Arrondissement of Vitry-le-François

The arrondissement of Vitry-le-Francois is an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Vitry-le-Francois.
History
When the Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Vitry-le-Francois was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Vitry-le-Francois is in the southeast of the Marne department. It is bordered to the north by the Sainte-Menehould arrondissement, to the northeast by the Meuse department, to the east by the Haute-Marne department, to the south by the Aube department, to the west by the Epernay arrondissement and to the northwest by the Chalons-en-Champagne arrondissement.
The arrondissement of Vitry-le-Francois has an area of and 47,741 inhabitants, for 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 Vitry-le-Francois, there are three cantons and only one does not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:
Chalons-en-Champagne-3 (5105) (partly)
Sermaize-les-Bains (5120)
Vitry-le-Francois-Champagne et Der (5123)
Communes
The arrondissement of Vitry-le-Francois has 113 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Ablancourt (51001)
Alliancelles (51006)
Ambrieres (51008)
Arrigny (51016)
Arzillieres-Neuville (51017)
Aulnay-l'Aitre (51022)
Bassu (51039)
Bassuet (51040)
Bettancourt-la-Longue (51057)
Bignicourt-sur-Marne (51059)
Bignicourt-sur-Saulx (51060)
Blacy (51065)
Blaise-sous-Arzillieres (51066)
Blesme (51068)
Brandonvillers (51080)
Brusson (51094)
Breban (51084)
Bussy-le-Repos (51098)
Changy (51122)
Chapelaine (51125)
Charmont (51130)
Cheminon (51144)
Chatelraould-Saint-Louvent (51134)
Chatillon-sur-Broue (51135)
Cloyes-sur-Marne (51156)
Coole (51167)
Corbeil (51169)
Courdemanges (51184)
Couvrot (51195)
Dommartin-Lettree (51212)
Dompremy (51215)
Drosnay (51219)
Drouilly (51220)
Favresse (51246)
Frignicourt (51262)
Giffaumont-Champaubert (51269)
Gigny-Bussy (51270)
Glannes (51275)
Haussignemont (51284)
Hauteville (51286)
Heiltz-l'Eveque (51290)
Heiltz-le-Hutier (51288)
Heiltz-le-Maurupt (51289)
Huiron (51295)
Humbauville (51296)
Isle-sur-Marne (51300)
Jussecourt-Minecourt (51311)
La Chaussee-sur-Marne (51141)
Landricourt (51315)
Larzicourt (51316)
Le Buisson (51095)
Le Meix-Tiercelin (51361)
Les Rivieres-Henruel (51463)
Lignon (51322)
Lisse-en-Champagne (51325)
Loisy-sur-Marne (51328)
Luxemont-et-Villotte (51334)
Maisons-en-Champagne (51340)
Margerie-Hancourt (51349)
Marolles (51352)
Matignicourt-Goncourt (51356)
Maurupt-le-Montois (51358)
Merlaut (51363)
Moncetz-l'Abbaye (51373)
Norrois (51406)
Orconte (51417)
Outines (51419)
Outrepont (51420)
Pargny-sur-Saulx (51423)
Plichancourt (51433)
Ponthion (51441)
Possesse (51442)
Pringy (51446)
Reims-la-Brulee (51455)
Saint-Amand-sur-Fion (51472)
Saint-Cheron (51475)
Saint-Eulien (51478)
Saint-Jean-devant-Possesse (51489)
Saint-Lumier-en-Champagne (51496)
Saint-Lumier-la-Populeuse (51497)
Saint-Ouen-Domprot (51508)
Saint-Quentin-les-Marais (51510)
Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont-Saint-Genest-et-Isson (51513)
Saint-Utin (51520)
Saint-Vrain (51521)
Sainte-Marie-du-Lac-Nuisement (51277)
Sapignicourt (51522)
Scrupt (51528)
Sermaize-les-Bains (51531)
Sogny-en-l'Angle (51539)
Sommesous (51545)
Sompuis (51550)
Somsois (51551)
Songy (51552)
Soude (51555)
Soulanges (51557)
Thieblemont-Faremont (51567)
Trois-Fontaines-l'Abbaye (51583)
Val-de-Viere (51218)
Vanault-le-Chatel (51589)
Vanault-les-Dames (51590)
Vauclerc (51598)
Vavray-le-Grand (51601)
Vavray-le-Petit (51602)
Vernancourt (51608)
Villers-le-Sec (51635)
Vitry-en-Perthois (51647)
Vitry-le-Francois (51649)
Vouillers (51654)
Vroil (51658)
Ecollemont (51223)
Ecriennes (51224)
Etrepy (51240)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Marne department
List of arrondissements of France
References
Vitry-le-Francois