02225)
 Courmont (02227)
 Courtemont-Varennes (02228)
 Crézancy (02239)
 La Croix-sur-Ourcq (02241)
 Crouttes-sur-Marne (02242)
 Dhuys-et-Morin-en-Brie (02458)
 Domptin (02268)
 Dravegny (02271)
 Épaux-Bézu (02279)
 Épieds (02280)
 L'Épine-aux-Bois (02281)
 Essises (02289)
 Essômes-sur-Marne (02290)
 Étampes-sur-Marne (02292)
 Étrépilly (02297)
 Fère-en-Tardenois (02305)
 Fossoy (02328)
 Fresnes-en-Tardenois (02332)
 Gandelu (02339)
 Gland (02347)
 Goussancourt (02351)
 Grisolles (02356)
 Hautevesnes (02375)
 Jaulgonne (02389)
 Latilly (02411)
 Licy-Clignon (02428)
 Loupeigne (02442)
 Lucy-le-Bocage (02443)
 Mareuil-en-Dôle (02462)
 Marigny-en-Orxois (02465)
 Mézy-Moulins (02484)
 Mont-Saint-Père (02524)
 Montfaucon (02505)
 Monthiers (02509)
 Monthurel (02510)
 Montigny-l'Allier (02512)
 Montigny-lès-Condé (02515)
 Montlevon (02518)
 Montreuil-aux-Lions (02521)
 Nanteuil-Notre-Dame (02538)
 Nesles-la-Montagne (02540)
 Neuilly-Saint-Front (02543)
 Nogent-l'Artaud (02555)
 Nogentel (02554)
 Pargny-la-Dhuys (02590)
 Passy-sur-Marne (02595)
 Pavant (02596)
 Priez (02622)
 Reuilly-Sauvigny (02645)
 Rocourt-Saint-Martin (02649)
 Romeny-sur-Marne (02653)
 Ronchères (02655)
 Rozet-Saint-Albin (02662)
 Rozoy-Bellevalle (02664)
 Saint-Eugène (02677)
 Saint-Gengoulph (02679)
 Saponay (02699)
 Saulchery (02701)
 Sergy (02712)
 Seringes-et-Nesles (02713)
 Sommelans (02724)
 Torcy-en-Valois (02744)
 Trélou-sur-Marne (02748)
 Vallées-en-Champagne (02053)
 Vendières (02777)
 Verdilly (02781)
 Veuilly-la-Poterie (02792)
 Vézilly (02794)
 Vichel-Nanteuil (02796)
 Viels-Maisons (02798)
 Viffort (02800)
 Villeneuve-sur-Fère (02806)
 Villers-Agron-Aiguizy (02809)
 Villers-sur-Fère (02816)
 Villiers-Saint-Denis (02818)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 02168  Château-Thierry  14,546  Château-Thierry  CA de la Région de Château-Thierry 02305  Fère-en-Tardenois  3,191  Fère-en-Tardenois  CA de la Région de Château-Thierry 02290  Essômes-sur-Marne  2,781  Essômes-sur-Marne  CA de la Région de Château-Thierry 02163  Charly-sur-Marne  2,672  Essômes-sur-Marne  Le Canton de Charly-sur-Marne 02555  Nogent-l'Artaud  2,198  Essômes-sur-Marne  Le Canton de Charly-sur-Marne 02543  Neuilly-Saint-Front  2,157  Villers-Cotterêts  CA de la Région de Château-Thierry 02114  Brasles  1,394  Château-Thierry  CA de la Région de Château-Thierry 02521  Montreuil-aux-Lions  1,380  Essômes-sur-Marne  Le Canton de Charly-sur-Marne 02203  Coincy  1,332  Château-Thierry  CA de la Région de Château-Thierry 02186  Chézy-sur-Marne  1,320  Essômes-sur-Marne  Le Canton de Charly-sur-Marne

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

References

Chateau-Thierry