Arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne

The **arrondissement of Châlons-en-Champagne** is an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Châlons-en-Champagne.

## History
When the Marne department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Châlons-en-Champagne, with the name Châlons-sur-Marne, was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Châlons-en-Champagne is the central *arrondissements* of the Marne department. It is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* of Reims and, for a short distance, by the Ardennes department; to the northeast by the Sainte-Menehould *arrondissement*; to the southeast and south by the Vitry-le-François *arrondissement*; and to the west by the Épernay *arrondissement*.

The *arrondissement* of Châlons-en-Champagne is the second largest *arrondissement* of the department in area, , and the third in population (103,110 inhabitants) with 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 Châlons-en-Champagne, there are six cantons and three of them do not have all their "communes" in the *arrondissement*:

# Argonne Suippe et Vesle (5101) (partly)
# Châlons-en-Champagne-1 (5103)
# Châlons-en-Champagne-2 (5104)
# Châlons-en-Champagne-3 (5105) (partly)
# Mourmelon-Vesle et Monts de Champagne (5110) (partly)
# Vertus-Plaine Champenoise (5122) (partly)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Châlons-en-Champagne has 100 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Aigny (51003)
# Athis (51018)
# Aulnay-sur-Marne (51023)
# Bergères-lès-Vertus (51049)
# Billy-le-Grand (51061)
# Bouy (51078)
# Breuvery-sur-Coole (51087)
# Bussy-Lettrée (51099)
# Bussy-le-Château (51097)
# Cernon (51106)
# Chaintrix-Bierges (51107)
# Champigneul-Champagne (51117)
# Cheniers (51146)
# Cheppes-la-Prairie (51148)
# Chepy (51149)
# Cherville (51150)
# Châlons-en-Champagne (51108)
# Clamanges (51154)
# Compertrix (51160)
# Condé-sur-Marne (51161)
# Coolus (51168)
# Coupetz (51178)
# Coupéville (51179)
# Courtisols (51193)
# Cuperly (51203)
# Dampierre-au-Temple (51205)
# Dampierre-sur-Moivre (51208)
# Fagnières (51242)
# Faux-Vésigneul (51244)
# Francheville (51259)
# Germinon (51268)
# Givry-lès-Loisy (51273)
# Isse (51301)
# Jonchery-sur-Suippe (51307)
# Juvigny (51312)
# Jâlons (51303)
# L'Épine (51231)
# La Cheppe (51147)
# La Veuve (51617)
# Le Fresne (51260)
# Les Grandes-Loges (51278)
# Livry-Louvercy (51326)
# Loisy-en-Brie (51327)
# Mairy-sur-Marne (51339)
# Marson (51354)
# Matougues (51357)
# Moivre (51371)
# Moncetz-Longevas (51372)
# Mourmelon-le-Grand (51388)
# Mourmelon-le-Petit (51389)
# Nuisement-sur-Coole (51409)
# Omey (51415)
# Pierre-Morains (51430)
# Pocancy (51435)
# Pogny (51436)
# Poix (51438)
# Recy (51453)
# Rouffy (51469)
# Saint-Germain-la-Ville (51482)
# Saint-Gibrien (51483)
# Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (51485)
# Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand (51486)
# Saint-Jean-sur-Moivre (51490)
# Saint-Mard-lès-Rouffy (51499)
# Saint-Martin-aux-Champs (51502)
# Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pré (51504)
# Saint-Memmie (51506)
# Saint-Pierre (51509)
# Saint-Quentin-sur-Coole (51512)
# Saint-Étienne-au-Temple (51476)
# Sainte-Marie-à-Py (51501)
# Sarry (51525)
# Sogny-aux-Moulins (51538)
# Somme-Suippe (51546)
# Somme-Vesle (51548)
# Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus (51553)
# Soudron (51556)
# Soulières (51558)
# Suippes (51559)
# Thibie (51566)
# Togny-aux-Bœufs (51574)
# Trécon (51578)
# Vadenay (51587)
# Val-des-Marais (51158)
# Vatry (51595)
# Vaudemange (51599)
# Vert-Toulon (51611)
# Vertus (51612)
# Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny (51627)
# Villers-le-Château (51634)
# Villeseneux (51638)
# Vitry-la-Ville (51648)
# Voipreux (51651)
# Vouzy (51655)
# Vraux (51656)
# Vélye (51603)
# Vésigneul-sur-Marne (51616)
# Écury-le-Repos (51226)
# Écury-sur-Coole (51227)
# Étréchy (51239)

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

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

## References