Arrondissement of Auxerre

The **arrondissement of Auxerre** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Yonne *département* in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Auxerre.

## History
When the Yonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the *arrondissement* of Auxerre was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Auxerre is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* of Sens, to the east by the *arrondissement* of Avallon, to the south by the Nièvre (Burgundy) department and to the west by the Loiret (Centre-Val de Loire) department.

It has an area of , the largest in area of the *arrondissements* of the department. It has 179,922 inhabitants and a population 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 Auxerre, there are six cantons where not all their "communes" are in the *arrondissement*. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Auxerre has 171 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Aigremont (89002)
# Andryes (89007)
# Appoigny (89013)
# Augy (89023)
# Auxerre (89024)
# Bassou (89029)
# Bazarnes (89030)
# Beaumont (89031)
# Beauvoir (89033)
# Beine (89034)
# Bellechaume (89035)
# Béru (89039)
# Bessy-sur-Cure (89040)
# Beugnon (89041)
# Bleigny-le-Carreau (89045)
# Bléneau (89046)
# Bonnard (89050)
# Branches (89053)
# Brienon-sur-Armançon (89055)
# Butteaux (89061)
# Carisey (89062)
# Chablis (89068)
# Chailley (89069)
# Champcevrais (89072)
# Champignelles (89073)
# Champlost (89076)
# Champs-sur-Yonne (89077)
# Chamvres (89079)
# La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne (89081)
# Charbuy (89083)
# Charentenay (89084)
# Charmoy (89085)
# Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye (89086)
# Chassy (89088)
# Chemilly-sur-Serein (89095)
# Chemilly-sur-Yonne (89096)
# Cheny (89099)
# Chéu (89101)
# Chevannes (89102)
# Chichée (89104)
# Chichery (89105)
# Chitry (89108)
# Coulangeron (89117)
# Coulanges-la-Vineuse (89118)
# Coulanges-sur-Yonne (89119)
# Courgis (89123)
# Courson-les-Carrières (89125)
# Crain (89129)
# Deux Rivières (89130)
# Diges (89139)
# Dracy (89147)
# Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines (89148)
# Égleny (89150)
# Épineau-les-Voves (89152)
# Escamps (89154)
# Escolives-Sainte-Camille (89155)
# Esnon (89156)
# Étais-la-Sauvin (89158)
# La Ferté-Loupière (89163)
# Festigny (89164)
# Fleury-la-Vallée (89167)
# Fleys (89168)
# Fontaines (89173)
# Fontenay-près-Chablis (89175)
# Fontenay-sous-Fouronnes (89177)
# Fontenoy (89179)
# Fouronnes (89182)
# Germigny (89186)
# Gurgy (89198)
# Gy-l'Évêque (89199)
# Hauterive (89200)
# Héry (89201)
# Irancy (89202)
# Jaulges (89205)
# Jussy (89212)
# Lain (89215)
# Lainsecq (89216)
# Lalande (89217)
# Laroche-Saint-Cydroine (89218)
# Lasson (89219)
# Lavau (89220)
# Leugny (89221)
# Levis (89222)
# Lichères-près-Aigremont (89224)
# Lignorelles (89226)
# Ligny-le-Châtel (89227)
# Lindry (89228)
# Lucy-sur-Cure (89233)
# Lucy-sur-Yonne (89234)
# Mailly-la-Ville (89237)
# Mailly-le-Château (89238)
# Maligny (89242)
# Mercy (89249)
# Méré (89250)
# Merry-Sec (89252)
# Merry-la-Vallée (89251)
# Merry-Sec (89252)
# Mézilles (89254)
# Migé (89256)
# Migennes (89257)
# Monéteau (89263)
# Montholon (89003)
# Montigny-la-Resle (89265)
# Mont-Saint-Sulpice (89268)
# Mouffy (89270)
# Moulins-sur-Ouanne (89272)
# Moutiers-en-Puisaye (89273)
# Neuvy-Sautour (89276)
# Nitry (89277)
# Les Ormes (89281)
# Ormoy (89282)
# Ouanne (89283)
# Parly (89286)
# Paroy-en-Othe (89288)
# Percey (89292)
# Perrigny (89295)
# Poilly-sur-Serein (89303)
# Poilly-sur-Tholon (89304)
# Pontigny (89307)
# Pourrain (89311)
# Prégilbert (89314)
# Préhy (89315)
# Quenne (89319)
# Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses (89324)
# Ronchères (89325)
# Rouvray (89328)
# Sainpuits (89331)
# Saint-Bris-le-Vineux (89337)
# Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing (89340)
# Saint-Cyr-les-Colons (89341)
# Saint-Fargeau (89344)
# Saint-Florentin (89345)
# Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche (89346)
# Saint-Martin-des-Champs (89352)
# Saint-Maurice-le-Vieil (89360)
# Saint-Maurice-Thizouaille (89361)
# Sainte-Pallaye (89363)
# Saint-Privé (89365)
# Saints-en-Puisaye (89367)
# Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (89368)
# Seignelay (89382)
# Sementron (89383)
# Senan (89384)
# Sery (89394)
# Sommecaise (89397)
# Sormery (89398)
# Sougères-en-Puisaye (89400)
# Soumaintrain (89402)
# Les Hauts de Forterre (89405)
# Tannerre-en-Puisaye (89408)
# Thury (89416)
# Toucy (89419)
# Treigny (89420)
# Trucy-sur-Yonne (89424)
# Turny (89425)
# Val-de-Mercy (89426)
# Vallan (89427)
# Varennes (89430)
# Venizy (89436)
# Venouse (89437)
# Venoy (89438)
# Vergigny (89439)
# Vermenton (89441)
# Villefargeau (89453)
# Villeneuve-les-Genêts (89462)
# Villeneuve-Saint-Salves (89463)
# Villiers-Saint-Benoît (89472)
# Villiers-Vineux (89474)
# Villy (89477)
# Vincelles (89478)
# Vincelottes (89479)

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

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Yonne department
* Communes of the Yonne department

## References