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Arrondissement of Guéret
Arrondissement of France
Location of Guéret in Creuse
Location of Guéret in Creuse
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Creuse
Communes 140
Prefecture Guéret
INSEE code 232
Area
 • Total 3,026.5 km2 (1,168.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total 83,458
 • Density 27.5757/km2 (71.4209/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Guéret is an arrondissement of France, in the Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Guéret.

History

When the Creuse department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Guéret was part of that original department.

Geography

The arrondissement of Guéret is the largest arrondissement of the department both in area, 3,026.5 km2 (1,168.5 sq mi), and population (83,458 inhabitants).

The arrondissement of Guéret is the most northern arrondissement of the Creuse department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Cher department, to the east by the Allier department, to the south by the arrondissement of Aubusson, to the west by the Haute-Vienne department and to the north by the Indre department.

Composition

Cantons

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

In the arrondissement of Guéret, only three cantons do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement: Ahun, Bourganeuf and Gouzon. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Guéret
INSEE
Code		 Canton Arrondissements Total
Aubusson Guéret
2301 Ahun 10 17 27
2304 Bonnat 18 18
2305 Bourganeuf 4 13 17
2306 Boussac 17 17
2307 Dun-le-Palestel 17 17
2310 Gouzon 12 13 25
2311 Le Grand-Bourg 16 16
2312 Guéret-1 4 + part of Guéret 4 + part of Guéret
2313 Guéret-2 6 + part of Guéret 6 + part of Guéret
2314 Saint-Vaury 11 11
2315 La Souterraine 7 7

Communes

The arrondissement of Guéret has 140 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

