Arrondissement of La Châtre

The arrondissement of La Châtre is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of La Châtre.

La Châtre
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Indre
No. of communes	51
Subprefecture	La Châtre
Area	1,204.2 km2 (464.9 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	27,895
INSEE code	363

History

When the Indre department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Châteauroux was part of that original department.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of La Châtre is in the southeast of the Indre department. It has an area of 1,323.2 km² (510.9 sq mi) and a population of 32,962 inhabitants.

The lowest point in the arrondissement is 104 m (341 ft) high, in the "commune" of Ceaulmont, and the highest is 467 m (1,532 ft) high, in the "commune" of Crevant.

It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Châteauroux, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Issoudun, to the east by the Cher departmen, to the south by the Creuse department and to the west by the arrondissement of Le Blanc.

Composition

Cantons

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.

The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

INSEE code	Canton	Le Blanc	Châteauroux	La Châtre	Issoudun	Total
3602	Argenton-sur-Creuse		12	8		20
3608	La Châtre			26	8	34
3611	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre		1	24		25

Communes

The arrondissement of La Châtre has 51 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː^[4]

1. Aigurande (36001)
2. La Berthenoux (36017)
3. Briantes (36025)
4. La Buxerette (36028)
5. Buxières-d'Aillac (36030)
6. Champillet (36038)
7. Chassignolles (36043)
8. La Châtre (36046)
9. Cluis (36056)
10. Crevant (36060)
11. Crozon-sur-Vauvre (36061)
12. Feusines (36073)
13. Fougerolles (36078)
14. Gournay (36084)
15. Lacs (36091)
16. Lignerolles (36095)
17. Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel (36099)
18. Lourouer-Saint-Laurent (36100)
19. Lys-Saint-Georges (36108)
20. Le Magny (36109)
21. Maillet (36110)
22. Malicornay (36111)
23. Mers-sur-Indre (36120)
24. Montchevrier (36126)
25. Montgivray (36127)
26. Montipouret (36129)
27. Montlevicq (36130)
28. La Motte-Feuilly (36132)
29. Mouhers (36133)
30. Néret (36138)
31. Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre (36141)
32. Nohant-Vic (36143)
33. Orsennes (36146)
34. Pérassay (36156)
35. Pouligny-Notre-Dame (36163)
36. Pouligny-Saint-Martin (36164)
37. Saint-Août (36180)
38. Saint-Chartier (36184)
39. Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie (36186)
40. Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet (36189)
41. Saint-Plantaire (36207)
42. Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre (36208)
43. Sarzay (36210)
44. Sazeray (36214)
45. Thevet-Saint-Julien (36221)
46. Tranzault (36226)
47. Urciers (36227)
48. Verneuil-sur-Igneraie (36234)
49. Vicq-Exemplet (36236)
50. Vigoulant (36238)
51. Vijon (36240)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[5] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
36046	La Châtre	4,278	La Châtre	La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
36141	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	1,665	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	Le Val de Bouzanne
36127	Montgivray	1,654	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
36001	Aigurande	1,481	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	La Marche Berrichonne
36109	Le Magny	1,072	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
36056	Cluis	1,006	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	Le Val de Bouzanne
36189	Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet	957	Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	La Marche Berrichonne
36180	Saint-Août	858	La Châtre	La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère
36208	Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre	809	La Châtre	La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Indre department
• List of arrondissements of France

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
2. "Historique de l'Indre". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2016.
3. "Décret n° 2014-178 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Indre" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
4. "Arrondissement de La Châtre (363)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
5. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

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