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The arrondissement of Guéret is an arrondissement of France, in the Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Guéret.
Guéret | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Creuse |
No. of communes | 127 |
Prefecture | Guéret |
Area | 2,736.7 km2 (1,056.6 sq mi) |
Population | 72,992 |
INSEE code | 232 |
When the Creuse department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Guéret was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Guéret is the largest arrondissement of the department both in area, 3,026.5 km2 (1,168.5 sq mi),[3] and population (83,458 inhabitants).[4]
The arrondissement of Guéret is the most northern arrondissement of the Creuse department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Cher department, to the east by the Allier department, to the south by the arrondissement of Aubusson, to the west by the Haute-Vienne department and to the north by the Indre department.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Guéret, only three cantons do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement: Ahun, Bourganeuf and Gouzon. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
INSEE Code | Canton | Arrondissements | Total | |
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Aubusson | Guéret | |||
2301 | Ahun | 10 | 17 | 27 |
2304 | Bonnat | 18 | 18 | |
2305 | Bourganeuf | 4 | 13 | 17 |
2306 | Boussac | 17 | 17 | |
2307 | Dun-le-Palestel | 17 | 17 | |
2310 | Gouzon | 12 | 13 | 25 |
2311 | Le Grand-Bourg | 16 | 16 | |
2312 | Guéret-1 | 4 + part of Guéret | 4 + part of Guéret | |
2313 | Guéret-2 | 6 + part of Guéret | 6 + part of Guéret | |
2314 | Saint-Vaury | 11 | 11 | |
2315 | La Souterraine | 7 | 7 |
The arrondissement of Guéret has 140 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population[4] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
23096 | Guéret | 13,342 | Guéret-1 and Guéret-2 | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret |
23176 | La Souterraine | 5,295 | La Souterraine | Pays Dunois, Pays Sostranien, Bénévent - Grand-Bourg |
23030 | Bourganeuf | 2,725 | Bourganeuf | Ciate, Bourganeuf – Royère-De-Vassivière |
23193 | Sainte-Feyre | 2,470 | Guéret-1 | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret |
23245 | Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois | 1,987 | Saint-Vaury | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret |
23247 | Saint-Vaury | 1,791 | Saint-Vaury | Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret |
23093 | Gouzon | 1,575 | Gouzon | Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces, Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize |
23001 | Ahun | 1,466 | Ahun | Ciate, Bourganeuf – Royère-De-Vassivière |
23025 | Bonnat | 1,310 | Bonnat | PPortes de la Creuse en Marche |
23031 | Boussac | 1,285 | Boussac | Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces, Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize |
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