Arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay

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

History
When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Romorantin was part of that original department. In 1961, Romorantin was merged with Lanthenay and the name, of the commune and of the arrondissement, was changed to Romorantin-Lanthenay.

Geography
The arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay is the most southern arrondissement in the Loir-et-Cher department. It  is the largest arrondissement of the department, , but the second in population, with 90,237 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Loiret department, to the east by the Cher department, to the south by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the west by the arrondissement of Blois.

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 Romorantin-Lanthenay are:

 Blois-3 (4104) (partly)
 Chambord (4105) (partly)
 Montrichard (4107)
 Romorantin-Lanthenay (4110)
 Saint-Aignan (4111)
 Selles-sur-Cher (4112)
 La Sologne (4113)

Communes
The arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay has 77 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

Angé (41002) 
Billy (41016) 
Chaon (41036) 
La Chapelle-Montmartin (41038) 
Châteauvieux (41042) 
Châtillon-sur-Cher (41043) 
Châtres-sur-Cher (41044) 
Chaumont-sur-Tharonne (41046) 
Chémery (41049) 
Chissay-en-Touraine (41051) 
Choussy (41054) 
Contres (41059) 
Couddes (41062) 
Couffy (41063) 
Dhuizon (41074) 
Faverolles-sur-Cher (41080) 
Feings (41082) 
La Ferté-Beauharnais (41083) 
La Ferté-Imbault (41084) 
Fougères-sur-Bièvre (41092) 
Fresnes (41094) 
Gièvres (41097) 
Gy-en-Sologne (41099) 
Lamotte-Beuvron (41106) 
Langon (41110) 
Lassay-sur-Croisne (41112) 
Loreux (41118) 
Maray (41122) 
Marcilly-en-Gault (41125) 
Mareuil-sur-Cher (41126) 
La Marolle-en-Sologne (41127) 
Méhers (41132) 
Mennetou-sur-Cher (41135) 
Meusnes (41139) 
Millançay (41140) 
Monthou-sur-Cher (41146) 
Montrichard-Val-de-Cher (41151) 
Montrieux-en-Sologne (41152) 
Mur-de-Sologne (41157) 
Neung-sur-Beuvron (41159) 
Nouan-le-Fuzelier (41161) 
Noyers-sur-Cher (41164) 
Oisly (41166) 
Orçay (41168) 
Ouchamps (41170) 
Pierrefitte-sur-Sauldre (41176) 
Pontlevoy (41180) 
Pouillé (41181) 
Pruniers-en-Sologne (41185) 
Romorantin-Lanthenay (41194) 
Rougeou (41195) 
Saint-Aignan (41198) 
Saint-Georges-sur-Cher (41211) 
Saint-Julien-de-Chédon (41217) 
Saint-Julien-sur-Cher (41218) 
Saint-Loup (41222) 
Saint-Romain-sur-Cher (41229) 
Saint-Viâtre (41231) 
Salbris (41232) 
Sassay (41237) 
Seigy (41239) 
Selles-Saint-Denis (41241) 
Selles-sur-Cher (41242) 
Soings-en-Sologne (41247) 
Souesmes (41249) 
Souvigny-en-Sologne (41251) 
Theillay (41256) 
Thenay (41257) 
Thésée (41258) 
Vallières-les-Grandes (41267) 
Veilleins (41268) 
Vernou-en-Sologne (41271) 
Villefranche-sur-Cher (41280) 
Villeherviers (41282) 
Villeny (41285) 
Vouzon (41296) 
Yvoy-le-Marron (41297) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 41194  Romorantin-Lanthenay  17,459  Romorantin-Lanthenay  Romorantinais et du Monestois 41232  Salbris  5,398  La Sologne  La Sologne des Rivières 41106  Lamotte-Beuvron  4,767  La Sologne  Cœur de Sologne 41242  Selles-sur-Cher  4,661  Selles-sur-Cher  Val-de-Cher-Controis 41198  Saint-Aignan  2,898  Saint-Aignan  Val-de-Cher-Controis 41280  Villefranche-sur-Cher  2,765  Selles-sur-Cher  Romorantinais et du Monestois 41164  Noyers-sur-Cher  2,761  Saint-Aignan  Val-de-Cher-Controis 41097  Gièvres  2,426  Selles-sur-Cher  Romorantinais et du Monestois 41185  Pruniers-en-Sologne  2,418  Selles-sur-Cher  Romorantinais et du Monestois 41161  Nouan-le-Fuzelier  2,343  La Sologne  Cœur de Sologne
Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Loir-et-Cher department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Romorantin-Lanthenay