Arrondissement of Chinon

The **arrondissement of Chinon** is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre-et-Loire department, Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Chinon.

## History
When the Indre-et-Loire department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Chinon was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Chinon is the most western of the *arrondissements* of the Indre-et-Loire department. It is bordered to the north and east by the *arrondissement* of Tours, to the southeast by the Loches *arrondissement*, to the west by the Vienne department and to the northwest by the Maine-et-Loire department.

The *arrondissement* of Chinon is the smallest *arrondissement* of the department in area, , but the second in population (86,952 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 Chinon are:
# Chinon (3705)
# Langeais (3708) (partly)
# Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine (3713)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Chinon has 106 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Ambillou (37002)
# Anché (37004)
# Antogny-le-Tillac (37005)
# Assay (37007)
# Avoine (37011)
# Avon-les-Roches (37012)
# Avrillé-les-Ponceaux (37013)
# Beaumont-Louestault (37021)
# Beaumont-en-Véron (37022)
# Benais (37024)
# Bourgueil (37031)
# Braslou (37034)
# Braye-sous-Faye (37035)
# Braye-sur-Maulne (37036)
# Brèches (37037)
# Brizay (37040)
# Bueil-en-Touraine (37041)
# Candes-Saint-Martin (37042)
# Cerelles (37047)
# Champigny-sur-Veude (37051)
# Channay-sur-Lathan (37055)
# La Chapelle-sur-Loire (37058)
# Charentilly (37059)
# Château-la-Vallière (37062)
# Chaveignes (37065)
# Chemillé-sur-Dême (37068)
# Chezelles (37071)
# Chinon (37072)
# Chouzé-sur-Loire (37074)
# Cinais (37076)
# Cinq-Mars-la-Pile (37077)
# Cléré-les-Pins (37081)
# Continvoir (37082)
# Couesmes (37084)
# Courcelles-de-Touraine (37086)
# Courcoué (37087)
# Couziers (37088)
# Cravant-les-Côteaux (37089)
# Crissay-sur-Manse (37090)
# Crouzilles (37093)
# Épeigné-sur-Dême (37101)
# Faye-la-Vineuse (37105)
# Gizeux (37112)
# Hommes (37117)
# Huismes (37118)
# L'Île-Bouchard (37119)
# Jaulnay (37121)
# Langeais (37123)
# Lémeré (37125)
# Lerné (37126)
# Ligré (37129)
# Lublé (37137)
# Luzé (37140)
# Maillé (37142)
# Marçay (37144)
# Marcilly-sur-Maulne (37146)
# Marcilly-sur-Vienne (37147)
# Marigny-Marmande (37148)
# Marray (37149)
# Mazières-de-Touraine (37150)
# Neuil (37165)
# Neuillé-Pont-Pierre (37167)
# Neuvy-le-Roi (37170)
# Nouâtre (37174)
# Noyant-de-Touraine (37176)
# Panzoult (37178)
# Parçay-sur-Vienne (37180)
# Pernay (37182)
# Ports (37187)
# Pouzay (37188)
# Pussigny (37190)
# Razines (37191)
# Restigné (37193)
# Richelieu (37196)
# Rillé (37198)
# Rilly-sur-Vienne (37199)
# Rivière (37201)
# La Roche-Clermault (37202)
# Rouziers-de-Touraine (37204)
# Saint-Antoine-du-Rocher (37206)
# Saint-Aubin-le-Dépeint (37207)
# Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt (37210)
# Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais (37213)
# Saint-Épain (37216)
# Saint-Germain-sur-Vienne (37220)
# Saint-Laurent-de-Lin (37223)
# Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine (37226)
# Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil (37228)
# Saint-Paterne-Racan (37231)
# Côteaux-sur-Loire (37232)
# Saint-Roch (37237)
# Savigné-sur-Lathan (37241)
# Savigny-en-Véron (37242)
# Sazilly (37244)
# Semblançay (37245)
# Seuilly (37248)
# Sonzay (37249)
# Souvigné (37251)
# Tavant (37255)
# Theneuil (37256)
# Thizay (37258)
# La Tour-Saint-Gelin (37260)
# Trogues (37262)
# Verneuil-le-Château (37268)
# Villebourg (37274)
# Villiers-au-Bouin (37279)

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Indre-et-Loire department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References