Arrondissement of Montluçon explained

Type:	arr
Montluçon
Insee:	031
Nbcomm:	89
Prefecture:	n
Seat:	Montluçon
Area:	2116.8

The arrondissement of Montluçon is an arrondissement of France in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 89 communes. Its population is 108,364 (2016), and its area is 2116.8km2.^[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Montluçon, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Ainay-le-Château (03003)
2. Archignat (03005)
3. Arpheuilles-Saint-Priest (03007)
4. Audes (03010)
5. Beaune-d'Allier (03020)
6. Bézenet (03027)
7. Bizeneuille (03031)
8. Blomard (03032)
9. Braize (03037)
10. Le Brethon (03041)
11. La Celle (03047)
12. Cérilly (03048)
13. Chambérat (03051)
14. Chamblet (03052)
15. La Chapelaude (03055)
16. Chappes (03058)
17. Chavenon (03070)
18. Chazemais (03072)
19. Colombier (03081)
20. Commentry (03082)
21. Cosne-d'Allier (03084)
22. Courçais (03088)
23. Deneuille-les-Mines (03097)
24. Désertines (03098)
25. Domérat (03101)
26. Doyet (03104)
27. Durdat-Larequille (03106)
28. Estivareilles (03111)
29. Haut-Bocage (03158)
30. Hérisson (03127)
31. Huriel (03128)
32. Hyds (03129)
33. Isle-et-Bardais (03130)
34. Lamaids (03136)
35. Lavault-Sainte-Anne (03140)
36. Lételon (03143)
37. Lignerolles (03145)
38. Louroux-Bourbonnais (03150)
39. Louroux-de-Beaune (03151)
40. Malicorne (03159)
41. Marcillat-en-Combraille (03161)
42. Mazirat (03167)
43. Meaulne-Vitray (03168)
44. Mesples (03172)
45. Montluçon (03185)
46. Montmarault (03186)
47. Montvicq (03189)
48. Murat (03191)
49. Nassigny (03193)
50. Néris-les-Bains (03195)
51. La Petite-Marche (03206)
52. Prémilhat (03211)
53. Quinssaines (03212)
54. Reugny (03213)
55. Ronnet (03216)
56. Saint-Angel (03217)
57. Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais (03221)
58. Saint-Bonnet-de-Four (03219)
59. Saint-Caprais (03222)
60. Saint-Désiré (03225)
61. Saint-Éloy-d'Allier (03228)
62. Sainte-Thérence (03261)
63. Saint-Fargeol (03231)
64. Saint-Genest (03233)
65. Saint-Marcel-en-Marcillat (03244)
66. Saint-Marcel-en-Murat (03243)
67. Saint-Martinien (03246)
68. Saint-Palais (03249)
69. Saint-Priest-en-Murat (03256)
70. Saint-Sauvier (03259)
71. Saint-Victor (03262)
72. Sauvagny (03269)
73. Sazeret (03270)
74. Teillet-Argenty (03279)
75. Terjat (03280)
76. Theneuille (03282)
77. Tortezais (03285)
78. Treignat (03288)
79. Urçay (03293)
80. Valigny (03296)
81. Vallon-en-Sully (03297)
82. Vaux (03301)
83. Venas (03303)
84. Verneix (03305)
85. Vernusse (03308)
86. Le Vilhain (03313)
87. Villebret (03314)
88. Villefranche-d'Allier (03315)
89. Viplaix (03317)

History

The arrondissement of Montluçon was created in 1800.^[3] At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Allier, it lost 14 communes to the arrondissement of Vichy.^[4]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Montluçon were, as of January 2015:^[5]

1. Cérilly
2. Commentry
3. Domérat-Montluçon-Nord-Ouest
4. Ébreuil
5. Hérisson
6. Huriel
7. Marcillat-en-Combraille
8. Montluçon-Est
9. Montluçon-Nord-Est
10. Montluçon-Ouest
11. Montluçon-Sud
12. Montmarault

References

46.33°N 2.6°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-09-26. INSEE.
2. Web site: Arrondissement de Montluçon (031). 2019-09-26. INSEE.
3. http://splaf.free.fr/03his.html Historique de l'Allier
4. Web site: Arrêté n° 16-534, p 737. 2017-07-27.
5. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep03.pdf Populations légales 2012: 03 Allier