Arrondissement of Pithiviers

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

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

The *arrondissement* was eliminated in 1926 but it was made an *arrondissement* again in 1942.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Pithiviers is the most northern of the *arrondissements* of the Loiret department. It is the smallest *arrondissement* of the department,  and the one with fewest people living in it, with 63,280 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Essonne department, to the east by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the southeast by the *arrondissement* of Montargis, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Orléans and to the west by the Eure-et-Loir 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*.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Pithiviers are Malesherbes ((4509)) and, partly, Pithiviers ((4517)).

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Pithiviers has 79 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Andonville (45005)
# Aschères-le-Marché (45009)
# Ascoux (45010)
# Attray (45011)
# Audeville (45012)
# Augerville-la-Rivière (45013)
# Aulnay-la-Rivière (45014)
# Autruy-sur-Juine (45015)
# Auxy (45018)
# Barville-en-Gâtinais (45021)
# Batilly-en-Gâtinais (45022)
# Bazoches-les-Gallerandes (45025)
# Beaune-la-Rolande (45030)
# Boësses (45033)
# Boiscommun (45035)
# Boisseaux (45037)
# Bondaroy (45038)
# Bordeaux-en-Gâtinais (45041)
# Bouilly-en-Gâtinais (45045)
# Bouzonville-aux-Bois (45047)
# Boynes (45050)
# Briarres-sur-Essonne (45054)
# Bromeilles (45056)
# Césarville-Dossainville (45065)
# Chambon-la-Forêt (45069)
# Charmont-en-Beauce (45080)
# Châtillon-le-Roi (45086)
# Chaussy (45088)
# Chilleurs-aux-Bois (45095)
# Courcelles (45110)
# Courcy-aux-Loges (45111)
# Crottes-en-Pithiverais (45118)
# Dadonville (45119)
# Desmonts (45124)
# Dimancheville (45125)
# Échilleuses (45131)
# Égry (45132)
# Engenville (45133)
# Erceville (45135)
# Escrennes (45137)
# Estouy (45139)
# Gaubertin (45151)
# Givraines (45157)
# Grangermont (45159)
# Greneville-en-Beauce (45160)
# Guigneville (45162)
# Intville-la-Guétard (45170)
# Jouy-en-Pithiverais (45174)
# Juranville (45176)
# Laas (45177)
# Léouville (45181)
# Lorcy (45186)
# Le Malesherbois (45191)
# Mareau-aux-Bois (45195)
# Marsainvilliers (45198)
# Montbarrois (45209)
# Montliard (45215)
# Morville-en-Beauce (45217)
# Nancray-sur-Rimarde (45220)
# La Neuville-sur-Essonne (45225)
# Nibelle (45228)
# Oison (45231)
# Ondreville-sur-Essonne (45233)
# Orville (45237)
# Outarville (45240)
# Pannecières (45246)
# Pithiviers (45252)
# Pithiviers-le-Vieil (45253)
# Puiseaux (45258)
# Ramoulu (45260)
# Rouvres-Saint-Jean (45263)
# Saint-Loup-des-Vignes (45288)
# Saint-Michel (45294)
# Santeau (45301)
# Sermaises (45310)
# Thignonville (45320)
# Tivernon (45325)
# Vrigny (45347)
# Yèvre-la-Ville (45348)

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

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Loiret department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References