arrondissement of France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The arrondissement of Saint-Quentin is an arrondissement of France, in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France region. Its capital is the city of Saint-Quentin.
Saint-Quentin | |
---|---|
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Aisne |
No. of communes | 126 |
Subprefecture | Saint-Quentin |
Area | 1,071.2 km2 (413.6 sq mi) |
Population | 127,461 |
INSEE code | 023 |
When the Aisne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Saint-Quentin was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Saint-Quentin is in the northwest of the Aisne department. It is bordered to the north by the Nord department, to the east by the Vervins arrondissement, to the south by the Laon arrondissement and to the west by the Somme department.
The arrondissement of Saint-Quentin is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, 1,071.2 km2 (413.6 sq mi), but is the second in population (130,918 inhabitants).
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
All the cantons of the arrondissement of Saint-Quentin have their communes in the arrondissement; they are:
The arrondissement of Saint-Quentin has 126 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population[5] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
02691 | Saint-Quentin | 55,878 | Saint-Quentin-1, Saint-Quentin-2, Saint-Quentin-3 | CA du Saint-Quentinois |
02095 | Bohain-en-Vermandois | 5,659 | Bohain-en-Vermandois | Pays du Vermandois |
02340 | Gauchy | 5,343 | Saint-Quentin-3 | CA du Saint-Quentinois |
02334 | Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,973 | Bohain-en-Vermandois | Pays du Vermandois |
02648 | Ribemont | 1,968 | Ribemont | Val de l'Oise |
02575 | Origny-Sainte-Benoite | 1,717 | Ribemont | Val de l'Oise |
02504 | Montescourt-Lizerolles | 1,669 | Ribemont | CA du Saint-Quentinois |
02371 | Harly | 1,661 | Saint-Quentin-3 | CA du Saint-Quentinois |
02315 | Flavy-le-Martel | 1,659 | Ribemont | CA du Saint-Quentinois |
02383 | Homblières | 1,492 | Saint-Quentin-3 | CA du Saint-Quentinois |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.