Arrondissement of Châteauroux

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

Arrondissement of Châteauroux
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
No. of communes84
PrefectureChâteauroux
Area
2,621.9 km2 (1,012.3 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
127,138
INSEE code362

History

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

Geography

The arrondissement of Châteauroux is a central arrondissement in the Indre department. It is the largest arrondissement of the department both in area with 2,524.3 km2 (974.6 sq mi), and in population (126,428 inhabitants).

The lowest point in the arrondissement is 71 m (233 ft) high, in the "commune" of La Vernelle, and the highest is 276 m (906 ft) high, in the "commune" of Chavin.

It is bordered to the north by the Indre-et-Loire department, to the east by the arrondissement of Issoudun, to the southeast and south by the arrondissement of La Châtre, to the west by the arrondissement of Le Blanc and to the northwest by the Indre-et-Loire 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 following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

INSEE
code		CantonLe BlancChâteaurouxLa ChâtreIssoudunTotal
3601Ardentes9312
3602Argenton-sur-Creuse12820
3604Buzançais2020
3605Châteauroux-11 + part of Châteauroux1 + part of Châteauroux
3606Châteauroux-2part of Châteaurouxpart of Châteauroux
3607Châteauroux-3part of Châteaurouxpart of Châteauroux
3610Levroux122234
3611Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre12425
3612Saint-Gaultier30434
3613Valençay191029

Communes

The arrondissement of Châteauroux has 86 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]

  1. Ardentes (36005)
  2. Argenton-sur-Creuse (36006)
  3. Argy (36007)
  4. Arpheuilles (36008)
  5. Arthon (36009)
  6. Baraize (36012)
  7. Baudres (36013)
  8. Bazaiges (36014)
  9. Bouesse (36022)
  10. Bouges-le-Château (36023)
  11. Bretagne (36024)
  12. Brion (36026)
  13. Buzançais (36031)
  14. Ceaulmont (36032)
  15. Celon (36033)
  16. La Chapelle-Orthemale (36040)
  17. Chasseneuil (36042)
  18. Châteauroux (36044)
  19. Châtillon-sur-Indre (36045)
  20. Chavin (36048)
  21. Chezelles (36050)
  22. Cléré-du-Bois (36054)
  23. Clion (36055)
  24. Coings (36057)
  25. Cuzion (36062)
  26. Déols (36063)
  27. Diors (36064)
  28. Écueillé (36069)
  29. Éguzon-Chantôme (36070)
  30. Étrechet (36071)
  31. Faverolles (36072)
  32. Fléré-la-Rivière (36074)
  33. Fontguenand (36077)
  34. Francillon (36079)
  35. Frédille (36080)
  36. Gargilesse-Dampierre (36081)
  37. Gehée (36082)
  38. Heugnes (36086)
  39. Jeu-les-Bois (36089)
  40. Jeu-Maloches (36090)
  41. Langé (36092)
  42. Levroux (36093)
  43. Luant (36101)
  44. Luçay-le-Mâle (36103)
  45. Lye (36107)
  46. Mâron (36112)
  47. Le Menoux (36117)
  48. Méobecq (36118)
  49. Montierchaume (36128)
  50. Mosnay (36131)
  51. Moulins-sur-Céphons (36135)
  52. Murs (36136)
  53. Neuillay-les-Bois (36139)
  54. Niherne (36142)
  55. Palluau-sur-Indre (36149)
  56. Le Pêchereau (36154)
  57. Pellevoisin (36155)
  58. Badecon-le-Pin (36158)
  59. Le Poinçonnet (36159)
  60. Pommiers (36160)
  61. Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet (36161)
  62. Préaux (36166)
  63. Rouvres-les-Bois (36175)
  64. Saint-Cyran-du-Jambot (36188)
  65. Saint-Genou (36194)
  66. Saint-Lactencin (36198)
  67. Saint-Marcel (36200)
  68. Saint-Maur (36202)
  69. Saint-Médard (36203)
  70. Saint-Pierre-de-Lamps (36206)
  71. Sassierges-Saint-Germain (36211)
  72. Selles-sur-Nahon (36216)
  73. Sougé (36218)
  74. Tendu (36219)
  75. Le Tranger (36225)
  76. Valençay (36228)
  77. Velles (36231)
  78. Vendœuvres (36232)
  79. La Vernelle (36233)
  80. Veuil (36235)
  81. Vicq-sur-Nahon (36237)
  82. Villedieu-sur-Indre (36241)
  83. Villegongis (36242)
  84. Villegouin (36243)
  85. Villentrois (36244)
  86. Vineuil (36247)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
36044Châteauroux44,479Châteauroux-1, Châteauroux-2
and Châteauroux-3		CA Châteauroux Métropole
36063Déols7,744Châteauroux-1CA Châteauroux Métropole
36159Le Poinçonnet5,880ArdentesCA Châteauroux Métropole
36006Argenton-sur-Creuse5,007Argenton-sur-CreuseÉguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse
36031Buzançais4,473BuzançaisVal de l'Indre - Brenne
36005Ardentes3,886ArdentesCA Châteauroux Métropole
36202Saint-Maur3,522Buzançais and LevrouxCA Châteauroux Métropole
36093Levroux2,959LevrouxLa Région de Levroux
36241Villedieu-sur-Indre2,769BuzançaisVal de l'Indre - Brenne
36045Châtillon-sur-Indre2,683BuzançaisLe Châtillonnais en Berry
36228Valençay2,516ValençayÉcueillé-Valençay

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arrondissement of Châteauroux.
  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 Châteauroux (362)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  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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