Arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse

The **arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse** is an arrondissement of France in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Bourg-en-Bresse.

## History
When the Ain department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Bourg-en-Bresse was part of that original department.

## Geography
It is found in the western half of the department with an area of , the largest *arrondissement* of the department. It is the *arrondissement* with more people living in it, with 354,177 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* of Bourg-en-Bresse is bordered to the northwest by the Saône-et-Loire department, to the northeast by the Jura department, to the west by the *arrondissements* of Nantua and Belley, and to the southwest by the  Rhône department.

## 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 Bourg-en-Bresse,  there are 12 cantons whose *communes* are in the *arrondissement*:
 
# Attignat (19 *communes*)
# Bourg-en-Bresse-1 (1 *commune* and part of Bourg-en-Bresse)
# Bourg-en-Bresse-2 (3 *communes* and part of Bourg-en-Bresse)
# Ceyzériat (22 *communes*)
# Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (26 *communes*)
# Meximieux (15 *communes*)
# Miribel (8 *communes*)
# Replonges (32 *communes*)
# Saint-Étienne-du-Bois (28 *communes*)
# Trévoux (12 *communes*)
# Villars-les-Dombes (25 *communes*)
# Vonnas (19 *communes*)

The canton of Lagnieu has 22 *communes* in the *arrondissement* of Belley and 4 in the *arrondissement* of Bourg-en-Bresse; and the canton of Pont-d'Ain has 4 *communes* in Bourg-en-Bresse and 20 in the *arrondissement* of Nantua.

