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Arrondissement of Issoudun
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Location of Issoudun in Indre
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| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre |
| Communes | 49 |
| Prefecture | Issoudun |
| INSEE code | 364 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,182.3 km2 (456.5 sq mi) |
| Population
(2014)
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| • Total | 34,964 |
| • Density | 29.5729/km2 (76.593/sq mi) |
The arrondissement of Issoudun is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Issoudun.
History
When the Indre department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Issoudun was part of that original department.
On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Issoudun was eliminated but in 1942 it was made again an arrondissement.
Geography
The arrondissement of Issoudun is in the northeast of the Indre department. It is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, with 1,182.3 km2 (456.5 sq mi), but the second in population, with 34,964 inhabitants.
It is bordered to the north by the Indre-et-Loire department, to the east by the Cher department, to the south by the arrondissement of Arrondissement of La Châtre and to west the arrondissement of Châteauroux.
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.
The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| N° | Canton | Le Blanc | Châteauroux | La Châtre | Issoudun | Total |
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| 3601 | Ardentes | 9 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 3608 | La Châtre | 26 | 8 | 34 | ||
| 3609 | Issoudun | 6 | 6 | |||
| 3610 | Levroux | 12 | 22 | 34 | ||
| 3613 | Valençay | 19 | 10 | 29 |
Communes
The arrondissement of Issoudun has 49 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
- Aize (36002)
- Ambrault (36003)
- Anjouin (36004)
- Bagneux (36011)
- Bommiers (36019)
- Les Bordes (36021)
- Brives (36027)
- Buxeuil (36029)
- Chabris (36034)
- La Champenoise (36037)
- La Chapelle-Saint-Laurian (36041)
- Chouday (36052)
- Condé (36059)
- Diou (36065)
- Dun-le-Poëlier (36068)
- Fontenay (36075)
- Giroux (36083)
- Guilly (36085)
- Issoudun (36088)
- Liniez (36097)
- Lizeray (36098)
- Luçay-le-Libre (36102)
- Menetou-sur-Nahon (36115)
- Ménétréols-sous-Vatan (36116)
- Meunet-Planches (36121)
- Meunet-sur-Vatan (36122)
- Migny (36125)
- Neuvy-Pailloux (36140)
- Orville (36147)
- Paudy (36152)
- Poulaines (36162)
- Pruniers (36169)
- Reboursin (36170)
- Reuilly (36171)
- Saint-Aoustrille (36179)
- Saint-Aubin (36181)
- Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle (36185)
- Sainte-Fauste (36190)
- Sainte-Lizaigne (36199)
- Saint-Florentin (36191)
- Saint-Georges-sur-Arnon (36195)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Jards (36205)
- Saint-Valentin (36209)
- Ségry (36215)
- Sembleçay (36217)
- Thizay (36222)
- Val-Fouzon (36229)
- Vatan (36230)
- Vouillon (36248)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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| 36088 | Issoudun | 12,270 | Issoudun | Le Pays d'Issoudun |
| 36034 | Chabris | 2,710 | Valençay | Chabris - Pays de Bazelle |
| 36171 | Reuilly | 2,050 | Levroux | Le Pays d'Issoudun |
| 36230 | Vatan | 2,038 | Levroux | Canton de Vatan et de Champagne Berrichonne |
| 36140 | Neuvy-Pailloux | 1,235 | La Châtre | Canton de Vatan et de Champagne Berrichonne |
| 36199 | Sainte-Lizaigne | 1,212 | Levroux | Le Pays d'Issoudun |
| 36229 | Val-Fouzon | 1,016 | Valençay | Chabris - Pays de Bazelle |
| 36162 | Poulaines | 919 | Valençay | Chabris - Pays de Bazelle |
| 36003 | Ambrault | 917 | Ardentes | Canton de Vatan et de Champagne Berrichonne |
| 36021 | Les Bordes | 895 | Issoudun | Le Pays d'Issoudun |
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Issoudun para niños
