Arrondissement of Loches

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

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

In 1926, the *arrondissement* of Loches was eliminated but in 1943 it was made again an *arrondissement* of the Indre-et-Loire department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Loches is the southeast of the Indre-et-Loire department. It is bordered to the north by the Tours *arrondissement*, to the northeast by the Loir-et-Cher department, to the east and southeast by the Indre department, to the southwest by the Vienne department and to the west by the Chinon *arrondissement*

The *arrondissement* of Loches is the second largest *arrondissement* of the department in area, , but the one with fewest people living in it with 50,740 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*.

There are only 2 cantons in the *arrondissement* of Loches:
* Descartes (3706)
* Loches (3709)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Loches has 113 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Abilly (37001)
# Amboise (37003)
# Athée-sur-Cher (37008)
# Autrèche (37009)
# Auzouer-en-Touraine (37010)
# Azay-sur-Indre (37016)
# Barrou (37019)
# Beaulieu-lès-Loches (37020)
# Beaumont-Village (37023)
# Betz-le-Château (37026)
# Bléré (37027)
# Bossay-sur-Claise (37028)
# Bossée (37029)
# Le Boulay (37030)
# Bournan (37032)
# Boussay (37033)
# Bridoré (37039)
# Cangey (37043)
# La Celle-Guenand (37044)
# La Celle-Saint-Avant (37045)
# Céré-la-Ronde (37046)
# Chambon (37048)
# Chambourg-sur-Indre (37049)
# Chanceaux-près-Loches (37053)
# La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin (37057)
# Chargé (37060)
# Charnizay (37061)
# Château-Renault (37063)
# Chaumussay (37064)
# Chédigny (37066)
# Chemillé-sur-Indrois (37069)
# Chenonceaux (37070)
# Chisseaux (37073)
# Cigogné (37075)
# Ciran (37078)
# Civray-de-Touraine (37079)
# Civray-sur-Esves (37080)
# Cormery (37083)
# Courçay (37085)
# La Croix-en-Touraine (37091)
# Crotelles (37092)
# Cussay (37094)
# Dame-Marie-les-Bois (37095)
# Dierre (37096)
# Dolus-le-Sec (37097)
# Draché (37098)
# Épeigné-les-Bois (37100)
# Esves-le-Moutier (37103)
# La Ferrière (37106)
# Ferrière-Larçon (37107)
# Ferrière-sur-Beaulieu (37108)
# Francueil (37110)
# Genillé (37111)
# Le Grand-Pressigny (37113)
# La Guerche (37114)
# Descartes (37115)
# Les Hermites (37116)
# Le Liège (37127)
# Ligueil (37130)
# Limeray (37131)
# Loches (37132)
# Loché-sur-Indrois (37133)
# Louans (37134)
# Le Louroux (37136)
# Lussault-sur-Loire (37138)
# Luzillé (37141)
# Manthelan (37143)
# Marcé-sur-Esves (37145)
# Monthodon (37155)
# Montrésor (37157)
# Montreuil-en-Touraine (37158)
# Morand (37160)
# Mosnes (37161)
# Mouzay (37162)
# Nazelles-Négron (37163)
# Neuillé-le-Lierre (37166)
# Neuilly-le-Brignon (37168)
# Neuville-sur-Brenne (37169)
# Noizay (37171)
# Nouans-les-Fontaines (37173)
# Nouzilly (37175)
# Orbigny (37177)
# Paulmy (37181)
# Perrusson (37183)
# Le Petit-Pressigny (37184)
# Pocé-sur-Cisse (37185)
# Preuilly-sur-Claise (37189)
# Reignac-sur-Indre (37192)
# Saint-Bauld (37209)
# Saint-Flovier (37218)
# Saint-Hippolyte (37221)
# Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain (37222)
# Saint-Laurent-en-Gâtines (37224)
# Saint-Martin-le-Beau (37225)
# Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets (37229)
# Saint-Ouen-les-Vignes (37230)
# Saint-Quentin-sur-Indrois (37234)
# Saint-Règle (37236)
# Saint-Senoch (37238)
# Saunay (37240)
# Sennevières (37246)
# Sepmes (37247)
# Souvigny-de-Touraine (37252)
# Sublaines (37253)
# Tauxigny (37254)
# Tournon-Saint-Pierre (37259)
# Varennes (37265)
# Verneuil-sur-Indre (37269)
# Villedômain (37275)
# Villedômer (37276)
# Villeloin-Coulangé (37277)
# Vou (37280)
# Yzeures-sur-Creuse (37282)

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

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

## References