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Bourg-en-Bresse has 201 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 
# L'Abergement-Clémenciat (01001)
# Ambérieux-en-Dombes (01005)
# Arbigny (01016)
# Ars-sur-Formans (01021)
# Asnières-sur-Saône (01023)
# Attignat (01024)
# Bâgé-la-Ville (01025)
# Bâgé-le-Châtel (01026)
# Balan (01027)
# Baneins (01028)
# Beaupont (01029)
# Beauregard (01030)
# Béligneux (01032)
# Bény (01038)
# Béréziat (01040)
# Bey (01042)
# Beynost (01043)
# Birieux (01045)
# Biziat (01046)
# Bohas-Meyriat-Rignat (01245)
# La Boisse (01049)
# Boissey (01050)
# Bouligneux (01052)
# Bourg-en-Bresse (01053)
# Boz (01057)
# Bressolles (01062)
# Buellas (01065)
# Certines (01069)
# Ceyzériat (01072)
# Chalamont (01074)
# Chaleins (01075)
# Chaneins (01083)
# Chanoz-Châtenay (01084)
# La Chapelle-du-Châtelard (01085)
# Châtenay (01090)
# Châtillon-la-Palud (01092)
# Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (01093)
# Chavannes-sur-Reyssouze (01094)
# Chaveyriat (01096)
# Chevroux (01102)
# Civrieux (01105)
# Cize (01106)
# Coligny (01108)
# Condeissiat (01113)
# Confrançon (01115)
# Cormoranche-sur-Saône (01123)
# Cormoz (01124)
# Corveissiat (01125)
# Courmangoux (01127)
# Courtes (01128)
# Crans (01129)
# Cras-sur-Reyssouze (01130)
# Crottet (01134)
# Cruzilles-lès-Mépillat (01136)
# Curciat-Dongalon (01139)
# Curtafond (01140)
# Dagneux (01142)
# Dommartin (01144)
# Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne (01146)
# Dompierre-sur-Veyle (01145)
# Domsure (01147)
# Drom (01150)
# Druillat (01151)
# Étrez (01154)
# Fareins (01157)
# Feillens (01159)
# Foissiat (01163)
# Francheleins (01165)
# Frans (01166)
# Garnerans (01167)
# Genouilleux (01169)
# Gorrevod (01175)
# Grand-Corent (01177)
# Grièges (01179)
# Guéreins (01183)
# Hautecourt-Romanèche (01184)
# Illiat (01188)
# Jassans-Riottier (01194)
# Jasseron (01195)
# Jayat (01196)
# Journans (01197)
# Laiz (01203)
# Lapeyrouse (01207)
# Lent (01211)
# Lescheroux (01212)
# Lurcy (01225)
# Malafretaz (01229)
# Mantenay-Montlin (01230)
# Manziat (01231)
# Marboz (01232)
# Marlieux (01235)
# Marsonnas (01236)
# Massieux (01238)
# Meillonnas (01241)
# Messimy-sur-Saône (01243)
# Mézériat (01246)
# Mionnay (01248)
# Miribel (01249)
# Misérieux (01250)
# Mogneneins (01252)
# Montagnat (01254)
# Montceaux (01258)
# Montcet (01259)
# Monthieux (01261)
# Montluel (01262)
# Montmerle-sur-Saône (01263)
# Montracol (01264)
# Montrevel-en-Bresse (01266)
# Neuville-les-Dames (01272)
# Neyron (01275)
# Niévroz (01276)
# Nivigne et Suran (01095)
# Ozan (01284)
# Parcieux (01285)
# Péronnas (01289)
# Perrex (01291)
# Peyzieux-sur-Saône (01295)
# Pirajoux (01296)
# Pizay (01297)
# Le Plantay (01299)
# Polliat (01301)
# Pont-de-Vaux (01305)
# Pont-de-Veyle (01306)
# Pouillat (01309)
# Ramasse (01317)
# Rancé (01318)
# Relevant (01319)
# Replonges (01320)
# Revonnas (01321)
# Reyrieux (01322)
# Reyssouze (01323)
# Romans (01328)
# Saint-André-de-Bâgé (01332)
# Saint-André-de-Corcy (01333)
# Saint-André-d'Huiriat (01334)
# Saint-André-le-Bouchoux (01335)
# Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc (01336)
# Saint-Bénigne (01337)
# Saint-Bernard (01339)
# Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon (01343)
# Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg (01344)
# Saint-Didier-d'Aussiat (01346)
# Saint-Didier-de-Formans (01347)
# Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne (01348)
# Sainte-Croix (01342)
# Sainte-Euphémie (01353)
# Sainte-Olive (01382)
# Saint-Étienne-du-Bois (01350)
# Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne (01351)
# Saint-Étienne-sur-Reyssouze (01352)
# Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon (01355)
# Saint-Georges-sur-Renon (01356)
# Saint-Germain-sur-Renon (01359)
# Saint-Jean-de-Thurigneux (01362)
# Saint-Jean-sur-Reyssouze (01364)
# Saint-Jean-sur-Veyle (01365)
# Saint-Julien-sur-Reyssouze (01367)
# Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle (01368)
# Saint-Just (01369)
# Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône (01370)
# Saint-Marcel (01371)
# Saint-Martin-du-Mont (01374)
# Saint-Martin-le-Châtel (01375)
# Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost (01376)
# Saint-Nizier-le-Bouchoux (01380)
# Saint-Nizier-le-Désert (01381)
# Saint-Paul-de-Varax (01383)
# Saint-Rémy (01385)
# Saint-Sulpice (01387)
# Saint-Trivier-de-Courtes (01388)
# Saint-Trivier-sur-Moignans (01389)
# Salavre (01391)
# Sandrans (01393)
# Savigneux (01398)
# Sermoyer (01402)
# Servas (01405)
# Servignat (01406)
# Simandre-sur-Suran (01408)
# Sulignat (01412)
# Thil (01418)
# Thoissey (01420)
# Tossiat (01422)
# Toussieux (01423)
# Tramoyes (01424)
# La Tranclière (01425)
# Trévoux (01427)
# Valeins (01428)
# Val-Revermont (01426)
# Vandeins (01429)
# Verjon (01432)
# Vernoux (01433)
# Versailleux (01434)
# Vescours (01437)
# Vésines (01439)
# Villars-les-Dombes (01443)
# Villemotier (01445)
# Villeneuve (01446)
# Villereversure (01447)
# Villette-sur-Ain (01449)
# Viriat (01451)
# Vonnas (01457)

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

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

## References