Arrondissement of Vierzon

The arrondissement of Vierzon is an arrondissement of France, in the Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Vierzon.

Vierzon
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Country	France
Region	Centre-Val de Loire
Department	Cher
No. of communes	43
Subprefecture	Vierzon
Area	1,767.4 km2 (682.4 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	68,698
INSEE code	183

History

When the Cher department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Vierzon was not part of that original department. The arrondissement was created in 1984.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Vierzon is in the northwest of the department. It is bordered to the north by the Loiret department, to the east by the Bourges arrondissement, to the south by the Indre-et-Loire department and to the west by the Loir-et-Cher department.

The arrondissement of Vierzon is the smallest arrondissement of the department with an area of 1,767.4 square kilometres (682.4 square miles). It has a population of 71,236 inhabitants.^[3]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,^[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Vierzon, (with their INSEE codes) are:

1. Aubigny-sur-Nère (1801)
2. Mehun-sur-Yèvre (1811)
3. Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny (1815) (partly)
4. Vierzon-1 (1818)
5. Vierzon-2 (1819)

Communes

The arrondissement of Vierzon has 43 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː^[5]

1. Allouis (18005)
2. Argent-sur-Sauldre (18011)
3. Aubigny-sur-Nère (18015)
4. Berry-Bouy (18028)
5. Blancafort (18030)
6. Brinay (18036)
7. Brinon-sur-Sauldre (18037)
8. Cerbois (18044)
9. Chéry (18064)
10. Clémont (18067)
11. Dampierre-en-Graçay (18085)
12. Ennordres (18088)
13. Foëcy (18096)
14. Genouilly (18100)
15. Graçay (18103)
16. Ivoy-le-Pré (18115)
17. La Chapelle-d'Angillon (18047)
18. Lazenay (18124)
19. Limeux (18128)
20. Lury-sur-Arnon (18134)
21. Massay (18140)
22. Mehun-sur-Yèvre (18141)
23. Ménétréol-sur-Sauldre (18147)
24. Méreau (18148)
25. Méry-sur-Cher (18150)
26. Méry-ès-Bois (18149)
27. Nançay (18159)
28. Neuvy-sur-Barangeon (18165)
29. Nohant-en-Graçay (18167)
30. Oizon (18170)
31. Presly (18185)
32. Preuilly (18186)
33. Quincy (18190)
34. Saint-Georges-sur-la-Prée (18210)
35. Saint-Hilaire-de-Court (18214)
36. Saint-Laurent (18219)
37. Saint-Outrille (18228)
38. Sainte-Montaine (18227)
39. Sainte-Thorette (18237)
40. Thénioux (18263)
41. Vierzon (18279)
42. Vignoux-sur-Barangeon (18281)
43. Vouzeron (18290)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[6] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
18279	Vierzon	27,050	Vierzon-1 and Vierzon-2	Vierzon-Sologne-Berry
18141	Mehun-sur-Yèvre	6,717	Mehun-sur-Yèvre	Cœur de Berry
18015	Aubigny-sur-Nère	5,560	Aubigny-sur-Nère	Sauldre et Sologne
18148	Méreau	2,582	Mehun-sur-Yèvre	Cœur de Berry
18281	Vignoux-sur-Barangeon	2,143	Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny	Les Villages de la Forêt
18011	Argent-sur-Sauldre	2,137	Aubigny-sur-Nère	Sauldre et Sologne
18096	Foëcy	2,074	Mehun-sur-Yèvre	Cœur de Berry
18103	Graçay	1,456	Vierzon-2	Vierzon-Sologne-Berry
18140	Massay	1,412	Mehun-sur-Yèvre	Cœur de Berry

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the 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 du Cher". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2017.
3. "Arrondissement de Vierzon (183)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
4. "Décret n° 2014-206 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Cher" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
5. "Arrondissement de Vierzon (183)". Géographie administrative et d’étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
6. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

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