Arrondissement of Vierzon

The arrondissement of Vierzon 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 Vierzon.

History
When the Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Vierzon was not part of that original department. The arrondissement was created in 1984.

Geography
The arrondissement of Vierzon is in the northwest of the department. It is bordered to the north by the Loiret department, to the east by the Bourges arrondissement, to the south by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the west by the Loir-et-Cher department.

The arrondissement of Vierzon is the smallest arrondissement of the department with an area of . It has a population of 71,236 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 Vierzon, (with their INSEE codes) are:
 Aubigny-sur-Nère (1801)
 Mehun-sur-Yèvre (1811)
 Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny (1815) (partly)
 Vierzon-1 (1818)
 Vierzon-2 (1819)

Communes
The arrondissement of Vierzon has 43 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Allouis (18005)
 Argent-sur-Sauldre (18011)
 Aubigny-sur-Nère (18015)
 Berry-Bouy (18028)
 Blancafort (18030)
 Brinay (18036)
 Brinon-sur-Sauldre (18037)
 Cerbois (18044)
 Chéry (18064)
 Clémont (18067)
 Dampierre-en-Graçay (18085)
 Ennordres (18088)
 Foëcy (18096)
 Genouilly (18100)
 Graçay (18103)
 Ivoy-le-Pré (18115)
 La Chapelle-d'Angillon (18047)
 Lazenay (18124)
 Limeux (18128)
 Lury-sur-Arnon (18134)
 Massay (18140)
 Mehun-sur-Yèvre (18141)
 Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre (18147)
 Méreau (18148)
 Méry-sur-Cher (18150)
 Méry-ès-Bois (18149)
 Nançay (18159)
 Neuvy-sur-Barangeon (18165)
 Nohant-en-Graçay (18167)
 Oizon (18170)
 Presly (18185)
 Preuilly (18186)
 Quincy (18190)
 Saint-Georges-sur-la-Prée (18210)
 Saint-Hilaire-de-Court (18214)
 Saint-Laurent (18219)
 Saint-Outrille (18228)
 Sainte-Montaine (18227)
 Sainte-Thorette (18237)
 Thénioux (18263)
 Vierzon (18279)
 Vignoux-sur-Barangeon (18281)
 Vouzeron (18290)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 18279  Vierzon  27,050  Vierzon-1 and Vierzon-2  Vierzon-Sologne-Berry 18141  Mehun-sur-Yèvre  6,717  Mehun-sur-Yèvre  Cœur de Berry 18015  Aubigny-sur-Nère  5,560  Aubigny-sur-Nère  Sauldre et Sologne 18148  Méreau  2,582  Mehun-sur-Yèvre  Cœur de Berry 18281  Vignoux-sur-Barangeon  2,143  Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny  Les Villages de la Forêt 18011  Argent-sur-Sauldre  2,137  Aubigny-sur-Nère  Sauldre et Sologne 18096  Foëcy  2,074  Mehun-sur-Yèvre  Cœur de Berry 18103  Graçay  1,456  Vierzon-2  Vierzon-Sologne-Berry 18140  Massay  1,412  Mehun-sur-Yèvre  Cœur de Berry

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

References

Vierzon