Arrondissement of Issoudun

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

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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Issoudun is in the northeast of the Indre department. It is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, with , but the second in population, with 34,964 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Indre-et-Loire department, to the east by the Cher department, to the south by the arrondissement of Arrondissement of La Châtre and to west the arrondissement of  Châteauroux.

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:

N° Canton  Le Blanc  Châteauroux  La Châtre  Issoudun Total3601 Ardentes   9   3  123608 La Châtre    26  8  343609 Issoudun     6  63610 Levroux   12   22  343613 Valençay   19   10  29

Communes
The arrondissement of Issoudun has 49 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Aize (36002)
 Ambrault (36003)
 Anjouin (36004)
 Bagneux (36011)
 Bommiers (36019)
 Les Bordes (36021)
 Brives (36027)
 Buxeuil (36029)
 Chabris (36034)
 La Champenoise (36037)
 La Chapelle-Saint-Laurian (36041)
 Chouday (36052)
 Condé (36059)
 Diou (36065)
 Dun-le-Poëlier (36068)
 Fontenay (36075)
 Giroux (36083)
 Guilly (36085)
 Issoudun (36088)
 Liniez (36097)
 Lizeray (36098)
 Luçay-le-Libre (36102)
 Menetou-sur-Nahon (36115)
 Ménétréols-sous-Vatan (36116)
 Meunet-Planches (36121)
 Meunet-sur-Vatan (36122)
 Migny (36125)
 Neuvy-Pailloux (36140)
 Orville (36147)
 Paudy (36152)
 Poulaines (36162)
 Pruniers (36169)
 Reboursin (36170)
 Reuilly (36171)
 Saint-Aoustrille (36179)
 Saint-Aubin (36181)
 Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle (36185)
 Sainte-Fauste (36190)
 Sainte-Lizaigne (36199)
 Saint-Florentin (36191)
 Saint-Georges-sur-Arnon (36195)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Jards (36205)
 Saint-Valentin (36209)
 Ségry (36215)
 Sembleçay (36217)
 Thizay (36222)
 Val-Fouzon (36229)
 Vatan (36230)
 Vouillon (36248)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 36088  Issoudun  12,270  Issoudun  Le Pays d'Issoudun 36034  Chabris  2,710  Valençay  Chabris - Pays de Bazelle 36171  Reuilly  2,050  Levroux  Le Pays d'Issoudun 36230  Vatan  2,038  Levroux  Canton de Vatan et de Champagne Berrichonne 36140  Neuvy-Pailloux  1,235  La Châtre  Canton de Vatan et de Champagne Berrichonne 36199  Sainte-Lizaigne  1,212  Levroux  Le Pays d'Issoudun 36229  Val-Fouzon  1,016  Valençay  Chabris - Pays de Bazelle 36162  Poulaines  919  Valençay  Chabris - Pays de Bazelle 36003  Ambrault  917  Ardentes  Canton de Vatan et de Champagne Berrichonne 36021  Les Bordes  895  Issoudun  Le Pays d'Issoudun

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

References

Issoudun