Arrondissement of Louhans

The **arrondissement of Louhans** 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 Louhans.

## History
When the Saône-et-Loire was created on 17 February 1800, the *arrondissement* of Louhans was part of that original department. In 1926, the *arrondissement* of Louhans was eliminated but in 1942 it became again an *arrondissement* of the department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement*  of Louhans is bordered to the north and east by the Jura department, to the southeast by the Ain (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Mâcon, to the west  by the *arrondissement* of Chalon-sur-Saône and to the northwest (a small part) by the Côte-d'Or department.

It is the easternmost of the *arrondissements* of the department, with an area of ,  the second smallest in area of the department. It has 55,567 inhabitants, the *arrondissement* of Saône-et-Loire with fewer people living in it, 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*.

There are only three cantons in the arrondissement of Louhans: Cuiseaux (partly), Louhans and Pierre-de-Bresse.

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Louhans has 79 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Authumes (71013)
# Bantanges (71018)
# Beaurepaire-en-Bresse (71027)
# Beauvernois (71028)
# Bellevesvre (71029)
# Bosjean (71044)
# Bouhans (71045)
# Branges (71056)
# Brienne (71061)
# Bruailles (71064)
# Champagnat (71079)
# Charette-Varennes (71101)
# Condal (71143)
# Cuiseaux (71157)
# Cuisery (71158)
# Dampierre-en-Bresse (71168)
# Devrouze (71173)
# Diconne (71175)
# Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux (71177)
# Flacey-en-Bresse (71198)
# Frangy-en-Bresse (71205)
# Fretterans (71207)
# Frontenard (71208)
# Frontenaud (71209)
# Huilly-sur-Seille (71234)
# Joudes (71243)
# Jouvençon (71244)
# Juif (71246)
# L'Abergement-de-Cuisery (71001)
# La Chapelle-Naude (71092)
# La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur (71093)
# La Chapelle-Thècle (71097)
# La Chaux (71121)
# La Frette (71206)
# La Genête (71213)
# La Racineuse (71364)
# Lays-sur-le-Doubs (71254)
# Le Fay (71196)
# Le Miroir (71300)
# Le Planois (71352)
# Le Tartre (71534)
# Loisy (71261)
# Louhans (71263)
# Mervans (71295)
# Montagny-près-Louhans (71303)
# Montcony (71311)
# Montjay (71314)
# Montpont-en-Bresse (71318)
# Montret (71319)
# Mouthier-en-Bresse (71326)
# Ménetreuil (71293)
# Ormes (71332)
# Pierre-de-Bresse (71351)
# Pourlans (71357)
# Rancy (71365)
# Ratte (71367)
# Sagy (71379)
# Saillenard (71380)
# Saint-André-en-Bresse (71386)
# Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse (71396)
# Saint-Germain-du-Bois (71419)
# Saint-Martin-du-Mont (71454)
# Saint-Usuge (71484)
# Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse (71489)
# Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse (71410)
# Sainte-Croix (71401)
# Savigny-en-Revermont (71506)
# Savigny-sur-Seille (71508)
# Sens-sur-Seille (71514)
# Serley (71516)
# Serrigny-en-Bresse (71519)
# Simandre (71522)
# Simard (71523)
# Sornay (71528)
# Thurey (71538)
# Torpes (71541)
# Varennes-Saint-Sauveur (71558)
# Vincelles (71580)
# Vérissey (71568)

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