Arrondissement of Saint-Dizier

The arrondissement of Saint-Dizier is an arrondissement of France, in the Haute-Marne department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Saint-Dizier.
History
When the Haute-Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Saint-Dizier was part of that original department.
In 1800, the subprefecture was moved to Wassy. On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Wassy was eliminated but in 1940 Wassy was made again an arrondissement but the subprefecture was moved back to Saint-Dizier.
Geography
The arrondissement of Saint-Dizier is the most northern of the arrondissements of the Haute-Marne department. It is bordered to the north and east by the Meuse department, to the southeast by the Vosges department, to the south by the Arrondissement of Chaumont arrondissement, to the west by the Aube department and to the northwest by the Marne department.
The arrondissement of Saint-Dizier is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of , but the one with more inhabitants (71,371 inhabitants) 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 Saint-Dizier, there are eight cantons and two of them do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:
Bologne (5201) (partly)
Eurville-Bienville (5208)
Joinville (5209)
Poissons (5212) (partly)
Saint-Dizier-1 (5213)
Saint-Dizier-2 (5214)
Saint-Dizier-3 (5215)
Wassy (5217)
Communes
The arrondissement of Saint-Dizier has 111 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Aingoulaincourt (52004)
Allichamps (52006)
Ambonville (52007)
Annonville (52012)
Arnancourt (52019)
Attancourt (52021)
Autigny-le-Grand (52029)
Autigny-le-Petit (52030)
Bailly-aux-Forges (52034)
Baudrecourt (52039)
Bayard-sur-Marne (52265)
Bettancourt-la-Ferree (52045)
Beurville (52047)
Blecourt (52055)
Blumeray (52057)
Bouzancourt (52065)
Brachay (52066)
Brousseval (52079)
Ceffonds (52088)
Cerisieres (52091)
Chamouilley (52099)
Chancenay (52104)
Charmes-en-l'Angle (52109)
Charmes-la-Grande (52110)
Chatonrupt-Sommermont (52118)
Chevillon (52123)
Cirey-sur-Blaise (52129)
Cirfontaines-en-Ornois (52131)
Courcelles-sur-Blaise (52149)
Curel (52156)
Domblain (52169)
Dommartin-le-Franc (52171)
Dommartin-le-Saint-Pere (52172)
Domremy-Landeville (52173)
Donjeux (52175)
Doulaincourt-Saucourt (52177)
Doulevant-le-Chateau (52178)
Doulevant-le-Petit (52179)
Echenay (52181)
Eclaron-Braucourt-Sainte-Liviere (52182)
Effincourt (52184)
Epizon (52187)
Eurville-Bienville (52194)
Fays (52198)
Ferriere-et-Lafolie (52199)
Flammerecourt (52201)
Fontaines-sur-Marne (52203)
Frampas (52206)
Fronville (52212)
Germay (52218)
Germisay (52219)
Gillaume (52222)
Gudmont-Villiers (52230)
Guindrecourt-aux-Ormes (52231)
Hallignicourt (52235)
Humbecourt (52244)
Joinville (52250)
Laneuville-a-Remy (52266)
Laneuville-au-Pont (52267)
Lescheres-sur-le-Blaiseron (52284)
Lezeville (52288)
Louvemont (52294)
Magneux (52300)
Maizieres (52302)
Mathons (52316)
Mertrud (52321)
Moeslains (52327)
Montreuil-sur-Blaise (52336)
Montreuil-sur-Thonnance (52337)
Morancourt (52341)
Mussey-sur-Marne (52346)
Narcy (52347)
Nomecourt (52356)
Noncourt-sur-le-Rongeant (52357)
Nully (52359)
Osne-le-Val (52370)
Pancey (52376)
Paroy-sur-Saulx (52378)
Perthes (52386)
Planrupt (52391)
Poissons (52398)
La Porte-du-Der (52331)
Rachecourt-Suzemont (52413)
Rachecourt-sur-Marne (52414)
Rives-Dervoises (52411)
Roches-Bettaincourt (52044)
Roches-sur-Marne (52429)
Rouecourt (52436)
Rouvroy-sur-Marne (52440)
Rupt (52442)
Sailly (52443)
Saint-Dizier (52448)
Saint-Urbain-Maconcourt (52456)
Saudron (52463)
Sommancourt (52475)
Sommevoire (52479)
Suzannecourt (52484)
Thilleux (52487)
Thonnance-les-Moulins (52491)
Thonnance-les-Joinville (52490)
Tremilly (52495)
Troisfontaines-la-Ville (52497)
Valcourt (52500)
Valleret (52502)
Vaux-sur-Blaise (52510)
Vaux-sur-Saint-Urbain (52511)
Vecqueville (52512)
Ville-en-Blaisois (52528)
Villiers-en-Lieu (52534)
Voillecomte (52543)
Wassy (52550)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Haute-Marne department
Communes of the Haute-Marne department
References
Saint-Dizier