Arrondissement of Autun

The **arrondissement of Autun** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Saône-et-Loire *département* in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Autun.

## History
When the Saône-et-Loire department was created on 17 February 1800, the *arrondissement* of Autun was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Autun is bordered to the north by the Côte-d'Or department, to the east by the *arrondissement* of Chalon-sur-Saône, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Charolles and to the west by the Nièvre department.

It is the northernmost of the *arrondissements* of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has 86,693 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*.

The cantons of the arrondissement of Autun are:

# Autun-1
# Autun-2
# Blanzy (partly)
# Chagny (partly)
# Le Creusot-1
# Le Creusot-2
# Gueugnon (partly)
# Montceau-les-Mines (partly)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Autun has 83 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Anost (71009)
# Antully (71010)
# Autun (71014)
# Auxy (71015)
# Barnay (71020)
# Blanzy (71040)
# Brion (71062)
# Broye (71063)
# Change (71085)
# Charbonnat (71098)
# Charmoy (71103)
# Cheilly-lès-Maranges (71122)
# Chissey-en-Morvan (71129)
# Collonge-la-Madeleine (71140)
# Cordesse (71144)
# Couches (71149)
# Cressy-sur-Somme (71152)
# Créot (71151)
# Curgy (71162)
# Cussy-en-Morvan (71165)
# Cuzy (71166)
# Dettey (71172)
# Dezize-lès-Maranges (71174)
# Dracy-Saint-Loup (71184)
# Dracy-lès-Couches (71183)
# Essertenne (71191)
# Grury (71227)
# Igornay (71237)
# Issy-l'Évêque (71239)
# La Boulaye (71046)
# La Celle-en-Morvan (71509)
# La Chapelle-sous-Uchon (71096)
# La Comelle (71142)
# La Grande-Verrière (71223)
# La Petite-Verrière (71349)
# La Tagnière (71531)
# Laizy (71251)
# Le Breuil (71059)
# Le Creusot (71153)
# Les Bizots (71038)
# Lucenay-l'Évêque (71266)
# Marly-sous-Issy (71280)
# Marmagne (71282)
# Mesvres (71297)
# Montcenis (71309)
# Monthelon (71313)
# Montmort (71317)
# Morlet (71322)
# Paris-l'Hôpital (71343)
# Perreuil (71347)
# Reclesne (71368)
# Roussillon-en-Morvan (71376)
# Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes (71390)
# Saint-Didier-sur-Arroux (71407)
# Saint-Eugène (71411)
# Saint-Firmin (71413)
# Saint-Forgeot (71414)
# Saint-Gervais-sur-Couches (71424)
# Saint-Jean-de-Trézy (71431)
# Saint-Léger-du-Bois (71438)
# Saint-Léger-sous-Beuvray (71440)
# Saint-Martin-de-Commune (71450)
# Saint-Maurice-lès-Couches (71464)
# Saint-Nizier-sur-Arroux (71466)
# Saint-Pierre-de-Varennes (71468)
# Saint-Prix (71472)
# Saint-Sernin-du-Bois (71479)
# Saint-Sernin-du-Plain (71480)
# Saint-Symphorien-de-Marmagne (71482)
# Saint-Émiland (71409)
# Sainte-Radegonde (71474)
# Saisy (71493)
# Sampigny-lès-Maranges (71496)
# Sommant (71527)
# Sully (71530)
# Tavernay (71535)
# Thil-sur-Arroux (71537)
# Tintry (71539)
# Torcy (71540)
# Uchon (71551)
# Épertully (71188)
# Épinac (71190)
# Étang-sur-Arroux (71192)

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

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Saône-et-Loire department
* Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department

## References