Arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond

The arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond is an arrondissement of France, in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Amand-Montrond.

History
When the Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond is the most southern arrondissement of the Cher department. It is bordered to the north by the Bourges arrondissement, to the northeast by the Nièvre department, to the east and southeast by the Allier department, to the south by the Creuse department and to the west by the Indre department.

The arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond has an area of  and a population of 65,145 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.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond, (with their INSEE codes) are:

 Châteaumeillant (1808)
 Dun-sur-Auron(1809)
 La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (1810)
 Saint-Amand-Montrond (1812)
 Trouy (1817) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Saint-Amand-Montrond has 116 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

  Ainay-le-Vieil (18002)
  Apremont-sur-Allier (18007)
  Arcomps (18009)
  Ardenais (18010)
  Arpheuilles (18013)
  Augy-sur-Aubois (18017)
  Bannegon (18021)
  Beddes (18024)
  Bessais-le-Fromental (18029)
  Blet (18031)
  Bouzais (18034)
  Bruère-Allichamps (18038)
  Bussy (18040)
  Chalivoy-Milon (18045)
  Chambon (18046)
  Charenton-du-Cher (18052)
  Charly (18054)
  Chaumont (18060)
  Chavannes (18063)
  Chezal-Benoît (18065)
  Châteaumeillant (18057)
  Châteauneuf-sur-Cher (18058)
  Cogny (18068)
  Colombiers (18069)
  Contres (18071)
  Cornusse (18072)
  Corquoy (18073)
  Cours-les-Barres (18075)
  Coust (18076)
  Croisy (18080)
  Crézançay-sur-Cher (18078)
  Cuffy (18082)
  Culan (18083)
  Drevant (18086)
  Dun-sur-Auron (18087)
  Farges-Allichamps (18091)
  Faverdines (18093)
  Flavigny (18095)
  Germigny-l'Exempt (18101)
  Givardon (18102)
  Grossouvre (18106)
  Ids-Saint-Roch (18112)
  Ignol (18113)
  Ineuil (18114)
  Jouet-sur-l'Aubois (18118)
  La Celette (18041)
  La Celle (18042)
  La Celle-Condé (18043)
  La Chapelle-Hugon (18048)
  La Groutte (18107)
  La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (18108)
  La Perche (18178)
  Lantan (18121)
  Le Chautay (18062)
  Le Châtelet (18059)
  Le Pondy (18183)
  Lignières (18127)
  Loye-sur-Arnon (18130)
  Lugny-Bourbonnais (18131)
  Maisonnais (18135)
  Marçais (18136)
  Meillant (18142)
  Menetou-Couture (18143)
  Montlouis (18152)
  Morlac (18153)
  Mornay-Berry (18154)
  Mornay-sur-Allier (18155)
  Neuilly-en-Dun (18161)
  Neuvy-le-Barrois (18164)
  Nozières, Cher (18169)
  Nérondes (18160)
  Orcenais (18171)
  Orval (18172)
  Osmery (18173)
  Ourouer-les-Bourdelins (18175)
  Parnay (18177)
  Préveranges (18187)
  Raymond (18191)
  Reigny (18192)
  Rezay (18193)
  Sagonne (18195)
  Saint-Aignan-des-Noyers (18196)
  Saint-Amand-Montrond (18197)
  Saint-Baudel (18199)
  Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry (18203)
  Saint-Denis-de-Palin (18204)
  Saint-Georges-de-Poisieux (18209)
  Saint-Germain-des-Bois, Cher (18212)
  Saint-Hilaire-de-Gondilly (18215)
  Saint-Hilaire-en-Lignières (18216)
  Saint-Jeanvrin (18217)
  Saint-Loup-des-Chaumes (18221)
  Saint-Maur (18225)
  Saint-Pierre-les-Bois (18230)
  Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux (18231)
  Saint-Priest-la-Marche (18232)
  Saint-Saturnin (18234)
  Saint-Symphorien (18236)
  Saint-Vitte (18238)
  Sancoins (18242)
  Saulzais-le-Potier (18245)
  Serruelles (18250)
  Sidiailles (18252)
  Tendron (18260)
  Thaumiers (18261)
  Torteron (18265)
  Touchay (18266)
  Uzay-le-Venon (18268)
  Vallenay (18270)
  Venesmes (18273)
  Vereaux (18275)
  Vernais (18276)
  Verneuil (18277)
  Vesdun (18278)
  Villecelin (18283)
  Épineuil-le-Fleuriel (18089)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 18197  Saint-Amand-Montrond  10,161  Saint-Amand-Montrond  Cœur de France 18087  Dun-sur-Auron  3,948  Dun-sur-Auron  Le Dunois 18108  La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois  3,319  La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois  Portes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois 18242  Sancoins  3,154  Dun-sur-Auron  Les Trois Provinces 18057  Châteaumeillant  2,011  Châteaumeillant  Berry Grand Sud 18172  Orval  1,860  Saint-Amand-Montrond  Cœur de France 18160  Nérondes  1,561  La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois  Pays de Nérondes 18058  Châteauneuf-sur-Cher  1,468  Trouy  Arnon Boischaut Cher 18127  Lignières  1,398  Châteaumeillant  Arnon Boischaut Cher 18118  Jouet-sur-l'Aubois  1,371  La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois  Portes du Berry entre Loire et Val d'Aubois

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

References

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