Arrondissement of Vannes explained

Type:	arr
Vannes
Insee:	563
Nbcomm:	99
Prefecture:	y
Seat:	Vannes
Area:	2416.2

The arrondissement of Vannes is an arrondissement of France in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region. It has 99 communes. Its population is 279,964 (2016), and its area is 2416.2km2.^[1]

Composition

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

1. Allaire (56001)
2. Ambon (56002)
3. Arradon (56003)
4. Arzal (56004)
5. Arzon (56005)
6. Augan (56006)
7. Baden (56008)
8. Béganne (56011)
9. Beignon (56012)
10. Berric (56015)
11. Billiers (56018)
12. Bohal (56020)
13. Bono (56262)
14. Brandivy (56022)
15. Caden (56028)
16. Camoël (56030)
17. Carentoir (56033)
18. Caro (56035)
19. Colpo (56042)
20. Cournon (56044)
21. Le Cours (56045)
22. Damgan (56052)
23. Elven (56053)
24. Férel (56058)
25. Les Fougerêts (56060)
26. La Gacilly (56061)
27. Grand-Champ (56067)
28. Guer (56075)
29. Le Guerno (56077)
30. Le Hézo (56084)
31. Île-aux-Moines (56087)
32. Île-d'Arz (56088)
33. Larmor-Baden (56106)
34. Larré (56108)
35. Lauzach (56109)
36. Limerzel (56111)
37. Lizio (56112)
38. Locmaria-Grand-Champ (56115)
39. Locqueltas (56120)
40. Malansac (56123)
41. Malestroit (56124)
42. Marzan (56126)
43. Meucon (56132)
44. Missiriac (56133)
45. Molac (56135)
46. Monteneuf (56136)
47. Monterblanc (56137)
48. Muzillac (56143)
49. Nivillac (56147)
50. Noyal-Muzillac (56149)
51. Péaule (56153)
52. Peillac (56154)
53. Pénestin (56155)
54. Plaudren (56157)
55. Plescop (56158)
56. Pleucadeuc (56159)
57. Ploeren (56164)
58. Plougoumelen (56167)
59. Pluherlin (56171)
60. Porcaro (56180)
61. Questembert (56184)
62. Réminiac (56191)
63. Rieux (56194)
64. La Roche-Bernard (56195)
65. Rochefort-en-Terre (56196)
66. Ruffiac (56200)
67. Saint-Abraham (56202)
68. Saint-Armel (56205)
69. Saint-Avé (56206)
70. Saint-Congard (56211)
71. Saint-Dolay (56212)
72. Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys (56214)
73. Saint-Gorgon (56216)
74. Saint-Gravé (56218)
75. Saint-Guyomard (56219)
76. Saint-Jacut-les-Pins (56221)
77. Saint-Jean-la-Poterie (56223)
78. Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust (56224)
79. Saint-Malo-de-Beignon (56226)
80. Saint-Marcel (56228)
81. Saint-Martin-sur-Oust (56229)
82. Saint-Nicolas-du-Tertre (56230)
83. Saint-Nolff (56231)
84. Saint-Perreux (56232)
85. Saint-Vincent-sur-Oust (56239)
86. Sarzeau (56240)
87. Séné (56243)
88. Sérent (56244)
89. Sulniac (56247)
90. Surzur (56248)
91. Théhillac (56250)
92. Theix-Noyalo (56251)
93. Le Tour-du-Parc (56252)
94. Tréal (56253)
95. Trédion (56254)
96. Treffléan (56255)
97. La Trinité-Surzur (56259)
98. Vannes (56260)
99. La Vraie-Croix (56261)

History

The arrondissement of Vannes was created in 1800.^[3] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Morbihan, it gained two communes from the arrondissement of Lorient, and it lost 21 communes to the arrondissement of Pontivy.^[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 Vannes were, as of January 2015:^[5]

1. Allaire
2. Elven
3. La Gacilly
4. Grand-Champ
5. Guer
6. Malestroit
7. Mauron
8. Muzillac
9. Ploërmel
10. Questembert
11. La Roche-Bernard
12. Rochefort-en-Terre
13. Sarzeau
14. La Trinité-Porhoët
15. Vannes-Centre
16. Vannes-Est
17. Vannes-Ouest

References

47.6667°N -47°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-02. INSEE.
2. Web site: Arrondissement de Vannes (563). 2019-10-02. INSEE.
3. http://splaf.free.fr/56his.html Historique du Morbihan
4. Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 27 September 2016. 2019-10-22.
5. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep56.pdf Populations légales 2012: 56 Morbihan