Arrondissement of Mâcon

The arrondissement of Macon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Saone-et-Loire departement in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Macon.
History
When the Saone-et-Loire department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Macon was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Macon is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saone, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Louhans and to the west by the arrondissement of Charolles. It is also bordered by two departments of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region: the Rhone department to the south and the Ain department to the east.
It is in the southern part of the department, with an area of , the smallest in area of the department. It has 114,063 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.
The cantons in the arrondissement of Macon are:
La Chapelle-de-Guinchay (partly)
Cluny (partly)
Cuiseaux (partly)
Hurigny
Macon-1
Macon-2
Tournus (partly)
Communes
The arrondissement of Macon has 121 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Ameugny (71007)
Aze (71016)
Bergesserin (71030)
Berze-la-Ville (71032)
Berze-le-Chatel (71031)
Bissy-la-Maconnaise (71035)
Bissy-sous-Uxelles (71036)
Blanot (71039)
Bonnay (71042)
Bourgvilain (71050)
Brandon (71055)
Bray (71057)
Buffieres (71065)
Burgy (71066)
Burnand (71067)
Burzy (71068)
Bussieres (71069)
Chaintre (71074)
Chanes (71084)
Chapaize (71087)
La Chapelle-de-Guinchay (71090)
La Chapelle-du-Mont-de-France (71091)
La Chapelle-sous-Brancion (71094)
Charbonnieres (71099)
Chardonnay (71100)
Charnay-les-Macon (71105)
Chasselas (71108)
Chateau (71112)
Cherizet (71125)
Chevagny-les-Chevrieres (71126)
Chissey-les-Macon (71130)
Clermain (71134)
Clesse (71135)
Cluny (71137)
Cormatin (71145)
Cortambert (71146)
Cortevaix (71147)
Creches-sur-Saone (71150)
Cruzille (71156)
Curtil-sous-Buffieres (71163)
Curtil-sous-Burnand (71164)
Davaye (71169)
Dompierre-les-Ormes (71178)
Donzy-le-Pertuis (71181)
Farges-les-Macon (71195)
Flagy (71199)
Fleurville (71591)
Fuisse (71210)
Germolles-sur-Grosne (71217)
Grevilly (71226)
Hurigny (71235)
Ige (71236)
Jalogny (71240)
Lacrost (71248)
Laize (71250)
Leynes (71258)
Lournand (71264)
Lugny (71267)
Macon (71270)
Malay (71272)
Martailly-les-Brancion (71284)
Massilly (71287)
Matour (71289)
Mazille (71290)
Milly-Lamartine (71299)
Montagny-sur-Grosne (71304)
Montbellet (71305)
Montmelard (71316)
Ozenay (71338)
Passy (71344)
Peronne (71345)
Pierreclos (71350)
Plottes (71353)
Prety (71359)
Prisse (71360)
Pruzilly (71362)
Ratenelle (71366)
La Roche-Vineuse (71371)
Romaneche-Thorins (71372)
Romenay (71373)
Royer (71377)
Sailly (71381)
Saint-Albain (71383)
Saint-Amour-Bellevue (71385)
Saint-Andre-le-Desert (71387)
Sainte-Cecile (71397)
Saint-Gengoux-de-Scisse (71416)
Saint-Gengoux-le-National (71417)
Saint-Huruge (71427)
Saint-Leger-sous-la-Bussiere (71441)
Saint-Martin-Belle-Roche (71448)
Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay (71460)
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux (71469)
Saint-Point (71470)
Saint-Symphorien-d'Ancelles (71481)
Saint-Verand (71487)
Saint-Vincent-des-Pres (71488)
Saint-Ythaire (71492)
La Salle (71494)
Salornay-sur-Guye (71495)
Sance (71497)
Savigny-sur-Grosne (71507)
Senozan (71513)
Serrieres (71518)
Sigy-le-Chatel (71521)
Sologny (71525)
Solutre-Pouilly (71526)
Taize (71532)
Tournus (71543)
Tramayes (71545)
Trambly (71546)
Trivy (71547)
La Truchere (71549)
Uchizy (71550)
Varennes-les-Macon (71556)
Vergisson (71567)
Verze (71574)
Le Villars (71576)
La Vineuse sur Fregande (71582)
Vinzelles (71583)
Vire (71584)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Saone-et-Loire department
Communes of the Saone-et-Loire department
References
Macon