Arrondissement of Blois

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

## History
When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Blois was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Blois is a central *arrondissement* in the Loir-et-Cher department. It  is the second largest *arrondissement* of the department, , but it is the one with more people living in it, with 173,125 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Eure-et-Loir department, to the northeast by the Loiret department, to the east and south by the *arrondissement* of Romorantin-Lanthenay, to the west by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the northwest by the *arrondissement* of Vendôme.

## 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 Blois are:

# La Beauce (4101)
# Blois-1 (4102)
# Blois-2 (4103)
# Blois-3 (4104) (partly)
# Chambord (4105) (partly)
# Onzain (4108)
# Vineuil (4115)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Blois has 94 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

#Autainville (41006) 
#Avaray (41008) 
#Averdon (41009) 
#Bauzy (41013) 
#Beauce-la-Romaine (41173) 
#Binas (41017) 
#Blois (41018) 
#Boisseau (41019) 
#Bracieux (41025) 
#Briou (41027) 
#Candé-sur-Beuvron (41029) 
#Cellettes (41031) 
#Chailles (41032) 
#Chambord (41034) 
#Champigny-en-Beauce (41035) 
#La Chapelle-Saint-Martin-en-Plaine (41039) 
#La Chapelle-Vendômoise (41040) 
#Chaumont-sur-Loire (41045) 
#La Chaussée-Saint-Victor (41047) 
#Cheverny (41050) 
#Chitenay (41052) 
#Conan (41057) 
#Concriers (41058) 
#Cormeray (41061) 
#Courbouzon (41066) 
#Cour-Cheverny (41067) 
#Courmemin (41068) 
#Cour-sur-Loire (41069) 
#Crouy-sur-Cosson (41071) 
#Épiais (41077) 
#La Ferté-Saint-Cyr (41085) 
#Fontaines-en-Sologne (41086) 
#Fossé (41091) 
#Françay (41093) 
#Herbault (41101) 
#Huisseau-sur-Cosson (41104) 
#Josnes (41105) 
#Lancôme (41108) 
#Landes-le-Gaulois (41109) 
#Lestiou (41114) 
#Lorges (41119) 
#La Madeleine-Villefrouin (41121) 
#Marchenoir (41123) 
#Marolles (41128) 
#Maslives (41129) 
#Maves (41130) 
#Menars (41134) 
#Mer (41136) 
#Mesland (41137) 
#Monteaux (41144) 
#Monthou-sur-Bièvre (41145) 
#Les Montils (41147) 
#Montlivault (41148) 
#Mont-près-Chambord (41150) 
#Muides-sur-Loire (41155) 
#Mulsans (41156) 
#Neuvy (41160) 
#Oucques la Nouvelle (41171) 
#Le Plessis-l'Échelle (41178) 
#Rhodon (41188) 
#Rilly-sur-Loire (41189) 
#Roches (41191) 
#Saint-Bohaire (41203) 
#Saint-Claude-de-Diray (41204) 
#Saint-Cyr-du-Gault (41205) 
#Saint-Denis-sur-Loire (41206) 
#Saint-Dyé-sur-Loire (41207) 
#Saint-Étienne-des-Guérets (41208) 
#Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt (41212) 
#Saint-Laurent-des-Bois (41219) 
#Saint-Laurent-Nouan (41220) 
#Saint-Léonard-en-Beauce (41221) 
#Saint-Lubin-en-Vergonnois (41223) 
#Saint-Sulpice-de-Pommeray (41230) 
#Sambin (41233) 
#Santenay (41234) 
#Séris (41245) 
#Seur (41246) 
#Suèvres (41252) 
#Talcy (41253) 
#Thoury (41260) 
#Tour-en-Sologne (41262) 
#Valaire (41266) 
#Valencisse (41142) 
#Valloire-sur-Cisse (41055) 
#Veuzain-sur-Loire (41167) 
#Vievy-le-Rayé (41273) 
#Villebarou (41276) 
#Villefrancœur (41281) 
#Villeneuve-Frouville (41284) 
#Villerbon (41288) 
#Villermain (41289) 
#Villexanton (41292) 
#Vineuil (41295) 

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

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Loir-et-Cher department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References