Arrondissement of Pontivy explained

Type:arr
Pontivy
Insee:562
Nbcomm:92
Prefecture:n
Seat:Pontivy
Area:2944.6

The arrondissement of Pontivy is an arrondissement of France in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region. It has 92 communes. Its population is 155,521 (2016), and its area is 2944.6km2.[1]

Composition

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

  1. Baud (56010)
  2. Berné (56014)
  3. Bignan (56017)
  4. Billio (56019)
  5. Bréhan (56024)
  6. Brignac (56025)
  7. Buléon (56027)
  8. Campénéac (56032)
  9. La Chapelle-Neuve (56039)
  10. Cléguérec (56041)
  11. Concoret (56043)
  12. Crédin (56047)
  13. Le Croisty (56048)
  14. La Croix-Helléan (56050)
  15. Cruguel (56051)
  16. Évellys (56144)
  17. Évriguet (56056)
  18. Le Faouët (56057)
  19. Forges de Lanouée (56102)
  20. Gourhel (56065)
  21. Gourin (56066)
  22. La Grée-Saint-Laurent (56068)
  23. Guégon (56070)
  24. Guéhenno (56071)
  25. Gueltas (56072)
  26. Guémené-sur-Scorff (56073)
  27. Guénin (56074)
  28. Guern (56076)
  29. Guillac (56079)
  30. Guilliers (56080)
  31. Guiscriff (56081)
  32. Helléan (56082)
  33. Josselin (56091)
  34. Kerfourn (56092)
  35. Kergrist (56093)
  36. Kernascléden (56264)
  37. Langoëlan (56099)
  38. Langonnet (56100)
  39. Lantillac (56103)
  40. Lanvénégen (56105)
  41. Lignol (56110)
  42. Locmalo (56113)
  43. Locminé (56117)
  44. Loyat (56122)
  45. Malguénac (56125)
  46. Mauron (56127)
  47. Melrand (56128)
  48. Ménéac (56129)
  49. Meslan (56131)
  50. Mohon (56134)
  51. Montertelot (56139)
  52. Moréac (56140)
  53. Moustoir-Ac (56141)
  54. Néant-sur-Yvel (56145)
  55. Neulliac (56146)
  56. Noyal-Pontivy (56151)
  57. Persquen (56156)
  58. Pleugriffet (56160)
  59. Ploërdut (56163)
  60. Ploërmel (56165)
  61. Plouray (56170)
  62. Plumelec (56172)
  63. Pluméliau-Bieuzy (56173)
  64. Plumelin (56174)
  65. Pontivy (56178)
  66. Priziac (56182)
  67. Radenac (56189)
  68. Réguiny (56190)
  69. Rohan (56198)
  70. Roudouallec (56199)
  71. Le Saint (56201)
  72. Saint-Aignan (56203)
  73. Saint-Allouestre (56204)
  74. Saint-Barthélemy (56207)
  75. Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron (56208)
  76. Saint-Caradec-Trégomel (56210)
  77. Sainte-Brigitte (56209)
  78. Saint-Gérand-Croixanvec (56213)
  79. Saint-Gonnery (56215)
  80. Saint-Jean-Brévelay (56222)
  81. Saint-Léry (56225)
  82. Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines (56227)
  83. Saint-Servant (56236)
  84. Saint-Thuriau (56237)
  85. Saint-Tugdual (56238)
  86. Séglien (56242)
  87. Silfiac (56245)
  88. Le Sourn (56246)
  89. Taupont (56249)
  90. Tréhorenteuc (56256)
  91. La Trinité-Porhoët (56257)
  92. Val d'Oust (56197)

History

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

  1. Baud
  2. Cléguérec
  3. Gourin
  4. Guémené-sur-Scorff
  5. Josselin
  6. Le Faouët
  7. Locminé
  8. Pontivy
  9. Rohan
  10. Saint-Jean-Brévelay

References

48.0667°N -60°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-02. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement de Pontivy (562). 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

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