Arrondissements of the Cher department
There are 3 arrondissements in the Cher department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.
If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.
Arrondissements are further divided into communes.
The arrondissements of Cher are:[1]
| INSEE code |
Arrondissement | Capital | Population[2] (2014) |
Area[3] (km²) |
Density (Inh./km²) |
Communes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | Bourges | Bourges | 173,889 | 2,797.8 | 62.2 | 131 |
| 182 | Saint-Amand-Montrond | Saint-Amand-Montrond | 65,145 | 2,669.8 | 24.4 | 116 |
| 183 | Vierzon | Vierzon | 71,236 | 1,767.4 | 40.3 | 43 |
History[change | change source]
- 1790 (4 March) : creation of the department with seven districts: Aubigny, Sancerre, Sancoins, Saint-Amand, Châteaumeillant, Bourges and Vierzon. The capital was Bourges.[4]
- 1800 : creation of the arrondissements in France; the seven districts were changed into three arrondissements: Bourges, Saint-Amand-Mont-Rond and Sancerre.
- 1926 (10 September) : the arrondissement of Sancerre was eliminated.
- 1984 : creation of the arrondissement of Vierzon.
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Département du Cher (18)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "Département du Cher (18)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ↑ "Historique du Cher". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 31 July 2017.