Arrondissement of Avallon

The **arrondissement of Avallon** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Yonne *département* in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Avallon.

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

## Geography
The *arrondissement*  of Avallon is bordered to the north by the Aube (Champagne-Ardenne) department, to the east by the Côte-d'Or (Burgundy) department, to the south by the Nièvre (Burgundy) department and to the west by the *arrondissement* of Auxerre.

It is the easternmost *arrondissement* of the department, with an area of . It has 47,594 inhabitants, the *arrondissement* of the department with fewer people living there, 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 Avallon, there are three 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 Avallon has 139 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Aisy-sur-Armançon (89004)
# Ancy-le-Franc (89005)
# Ancy-le-Libre (89006)
# Angely (89008)
# Annay-la-Côte (89009)
# Annay-sur-Serein (89010)
# Annéot (89011)
# Annoux (89012)
# Arcy-sur-Cure (89015)
# Argentenay (89016)
# Argenteuil-sur-Armançon (89017)
# Arthonnay (89019)
# Asnières-sous-Bois (89020)
# Asquins (89021)
# Athie (89022)
# Avallon (89025)
# Baon (89028)
# Beauvilliers (89032)
# Bernouil (89038)
# Bierry-les-Belles-Fontaines (89042)
# Blacy (89043)
# Blannay (89044)
# Bois-d'Arcy (89049)
# Brosses (89057)
# Bussières (89058)
# Censy (89064)
# Chamoux (89071)
# Chassignelles (89087)
# Chastellux-sur-Cure (89089)
# Châtel-Censoir (89091)
# Châtel-Gérard (89092)
# Cheney (89098)
# Cisery (89109)
# Collan (89112)
# Coutarnoux (89128)
# Cruzy-le-Châtel (89131)
# Cry (89132)
# Cussy-les-Forges (89134)
# Dannemoine (89137)
# Dissangis (89141)
# Domecy-sur-Cure (89145)
# Domecy-sur-le-Vault (89146)
# Dyé (89149)
# Épineuil (89153)
# Étaule (89159)
# Étivey (89161)
# Flogny-la-Chapelle (89169)
# Foissy-lès-Vézelay (89170)
# Fontenay-près-Vézelay (89176)
# Fresnes (89183)
# Fulvy (89184)
# Gigny (89187)
# Girolles (89188)
# Givry (89190)
# Gland (89191)
# Grimault (89194)
# Guillon (89197)
# Island (89203)
# L'Isle-sur-Serein (89204)
# Jouancy (89207)
# Joux-la-Ville (89208)
# Jully (89210)
# Junay (89211)
# Lézinnes (89223)
# Lichères-sur-Yonne (89225)
# Lucy-le-Bois (89232)
# Magny (89235)
# Marmeaux (89244)
# Massangis (89246)
# Mélisey (89247)
# Menades (89248)
# Merry-sur-Yonne (89253)
# Môlay (89259)
# Molosmes (89262)
# Montillot (89266)
# Montréal (89267)
# Moulins-en-Tonnerrois (89271)
# Noyers (89279)
# Nuits (89280)
# Pacy-sur-Armançon (89284)
# Pasilly (89290)
# Perrigny-sur-Armançon (89296)
# Pierre-Perthuis (89297)
# Pimelles (89299)
# Pisy (89300)
# Pontaubert (89306)
# Précy-le-Sec (89312)
# Provency (89316)
# Quarré-les-Tombes (89318)
# Quincerot (89320)
# Ravières (89321)
# Roffey (89323)
# Rugny (89329)
# Saint-André-en-Terre-Plaine (89333)
# Saint-Brancher (89336)
# Sainte-Colombe (89339)
# Saint-Germain-des-Champs (89347)
# Saint-Léger-Vauban (89349)
# Sainte-Magnance (89351)
# Saint-Martin-sur-Armançon (89355)
# Saint-Moré (89362)
# Saint-Père (89364)
# Sainte-Vertu (89371)
# Sambourg (89374)
# Santigny (89375)
# Sarry (89376)
# Sauvigny-le-Beuréal (89377)
# Sauvigny-le-Bois (89378)
# Savigny-en-Terre-Plaine (89379)
# Sceaux (89381)
# Sennevoy-le-Bas (89385)
# Sennevoy-le-Haut (89386)
# Sermizelles (89392)
# Serrigny (89393)
# Stigny (89403)
# Talcy (89406)
# Tanlay (89407)
# Tharoiseau (89409)
# Tharot (89410)
# Thizy (89412)
# Thorey (89413)
# Thory (89415)
# Tissey (89417)
# Tonnerre (89418)
# Trévilly (89421)
# Trichey (89422)
# Tronchoy (89423)
# Vassy (89431)
# Vault-de-Lugny (89433)
# Vézannes (89445)
# Vézelay (89446)
# Vézinnes (89447)
# Vignes (89448)
# Villiers-les-Hauts (89470)
# Villon (89475)
# Vireaux (89481)
# Viviers (89482)
# Voutenay-sur-Cure (89485)
# Yrouerre (89486)

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

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

## References