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Arrondissement of Vierzon
Vierzon in Cher
Vierzon in Cher
Country France
Region Centre-Val de Loire
Department Cher
Communes 43
Subprefecture Vierzon
INSEE code 183
Area
 • Total 1,767.4 km2 (682.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total 71,236
 • Density 40.3055/km2 (104.391/sq mi)

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.

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.

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 km2 (682.4 sq mi). It has a population of 71,236 inhabitants.

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 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

  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
(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

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