Arrondissement of Blois

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

History
When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Blois was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Blois is a central arrondissement in the Loir-et-Cher department. It  is the second largest arrondissement of the department, , but it is the one with more people living in it, with 173,125 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Eure-et-Loir department, to the northeast by the Loiret department, to the east and south by the arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay, to the west by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the northwest by the arrondissement of Vendôme.

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 in the arrondissement of Blois are:

 La Beauce (4101)
 Blois-1 (4102)
 Blois-2 (4103)
 Blois-3 (4104) (partly)
 Chambord (4105) (partly)
 Onzain (4108)
 Vineuil (4115)

Communes
The arrondissement of Blois has 94 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

Autainville (41006) 
Avaray (41008) 
Averdon (41009) 
Bauzy (41013) 
Beauce-la-Romaine (41173) 
Binas (41017) 
Blois (41018) 
Boisseau (41019) 
Bracieux (41025) 
Briou (41027) 
Candé-sur-Beuvron (41029) 
Cellettes (41031) 
Chailles (41032) 
Chambord (41034) 
Champigny-en-Beauce (41035) 
La Chapelle-Saint-Martin-en-Plaine (41039) 
La Chapelle-Vendômoise (41040) 
Chaumont-sur-Loire (41045) 
La Chaussée-Saint-Victor (41047) 
Cheverny (41050) 
Chitenay (41052) 
Conan (41057) 
Concriers (41058) 
Cormeray (41061) 
Courbouzon (41066) 
Cour-Cheverny (41067) 
Courmemin (41068) 
Cour-sur-Loire (41069) 
Crouy-sur-Cosson (41071) 
Épiais (41077) 
La Ferté-Saint-Cyr (41085) 
Fontaines-en-Sologne (41086) 
Fossé (41091) 
Françay (41093) 
Herbault (41101) 
Huisseau-sur-Cosson (41104) 
Josnes (41105) 
Lancôme (41108) 
Landes-le-Gaulois (41109) 
Lestiou (41114) 
Lorges (41119) 
La Madeleine-Villefrouin (41121) 
Marchenoir (41123) 
Marolles (41128) 
Maslives (41129) 
Maves (41130) 
Menars (41134) 
Mer (41136) 
Mesland (41137) 
Monteaux (41144) 
Monthou-sur-Bièvre (41145) 
Les Montils (41147) 
Montlivault (41148) 
Mont-près-Chambord (41150) 
Muides-sur-Loire (41155) 
Mulsans (41156) 
Neuvy (41160) 
Oucques la Nouvelle (41171) 
Le Plessis-l'Échelle (41178) 
Rhodon (41188) 
Rilly-sur-Loire (41189) 
Roches (41191) 
Saint-Bohaire (41203) 
Saint-Claude-de-Diray (41204) 
Saint-Cyr-du-Gault (41205) 
Saint-Denis-sur-Loire (41206) 
Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire (41207) 
Saint-Étienne-des-Guérets (41208) 
Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt (41212) 
Saint-Laurent-des-Bois (41219) 
Saint-Laurent-Nouan (41220) 
Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce (41221) 
Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois (41223) 
Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommeray (41230) 
Sambin (41233) 
Santenay (41234) 
Séris (41245) 
Seur (41246) 
Suèvres (41252) 
Talcy (41253) 
Thoury (41260) 
Tour-en-Sologne (41262) 
Valaire (41266) 
Valencisse (41142) 
Valloire-sur-Cisse (41055) 
Veuzain-sur-Loire (41167) 
Vievy-le-Rayé (41273) 
Villebarou (41276) 
Villefrancœur (41281) 
Villeneuve-Frouville (41284) 
Villerbon (41288) 
Villermain (41289) 
Villexanton (41292) 
Vineuil (41295) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 41018  Blois  46,351  Blois-1, Blois-2, Blois-3 and Vineuil  CA Blois «Agglopolys» 41295  Vineuil  7,638  Vineuil  CA Blois «Agglopolys» 41136  Mer  6,197  La Beauce  Beauce Val de Loire 41047  La Chaussée-Saint-Victor  4,489  Blois-2  CA Blois «Agglopolys» 41220  Saint-Laurent-Nouan  4,305  Chambord  Grand Chambord 41151  Montrichard Val de Cher  3,913  Montrichard  Cher à la Loire 41059  Contres  3,576  Montrichard  Val-de-Cher-Controis 41173  Beauce la Romaine  3,461  La Beauce  Les Terres du Val de Loire 41167  Onzain  3,456  Onzain  CA Blois «Agglopolys» 41212  Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt  3,255  Vineuil  CA Blois «Agglopolys» 41150  Mont-près-Chambord  3,216  Chambord  Grand Chambord

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Loir-et-Cher department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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