  1. Ahun (23001)
  2. Ajain (23002)
  3. Anzême (23004)
  4. Arrènes (23006)
  5. Augères (23010)
  6. Aulon (23011)
  7. Auriat (23012)
  8. Azat-Châtenet (23014)
  9. Azerables (23015)
  10. Bazelat (23018)
  11. Bénévent-l'Abbaye (23021)
  12. Bétête (23022)
  13. Blaudeix (23023)
  14. Bonnat (23025)
  15. Bord-Saint-Georges (23026)
  16. Bosmoreau-les-Mines (23027)
  17. Bourganeuf (23030)
  18. Le Bourg-d'Hem (23029)
  19. Boussac (23031)
  20. Boussac-Bourg (23032)
  21. La Brionne (23033)
  22. Bussière-Dunoise (23036)
  23. Bussière-Saint-Georges (23038)
  24. La Celle-Dunoise (23039)
  25. La Celle-sous-Gouzon (23040)
  26. La Cellette (23041)
  27. Ceyroux (23042)
  28. Chambon-Sainte-Croix (23044)
  29. Chamborand (23047)
  30. Champsanglard (23049)
  31. La Chapelle-Baloue (23050)
  32. La Chapelle-Saint-Martial (23051)
  33. La Chapelle-Taillefert (23052)
  34. Châtelus-le-Marcheix (23056)
  35. Châtelus-Malvaleix (23057)
  36. Chéniers (23062)
  37. Clugnat (23064)
  38. Colondannes (23065)
  39. Cressat (23068)
  40. Crozant (23070)
  41. Domeyrot (23072)
  42. Dun-le-Palestel (23075)
  43. Faux-Mazuras (23078)
  44. Fleurat (23082)
  45. La Forêt-du-Temple (23084)
  46. Fresselines (23087)
  47. Fursac (23192)
  48. Gartempe (23088)
  49. Genouillac (23089)
  50. Glénic (23092)
  51. Gouzon (23093)
  52. Le Grand-Bourg (23095)
  53. Guéret (23096)
  54. Jalesches (23098)
  55. Janaillat (23099)
  56. Jarnages (23100)
  57. Jouillat (23101)
  58. Ladapeyre (23102)
  59. Lafat (23103)
  60. Lavaufranche (23104)
  61. Lépinas (23107)
  62. Leyrat (23108)
  63. Linard (23109)
  64. Lizières (23111)
  65. Lourdoueix-Saint-Pierre (23112)
  66. Maison-Feyne (23117)
  67. Maisonnisses (23118)
  68. Malleret-Boussac (23120)
  69. Malval (23121)
  70. Mansat-la-Courrière (23122)
  71. Marsac (23124)
  72. Masbaraud-Mérignat (23126)
  73. Mazeirat (23128)
  74. Méasnes (23130)
  75. Montaigut-le-Blanc (23132)
  76. Montboucher (23133)
  77. Mortroux (23136)
  78. Mourioux-Vieilleville (23137)
  79. Moutier-d'Ahun (23138)
  80. Moutier-Malcard (23139)
  81. Naillat (23141)
  82. Noth (23143)
  83. Nouzerines (23146)
  84. Nouzerolles (23147)
  85. Nouziers (23148)
  86. Parsac-Rimondeix (23149)
  87. Peyrabout (23150)
  88. Pierrefitte (23152)
  89. Pionnat (23154)
  90. Pontarion (23155)
  91. La Pouge (23157)
  92. Roches (23162)
  93. Sagnat (23166)
  94. Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat (23177)
  95. Saint-Amand-Jartoudeix (23181)
  96. Saint-Christophe (23186)
  97. Saint-Dizier-les-Domaines (23188)
  98. Saint-Dizier-Leyrenne (23189)
  99. Sainte-Feyre (23193)
  100. Saint-Éloi (23191)
  101. Saint-Fiel (23195)
  102. Saint-Georges-la-Pouge (23197)
  103. Saint-Germain-Beaupré (23199)
  104. Saint-Goussaud (23200)
  105. Saint-Hilaire-la-Plaine (23201)
  106. Saint-Hilaire-le-Château (23202)
  107. Saint-Laurent (23206)
  108. Saint-Léger-Bridereix (23207)
  109. Saint-Léger-le-Guérétois (23208)
  110. Saint-Marien (23213)
  111. Saint-Martin-Sainte-Catherine (23217)
  112. Saint-Maurice-la-Souterraine (23219)
  113. Saint-Pierre-Chérignat (23230)
  114. Saint-Pierre-le-Bost (23233)
  115. Saint-Priest-la-Feuille (23235)
  116. Saint-Priest-la-Plaine (23236)
  117. Saint-Priest-Palus (23237)
  118. Saint-Sébastien (23239)
  119. Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc (23240)
  120. Saint-Silvain-Montaigut (23242)
  121. Saint-Silvain-sous-Toulx (23243)
  122. Saint-Sulpice-le-Dunois (23244)
  123. Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois (23245)
  124. Saint-Vaury (23247)
  125. Saint-Victor-en-Marche (23248)
  126. Saint-Yrieix-les-Bois (23250)
  127. Sardent (23168)
  128. La Saunière (23169)
  129. Savennes (23170)
  130. Soubrebost (23173)
  131. Soumans (23174)
  132. La Souterraine (23176)
  133. Tercillat (23252)
  134. Thauron (23253)
  135. Toulx-Sainte-Croix (23254)
  136. Trois-Fonds (23255)
  137. Vareilles (23258)
  138. Vidaillat (23260)
  139. Vigeville (23262)
  140. Villard (23263)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code		 Commune Population
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
23096 Guéret 13,342 Guéret-1 and Guéret-2 Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret
23176 La Souterraine 5,295 La Souterraine Pays Dunois, Pays Sostranien, Bénévent - Grand-Bourg
23030 Bourganeuf 2,725 Bourganeuf Ciate, Bourganeuf – Royère-De-Vassivière
23193 Sainte-Feyre 2,470 Guéret-1 Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret
23245 Saint-Sulpice-le-Guérétois 1,987 Saint-Vaury Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret
23247 Saint-Vaury 1,791 Saint-Vaury Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Guéret
23093 Gouzon 1,575 Gouzon Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces,
Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize
23001 Ahun 1,466 Ahun Ciate, Bourganeuf – Royère-De-Vassivière
23025 Bonnat 1,310 Bonnat PPortes de la Creuse en Marche
23031 Boussac 1,285 Boussac Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces,
Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize

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