Arrondissement of La Châtre
La Châtre | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre |
| No. of communes | 51 |
| Subprefecture | La Châtre |
| Area | 1,204.2 km2 (464.9 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 27,895 |
| INSEE code | 363 |
The arrondissement of La Châtre is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of La Châtre.
History[change | change source]
When the Indre department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Châteauroux was part of that original department.[2]
Geography[change | change source]
The arrondissement of La Châtre is in the southeast of the Indre department. It has an area of 1,323.2 km2 (510.9 sq mi) and a population of 32,962 inhabitants.
The lowest point in the arrondissement is 104 m (341 ft) high, in the "commune" of Ceaulmont, and the highest is 467 m (1,532 ft) high, in the "commune" of Crevant.
It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Châteauroux, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Issoudun, to the east by the Cher departmen, to the south by the Creuse department and to the west by the arrondissement of Le Blanc.
Composition[change | change source]
Cantons[change | change source]
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE code |
Canton | Le Blanc | Châteauroux | La Châtre | Issoudun | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3602 | Argenton-sur-Creuse | 12 | 8 | 20 | ||
| 3608 | La Châtre | 26 | 8 | 34 | ||
| 3611 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre | 1 | 24 | 25 |
Communes[change | change source]
The arrondissement of La Châtre has 51 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
- Aigurande (36001)
- La Berthenoux (36017)
- Briantes (36025)
- La Buxerette (36028)
- Buxières-d'Aillac (36030)
- Champillet (36038)
- Chassignolles (36043)
- La Châtre (36046)
- Cluis (36056)
- Crevant (36060)
- Crozon-sur-Vauvre (36061)
- Feusines (36073)
- Fougerolles (36078)
- Gournay (36084)
- Lacs (36091)
- Lignerolles (36095)
- Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel (36099)
- Lourouer-Saint-Laurent (36100)
- Lys-Saint-Georges (36108)
- Le Magny (36109)
- Maillet (36110)
- Malicornay (36111)
- Mers-sur-Indre (36120)
- Montchevrier (36126)
- Montgivray (36127)
- Montipouret (36129)
- Montlevicq (36130)
- La Motte-Feuilly (36132)
- Mouhers (36133)
- Néret (36138)
- Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre (36141)
- Nohant-Vic (36143)
- Orsennes (36146)
- Pérassay (36156)
- Pouligny-Notre-Dame (36163)
- Pouligny-Saint-Martin (36164)
- Saint-Août (36180)
- Saint-Chartier (36184)
- Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie (36186)
- Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet (36189)
- Saint-Plantaire (36207)
- Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre (36208)
- Sarzay (36210)
- Sazeray (36214)
- Thevet-Saint-Julien (36221)
- Tranzault (36226)
- Urciers (36227)
- Verneuil-sur-Igneraie (36234)
- Vicq-Exemplet (36236)
- Vigoulant (36238)
- Vijon (36240)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[5] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36046 | La Châtre | 4,278 | La Châtre | La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère |
| 36141 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre | 1,665 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre | Le Val de Bouzanne |
| 36127 | Montgivray | 1,654 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre | La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère |
| 36001 | Aigurande | 1,481 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre | La Marche Berrichonne |
| 36109 | Le Magny | 1,072 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre | La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère |
| 36056 | Cluis | 1,006 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre | Le Val de Bouzanne |
| 36189 | Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet | 957 | Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre | La Marche Berrichonne |
| 36180 | Saint-Août | 858 | La Châtre | La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère |
| 36208 | Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre | 809 | La Châtre | La Châtre et Sainte-Sévère |
Related pages[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique de l'Indre". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-178 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de l'Indre" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de La Châtre (363)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 26 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 25 July 2017.