Arrondissement of Guéret

The **arrondissement of Guéret** is an arrondissement of France, in the Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Guéret.

## History
When the Creuse department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Guéret was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Guéret is the largest *arrondissement* of the department both in area, , and population (83,458 inhabitants).

The *arrondissement* of Guéret is the most northern *arrondissement* of the Creuse department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Cher department, to the east by the Allier department, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Aubusson, to the west by the Haute-Vienne department and to the north by the Indre department.

## 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 Guéret, only three cantons do not have all their "communes" in the *arrondissement*: Ahun, Bourganeuf and Gouzon. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Guéret has 140 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Ahun (23001)
# Ajain (23002)
# Anzême (23004)
# Arrènes (23006)
# Augères (23010)
# Aulon (23011)
# Auriat (23012)
# Azat-Châtenet (23014)
# Azerables (23015)
# Bazelat (23018)
# Bénévent-l'Abbaye (23021)
# Bétête (23022)
# Blaudeix (23023)
# Bonnat (23025)
# Bord-Saint-Georges (23026)
# Bosmoreau-les-Mines (23027)
# Bourganeuf (23030)
# Le Bourg-d'Hem (23029)
# Boussac (23031)
# Boussac-Bourg (23032)
# La Brionne (23033)
# Bussière-Dunoise (23036)
# Bussière-Saint-Georges (23038)
# La Celle-Dunoise (23039)
# La Celle-sous-Gouzon (23040)
# La Cellette (23041)
# Ceyroux (23042)
# Chambon-Sainte-Croix (23044)
# Chamborand (23047)
# Champsanglard (23049)
# La Chapelle-Baloue (23050)
# La Chapelle-Saint-Martial (23051)
# La Chapelle-Taillefert (23052)
# Châtelus-le-Marcheix (23056)
# Châtelus-Malvaleix (23057)
# Chéniers (23062)
# Clugnat (23064)
# Colondannes (23065)
# Cressat (23068)
# Crozant (23070)
# Domeyrot (23072)
# Dun-le-Palestel (23075)
# Faux-Mazuras (23078)
# Fleurat (23082)
# La Forêt-du-Temple (23084)
# Fresselines (23087)
# Fursac (23192)
# Gartempe (23088)
# Genouillac (23089)
# Glénic (23092)
# Gouzon (23093)
# Le Grand-Bourg (23095)
# Guéret (23096)
# Jalesches (23098)
# Janaillat (23099)
# Jarnages (23100)
# Jouillat (23101)
# Ladapeyre (23102)
# Lafat (23103)
# Lavaufranche (23104)
# Lépinas (23107)
# Leyrat (23108)
# Linard (23109)
# Lizières (23111)
# Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre (23112)
# Maison-Feyne (23117)
# Maisonnisses (23118)
# Malleret-Boussac (23120)
# Malval (23121)
# Mansat-la-Courrière (23122)
# Marsac (23124)
# Masbaraud-Mérignat (23126)
# Mazeirat (23128)
# Méasnes (23130)
# Montaigut-le-Blanc (23132)
# Montboucher (23133)
# Mortroux (23136)
# Mourioux-Vieilleville (23137)
# Moutier-d'Ahun (23138)
# Moutier-Malcard (23139)
# Naillat (23141)
# Noth (23143)
# Nouzerines (23146)
# Nouzerolles (23147)
# Nouziers (23148)
# Parsac-Rimondeix (23149)
# Peyrabout (23150)
# Pierrefitte (23152)
# Pionnat (23154)
# Pontarion (23155)
# La Pouge (23157)
# Roches (23162)
# Sagnat (23166)
# Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat (23177)
# Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix (23181)
# Saint-Christophe (23186)
# Saint-Dizier-les-Domaines (23188)
# Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne (23189)
# Sainte-Feyre (23193)
# Saint-Éloi (23191)
# Saint-Fiel (23195)
# Saint-Georges-la-Pouge (23197)
# Saint-Germain-Beaupré (23199)
# Saint-Goussaud (23200)
# Saint-Hilaire-la-Plaine (23201)
# Saint-Hilaire-le-Château (23202)
# Saint-Laurent (23206)
# Saint-Léger-Bridereix (23207)
# Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois (23208)
# Saint-Marien (23213)
# Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine (23217)
# Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine (23219)
# Saint-Pierre-Chérignat (23230)
# Saint-Pierre-le-Bost (23233)
# Saint-Priest-la-Feuille (23235)
# Saint-Priest-la-Plaine (23236)
# Saint-Priest-Palus (23237)
# Saint-Sébastien (23239)
# Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc (23240)
# Saint-Silvain-Montaigut (23242)
# Saint-Silvain-sous-Toulx (23243)
# Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois (23244)
# Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois (23245)
# Saint-Vaury (23247)
# Saint-Victor-en-Marche (23248)
# Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois (23250)
# Sardent (23168)
# La Saunière (23169)
# Savennes (23170)
# Soubrebost (23173)
# Soumans (23174)
# La Souterraine (23176)
# Tercillat (23252)
# Thauron (23253)
# Toulx-Sainte-Croix (23254)
# Trois-Fonds (23255)
# Vareilles (23258)
# Vidaillat (23260)
# Vigeville (23262)
# Villard (23263)

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

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

## References