Arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville)

The arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville) is an arrondissement of France in the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has 80 communes.^[2] Its population is 28,291 (2016), and its area is 2,168.3 km² (837.2 sq mi).^[3]

Château-Chinon (Ville)
Arrondissement
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Nièvre
No. of communes	80
Subprefecture	Château-Chinon (Ville)
Area	2,168.3 km2 (837.2 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	27,268
• Density	13/km2 (30/sq mi)
INSEE code	581

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville), and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Achun (58001)
2. Alligny-en-Morvan (58003)
3. Alluy (58004)
4. Arleuf (58010)
5. Aunay-en-Bazois (58017)
6. Avrée (58019)
7. Bazoches (58023)
8. Biches (58030)
9. Blismes (58034)
10. Brassy (58037)
11. Brinay (58040)
12. Cercy-la-Tour (58046)
13. Chalaux (58049)
14. Charrin (58060)
15. Château-Chinon (Campagne) (58063)
16. Château-Chinon (Ville) (58062)
17. Châtillon-en-Bazois (58065)
18. Châtin (58066)
19. Chaumard (58068)
20. Chiddes (58074)
21. Chougny (58076)
22. Corancy (58082)
23. Dommartin (58099)
24. Dun-les-Places (58106)
25. Dun-sur-Grandry (58107)
26. Empury (58108)
27. Fâchin (58111)
28. Fléty (58114)
29. Fours (58118)
30. Gien-sur-Cure (58125)
31. Glux-en-Glenne (58128)
32. Gouloux (58129)
33. Isenay (58135)
34. Lanty (58139)
35. Larochemillay (58140)
36. Lavault-de-Frétoy (58141)
37. Limanton (58142)
38. Lormes (58145)
39. Luzy (58149)
40. Marigny-l'Église (58157)
41. Maux (58161)
42. Millay (58168)
43. Montambert (58172)
44. Montapas (58171)
45. Montaron (58173)
46. Mont-et-Marré (58175)
47. Montigny-en-Morvan (58177)
48. Montigny-sur-Canne (58178)
49. Montsauche-les-Settons (58180)
50. Moulins-Engilbert (58182)
51. Moux-en-Morvan (58185)
52. La Nocle-Maulaix (58195)
53. Onlay (58199)
54. Ougny (58202)
55. Ouroux-en-Morvan (58205)
56. Planchez (58210)
57. Poil (58211)
58. Préporché (58219)
59. Rémilly (58221)
60. Saint-Agnan (58226)
61. Saint-André-en-Morvan (58229)
62. Saint-Brisson (58235)
63. Saint-Gratien-Savigny (58243)
64. Saint-Hilaire-en-Morvan (58244)
65. Saint-Hilaire-Fontaine (58245)
66. Saint-Honoré-les-Bains (58246)
67. Saint-Léger-de-Fougeret (58249)
68. Saint-Martin-du-Puy (58255)
69. Saint-Péreuse (58262)
70. Saint-Seine (58268)
71. Savigny-Poil-Fol (58274)
72. Sémelay (58276)
73. Sermages (58277)
74. Tamnay-en-Bazois (58285)
75. Tazilly (58287)
76. Ternant (58289)
77. Thaix (58290)
78. Tintury (58292)
79. Vandenesse (58301)
80. Villapourçon (58309)

History

The arrondissement of Château-Chinon was created in 1800.^[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Nièvre, it gained nine communes from the arrondissement of Clamecy and one commune from the arrondissement of Nevers, and it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Clamecy and one commune to the arrondissement of Nevers.^[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Château-Chinon were, as of January 2015:^[6]

1. Château-Chinon (Ville)
2. Châtillon-en-Bazois
3. Fours
4. Luzy
5. Montsauche-les-Settons
6. Moulins-Engilbert

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
2. "Arrondissement de Château-Chinon (Ville) (581)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
3. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
4. Historique de la Nièvre
5. "Arrêté préfectoral, 27 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 267–268. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
6. "Populations légales 2012: 58 Nièvre" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014.

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