Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne

The arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Savoie département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.

History
When the Savoie department was created in 1860, the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Albertville, to the east by Italy, to the south by the Hautes-Alpes department, to the west by the Isère department and to the northwest by the arrondissement of Chambéry.

It is the most southern of the arrondissements of the department and is the second largest arrondissement with an area of , but the one with fewest people living in it with 43,438 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

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.

In the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, there are only 3 cantons:

 Modane (7310)
 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (7317)
 Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny (7318) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne has 56 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aiguebelle (73002)
 Aiton (73007)
 Albiez-Montrond (73013)
 Albiez-le-Jeune (73012)
 Argentine (73019)
 Aussois (73023)
 Avrieux (73026)
 Bessans (73040)
 Bonneval-sur-Arc (73047)
 Bonvillaret (73049)
 La Chambre (73067)
 La Chapelle (73074)
 Épierre (73109)
 Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire (73116)
 Fourneaux (73117)
 Freney (73119)
 Hermillon (73135)
 Jarrier (73138)
 Le Châtel (73080)
 Les Chavannes-en-Maurienne (73083)
 Modane (73157)
 Montgilbert (73168)
 Montricher-Albanne (73173)
 Montsapey (73175)
 Montvernier (73177)
 Notre-Dame-du-Cruet (73189)
 Orelle (73194)
 Pontamafrey-Montpascal (73203)
 Randens (73212)
 Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières (73220)
 Saint-Alban-des-Villards (73221)
 Saint-André (73223)
 Saint-Avre (73224)
 Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (73230)
 Saint-Etienne-de-Cuines (73231)
 Saint-François-Longchamp (73235)
 Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières (73237)
 Saint-Jean-d'Arves (73242)
 Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (73248)
 Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis (73250)
 Saint-Léger (73252)
 Saint-Martin-d'Arc (73256)
 Saint-Martin-de-la-Porte (73258)
 Saint-Martin-sur-la-Chambre (73259)
 Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne (73261)
 Saint-Pancrace (73267)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Belleville (73272)
 Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne (73278)
 Saint-Sorlin-d'Arves (73280)
 Sainte-Marie-de-Cuines (73255)
 Val-Cenis (73290)
 Valloire (73306)
 Valmeinier (73307)
 Villarembert (73318)
 Villargondran (73320)
 Villarodin-Bourget (73322)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 73248  Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne  7,889  Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne  Cœur de Maurienne Arvan 73157  Modane  3,239  Modane  Haute-Maurienne Vanoise 73261  Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne  2,465  Modane  Maurienne Galibier 73007  Aiton  1,727  Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny  Porte de Maurienne 73250  Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis  1,632  Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne  Cœur de Maurienne Arvan 73278  Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne  1,261  Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne  Le Canton de la Chambre 73231  Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines  1,189  Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne  Le Canton de la Chambre 73002  Aiguebelle  1,158  Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny  Porte de Maurienne 73067  La Chambre  1,141  Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne  Le Canton de la Chambre 73306  Valloire  1,132  Modane  Maurienne Galibier
Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Savoie department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne