Arrondissement of Mâcon
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arrondissement of France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The arrondissement of Mâcon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Saône-et-Loire département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Mâcon.
Mâcon | |
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Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Saône-et-Loire |
No. of communes | 120 |
Prefecture | Mâcon |
Area | 1,221.9 km2 (471.8 sq mi) |
Population | 114,251 |
INSEE code | 715 |
When the Saône-et-Loire department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Mâcon was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Mâcon is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Louhans and to the west by the arrondissement of Charolles. It is also bordered by two departments of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region: the Rhône department to the south and the Ain department to the east.
It is in the southern part of the department, with an area of 1,199.6 square kilometres (463 square miles),[3] the smallest in area of the department. It has 114,063 inhabitants and a population density of 95.1 inhabitants/km².[4]
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.
The cantons in the arrondissement of Mâcon are:
The arrondissement of Mâcon has 121 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population[4] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
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71270 | Mâcon | 33,456 | Mâcon-1 and Mâcon-2 | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération |
71105 | Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 6,969 | Mâcon-1 | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération |
71543 | Tournus | 5,764 | Tournus | Mâconnais - Tournugeois |
71137 | Cluny | 4,775 | Cluny | Le Clunisois |
71090 | La Chapelle-de-Guinchay | 3,999 | La Chapelle-de-Guinchay | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération |
71150 | Crêches-sur-Saône | 2,930 | La Chapelle-de-Guinchay | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération |
71360 | Prissé | 1,993 | Hurigny | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération |
71372 | Romanèche-Thorins | 1,964 | La Chapelle-de-Guinchay | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération |
71235 | Hurigny | 1,959 | Hurigny | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération |
71497 | Sancé | 1,872 | Mâcon-1 | Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération |
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