Arrondissement of Montluçon

The arrondissement of Montlucon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Allier departement. Its capital is the city of Montlucon, a subprefecture of the department.
History
On 4 March 1790, with the establishment of the department of Allier, Montlucon was one of the districts of the department. With the establishment of the arrondissements on 17 February 1800, Montlucon was one of the original arrondissements.
Geography
The arrondissement of Montlucon is bordered to the north by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire region) department, to the east by the arrondissement of Moulins, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Vichy, to the south by the Puy-de-Dome department and to the west by the Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region) department.
It is the westernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has 114,756 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 Montlucon, there are 6 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Commentry, Huriel, Montlucon-1, Montlucon-2, Montlucon-3 and Montlucon-4 as can be seen in the following table:
Communes
The arrondissement of Montlucon has 89 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Ainay-le-Chateau (03003)
Archignat (03005)
Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest (03007)
Audes (03010)
Beaune-d'Allier (03020)
Bezenet (03027)
Bizeneuille (03031)
Blomard (03032)
Braize (03037)
Le Brethon (03041)
La Celle (03047)
Cerilly (03048)
Chamberat (03051)
Chamblet (03052)
La Chapelaude (03055)
Chappes (03058)
Chavenon (03070)
Chazemais (03072)
Colombier (03081)
Commentry (03082)
Cosne-d'Allier (03084)
Courcais (03088)
Deneuille-les-Mines (03097)
Desertines (03098)
Domerat (03101)
Doyet (03104)
Durdat-Larequille (03106)
Estivareilles (03111)
Haut-Bocage (03158)
Herisson (03127)
Huriel (03128)
Hyds (03129)
Isle-et-Bardais (03130)
Lamaids (03136)
Lavault-Sainte-Anne (03140)
Letelon (03143)
Lignerolles (03145)
Louroux-Bourbonnais (03150)
Louroux-de-Beaune (03151)
Malicorne (03159)
Marcillat-en-Combraille (03161)
Mazirat (03167)
Meaulne-Vitray (03168)
Mesples (03172)
Montlucon (03185)
Montmarault (03186)
Montvicq (03189)
Murat (03191)
Nassigny (03193)
Neris-les-Bains (03195)
La Petite-Marche (03206)
Premilhat (03211)
Quinssaines (03212)
Reugny (03213)
Ronnet (03216)
Saint-Angel (03217)
Saint-Bonnet-Troncais (03221)
Saint-Bonnet-de-Four (03219)
Saint-Caprais (03222)
Saint-Desire (03225)
Saint-Eloy-d'Allier (03228)
Sainte-Therence (03261)
Saint-Fargeol (03231)
Saint-Genest (03233)
Saint-Marcel-en-Marcillat (03244)
Saint-Marcel-en-Murat (03243)
Saint-Martinien (03246)
Saint-Palais (03249)
Saint-Priest-en-Murat (03256)
Saint-Sauvier (03259)
Saint-Victor (03262)
Sauvagny (03269)
Sazeret (03270)
Teillet-Argenty (03279)
Terjat (03280)
Theneuille (03282)
Tortezais (03285)
Treignat (03288)
Urcay (03293)
Valigny (03296)
Vallon-en-Sully (03297)
Vaux (03301)
Venas (03303)
Verneix (03305)
Vernusse (03308)
Le Vilhain (03313)
Villebret (03314)
Villefranche-d'Allier (03315)
Viplaix (03317)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Allier department
Communes of the Allier department
References
Montlucon