Arrondissement of Loches

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

History
When the Indre-et-Loire department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Loches was part of that original department.

In 1926, the arrondissement of Loches was eliminated but in 1943 it was made again an arrondissement of the Indre-et-Loire department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Loches is the southeast of the Indre-et-Loire department. It is bordered to the north by the Tours arrondissement, to the northeast by the Loir-et-Cher department, to the east and southeast by the Indre department, to the southwest by the Vienne department and to the west by the Chinon arrondissement

The arrondissement of Loches is the second largest arrondissement of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it with 50,740 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.

There are only 2 cantons in the arrondissement of Loches:
 Descartes (3706)
 Loches (3709)

Communes
The arrondissement of Loches has 113 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Abilly (37001)
 Amboise (37003)
 Athée-sur-Cher (37008)
 Autrèche (37009)
 Auzouer-en-Touraine (37010)
 Azay-sur-Indre (37016)
 Barrou (37019)
 Beaulieu-lès-Loches (37020)
 Beaumont-Village (37023)
 Betz-le-Château (37026)
 Bléré (37027)
 Bossay-sur-Claise (37028)
 Bossée (37029)
 Le Boulay (37030)
 Bournan (37032)
 Boussay (37033)
 Bridoré (37039)
 Cangey (37043)
 La Celle-Guenand (37044)
 La Celle-Saint-Avant (37045)
 Céré-la-Ronde (37046)
 Chambon (37048)
 Chambourg-sur-Indre (37049)
 Chanceaux-près-Loches (37053)
 La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin (37057)
 Chargé (37060)
 Charnizay (37061)
 Château-Renault (37063)
 Chaumussay (37064)
 Chédigny (37066)
 Chemillé-sur-Indrois (37069)
 Chenonceaux (37070)
 Chisseaux (37073)
 Cigogné (37075)
 Ciran (37078)
 Civray-de-Touraine (37079)
 Civray-sur-Esves (37080)
 Cormery (37083)
 Courçay (37085)
 La Croix-en-Touraine (37091)
 Crotelles (37092)
 Cussay (37094)
 Dame-Marie-les-Bois (37095)
 Dierre (37096)
 Dolus-le-Sec (37097)
 Draché (37098)
 Épeigné-les-Bois (37100)
 Esves-le-Moutier (37103)
 La Ferrière (37106)
 Ferrière-Larçon (37107)
 Ferrière-sur-Beaulieu (37108)
 Francueil (37110)
 Genillé (37111)
 Le Grand-Pressigny (37113)
 La Guerche (37114)
 Descartes (37115)
 Les Hermites (37116)
 Le Liège (37127)
 Ligueil (37130)
 Limeray (37131)
 Loches (37132)
 Loché-sur-Indrois (37133)
 Louans (37134)
 Le Louroux (37136)
 Lussault-sur-Loire (37138)
 Luzillé (37141)
 Manthelan (37143)
 Marcé-sur-Esves (37145)
 Monthodon (37155)
 Montrésor (37157)
 Montreuil-en-Touraine (37158)
 Morand (37160)
 Mosnes (37161)
 Mouzay (37162)
 Nazelles-Négron (37163)
 Neuillé-le-Lierre (37166)
 Neuilly-le-Brignon (37168)
 Neuville-sur-Brenne (37169)
 Noizay (37171)
 Nouans-les-Fontaines (37173)
 Nouzilly (37175)
 Orbigny (37177)
 Paulmy (37181)
 Perrusson (37183)
 Le Petit-Pressigny (37184)
 Pocé-sur-Cisse (37185)
 Preuilly-sur-Claise (37189)
 Reignac-sur-Indre (37192)
 Saint-Bauld (37209)
 Saint-Flovier (37218)
 Saint-Hippolyte (37221)
 Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain (37222)
 Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines (37224)
 Saint-Martin-le-Beau (37225)
 Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets (37229)
 Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes (37230)
 Saint-Quentin-sur-Indrois (37234)
 Saint-Règle (37236)
 Saint-Senoch (37238)
 Saunay (37240)
 Sennevières (37246)
 Sepmes (37247)
 Souvigny-de-Touraine (37252)
 Sublaines (37253)
 Tauxigny (37254)
 Tournon-Saint-Pierre (37259)
 Varennes (37265)
 Verneuil-sur-Indre (37269)
 Villedômain (37275)
 Villedômer (37276)
 Villeloin-Coulangé (37277)
 Vou (37280)
 Yzeures-sur-Creuse (37282)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 37003  Amboise  13,371  Amboise  Le Val d'Amboise 37132  Loches  6,321  Loches  Loches Sud Touraine 37115  Descartes  3,623  Descartes  Loches Sud Touraine 37130  Ligueil  2,237  Descartes  Loches Sud Touraine 37020  Beaulieu-lès-Loches  1,811  Loches  Loches Sud Touraine 37111  Genillé  1,562  Loches  Loches Sud Touraine 37183  Perrusson  1,540  Loches  Loches Sud Touraine 37282  Yzeures-sur-Creuse  1,443  Descartes  Loches Sud Touraine 37143  Manthelan  1,402  Descartes  Loches Sud Touraine 37049  Chambourg-sur-Indre  1,384  Loches  Loches Sud Touraine

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Loches