Arrondissement of Louhans
The arrondissement of Louhans is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Saône-et-Loire département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Louhans.
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Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Saône-et-Loire |
No. of communes | 88 |
Subprefecture | Louhans |
Area | 1,430.2 km2 (552.2 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 67,085 |
INSEE code | 714 |
History
changeWhen the Saône-et-Loire was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Louhans was part of that original department. In 1926, the arrondissement of Louhans was eliminated but in 1942 it became again an arrondissement of the department.[2]
Geography
changeThe arrondissement of Louhans is bordered to the north and east by the Jura department, to the southeast by the Ain (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Mâcon, to the west by the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône and to the northwest (a small part) by the Côte-d'Or department.
It is the easternmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,248.5 km2 (482 sq mi),[3] the second smallest in area of the department. It has 55,567 inhabitants, the arrondissement of Saône-et-Loire with fewer people living in it, and a population density of 44.5 inhabitants/km².[4]
Composition
changeCantons
changeAfter the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are only three cantons in the arrondissement of Louhans: Cuiseaux (partly), Louhans and Pierre-de-Bresse.
Communes
changeThe arrondissement of Louhans has 79 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
- Authumes (71013)
- Bantanges (71018)
- Beaurepaire-en-Bresse (71027)
- Beauvernois (71028)
- Bellevesvre (71029)
- Bosjean (71044)
- Bouhans (71045)
- Branges (71056)
- Brienne (71061)
- Bruailles (71064)
- Champagnat (71079)
- Charette-Varennes (71101)
- Condal (71143)
- Cuiseaux (71157)
- Cuisery (71158)
- Dampierre-en-Bresse (71168)
- Devrouze (71173)
- Diconne (71175)
- Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux (71177)
- Flacey-en-Bresse (71198)
- Frangy-en-Bresse (71205)
- Fretterans (71207)
- Frontenard (71208)
- Frontenaud (71209)
- Huilly-sur-Seille (71234)
- Joudes (71243)
- Jouvençon (71244)
- Juif (71246)
- L'Abergement-de-Cuisery (71001)
- La Chapelle-Naude (71092)
- La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur (71093)
- La Chapelle-Thècle (71097)
- La Chaux (71121)
- La Frette (71206)
- La Genête (71213)
- La Racineuse (71364)
- Lays-sur-le-Doubs (71254)
- Le Fay (71196)
- Le Miroir (71300)
- Le Planois (71352)
- Le Tartre (71534)
- Loisy (71261)
- Louhans (71263)
- Mervans (71295)
- Montagny-près-Louhans (71303)
- Montcony (71311)
- Montjay (71314)
- Montpont-en-Bresse (71318)
- Montret (71319)
- Mouthier-en-Bresse (71326)
- Ménetreuil (71293)
- Ormes (71332)
- Pierre-de-Bresse (71351)
- Pourlans (71357)
- Rancy (71365)
- Ratte (71367)
- Sagy (71379)
- Saillenard (71380)
- Saint-André-en-Bresse (71386)
- Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse (71396)
- Saint-Germain-du-Bois (71419)
- Saint-Martin-du-Mont (71454)
- Saint-Usuge (71484)
- Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse (71489)
- Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse (71410)
- Sainte-Croix (71401)
- Savigny-en-Revermont (71506)
- Savigny-sur-Seille (71508)
- Sens-sur-Seille (71514)
- Serley (71516)
- Serrigny-en-Bresse (71519)
- Simandre (71522)
- Simard (71523)
- Sornay (71528)
- Thurey (71538)
- Torpes (71541)
- Varennes-Saint-Sauveur (71558)
- Vincelles (71580)
- Vérissey (71568)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
71263 | Louhans | 6,349 | Louhans | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
71056 | Branges | 2,388 | Louhans | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
71528 | Sornay | 2,038 | Louhans | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
71351 | Pierre-de-Bresse | 1,966 | Pierre-de-Bresse | Le Canton de Pierre de Bresse |
71419 | Saint-Germain-du-Bois | 1,936 | Pierre-de-Bresse | Bresse Revermont 71 |
71157 | Cuiseaux | 1,889 | Cuiseaux | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
71522 | Simandre | 1,691 | Cuiseaux | Terres de Bresse |
71158 | Cuisery | 1,594 | Cuiseaux | Terres de Bresse |
71295 | Mervans | 1,470 | Pierre-de-Bresse | Bresse Revermont 71 |
71484 | Saint-Usuge | 1,303 | Louhans | Bresse Louhannaise Intercom' |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique de Saône-et-Loire". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2014.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Louhans (714)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-182 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Saône-et-Loire" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Louhans (714)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 June 2017.