Arrondissement of Vendôme

The arrondissement of Vendôme is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Vendôme.

Vendôme
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Loir-et-Cher
No. of communes	100
Subprefecture	Vendôme
Area	1,722.3 km2 (665.0 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	68,072
INSEE code	412

History

When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Vendôme was part of that original department.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Vendôme is the most northern arrondissement in the Loir-et-Cher department. It is the smallest arrondissement of the department, 1,719.4 square kilometres (663.9 square miles), and the one with fewest people living in it, with 70,205 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Eure-et-Loir department, to the east by the arrondissement of Blois, to the south by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the west by the Sarthe department.

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 cantons in the arrondissement of Vendôme are:

1. Montoire-sur-le-Loir (4106)
2. Le Perche (4109)
3. Vendôme (4114)

Communes

The arrondissement of Vendôme has 105 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː^[4]

1. Ambloy (41001)
2. Areines (41003)
3. Artins (41004)
4. Arville (41005)
5. Authon (41007)
6. Azé (41010)
7. Baillou (41012)
8. Beauchêne (41014)
9. Bonneveau (41020)
10. Bouffry (41022)
11. Boursay (41024)
12. Brévainville (41026)
13. Busloup (41028)
14. Cellé (41030)
15. La Chapelle-Enchérie (41037)
16. La Chapelle-Vicomtesse (41041)
17. Chauvigny-du-Perche (41048)
18. Choue (41053)
19. Cormenon (41060)
20. Coulommiers-la-Tour (41065)
21. Couture-sur-Loir (41070)
22. Crucheray (41072)
23. Danzé (41073)
24. Droué (41075)
25. Épuisay (41078)
26. Les Essarts (41079)
27. Faye (41081)
28. Fontaine-les-Coteaux (41087)
29. Fontaine-Raoul (41088)
30. La Fontenelle (41089)
31. Fortan (41090)
32. Fréteval (41095)
33. Le Gault-du-Perche (41096)
34. Gombergean (41098)
35. Les Hayes (41100)
36. Houssay (41102)
37. Huisseau-en-Beauce (41103)
38. Lancé (41107)
39. Lavardin (41113)
40. Lignières (41115)
41. Lisle (41116)
42. Lunay (41120)
43. Marcilly-en-Beauce (41124)
44. Mazangé (41131)
45. Meslay (41138)
46. Moisy (41141)
47. Mondoubleau (41143)
48. Montoire-sur-le-Loir (41149)
49. Montrouveau (41153)
50. Morée (41154)
51. Naveil (41158)
52. Nourray (41163)
53. Oigny (41165)
54. Ouzouer-le-Doyen (41172)
55. Périgny (41174)
56. Pezou (41175)
57. Le Plessis-Dorin (41177)
58. Le Poislay (41179)
59. Pray (41182)
60. Prunay-Cassereau (41184)
61. Rahart (41186)
62. Renay (41187)
63. Rocé (41190)
64. Les Roches-l'Évêque (41192)
65. Romilly (41193)
66. Ruan-sur-Egvonne (41196)
67. Saint-Agil (41197)
68. Saint-Amand-Longpré (41199)
69. Saint-Arnoult (41201)
70. Saint-Avit (41202)
71. Sainte-Anne (41200)
72. Saint-Firmin-des-Prés (41209)
73. Saint-Gourgon (41213)
74. Saint-Hilaire-la-Gravelle (41214)
75. Saint-Jacques-des-Guérets (41215)
76. Saint-Jean-Froidmentel (41216)
77. Saint-Marc-du-Cor (41224)
78. Saint-Martin-des-Bois (41225)
79. Saint-Ouen (41226)
80. Saint-Rimay (41228)
81. Sargé-sur-Braye (41235)
82. Sasnières (41236)
83. Savigny-sur-Braye (41238)
84. Selommes (41243)
85. Souday (41248)
86. Sougé (41250)
87. Le Temple (41254)
88. Ternay (41255)
89. Thoré-la-Rochette (41259)
90. Tourailles (41261)
91. Tréhet (41263)
92. Troo (41265)
93. Vendôme (41269)
94. Villavard (41274)
95. La Ville-aux-Clercs (41275)
96. Villebout (41277)
97. Villechauve (41278)
98. Villedieu-le-Château (41279)
99. Villemardy (41283)
100. Villeporcher (41286)
101. Villerable (41287)
102. Villeromain (41290)
103. Villetrun (41291)
104. Villiersfaux (41293)
105. Villiers-sur-Loir (41294)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[5] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
41269	Vendôme	16,879	Vendôme	CA Territoires Vendômois
41149	Montoire-sur-le-Loir	3,842	Montoire-sur-le-Loir	CA Territoires Vendômois
41226	Saint-Ouen	3,308	Vendôme	CA Territoires Vendômois
41158	Naveil	2,253	Montoire-sur-le-Loir	CA Territoires Vendômois
41238	Savigny-sur-Braye	2,097	Le Perche	CA Territoires Vendômois
41143	Mondoubleau	1,452	Le Perche	Collines du Perche
41275	La Ville-aux-Clercs	1,298	Le Perche	CA Territoires Vendômois
41120	Lunay	1,278	Montoire-sur-le-Loir	CA Territoires Vendômois
41199	Saint-Amand-Longpré	1,236	Montoire-sur-le-Loir	CA Territoires Vendômois
41095	Fréteval	1,149	Le Perche	Perche et Haut Vendômois
41294	Villiers-sur-Loir	1,140	Vendôme	CA Territoires Vendômois

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Loir-et-Cher 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 Loir-et-Cher". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
3. "Décret n° 2014-213 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Loir-et-Cher" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
4. "Arrondissement de Vendôme (412)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 8 August 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 26 July 2017.

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