Arrondissement of Louhans

Coordinates: 46°37′43″N 5°13′27″E / 46.62861°N 5.22417°E / 46.62861; 5.22417
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Louhans
Arrondissement
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
CountryFrance
RegionBourgogne-Franche-Comté
DepartmentSaône-et-Loire
No. of communes88
SubprefectureLouhans
Area
1,430.2 km2 (552.2 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
67,085
INSEE code714

The arrondissement of Louhans is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Saône-et-Loire département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital is the city of Louhans.

History[change | change source]

When the Saône-et-Loire was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Louhans was part of that original department. In 1926, the arrondissement of Louhans was eliminated but in 1942 it became again an arrondissement of the department.[2]

Geography[change | change source]

The arrondissement of Louhans is bordered to the north and east by the Jura department, to the southeast by the Ain (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the south by the arrondissement of Mâcon, to the west by the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône and to the northwest (a small part) by the Côte-d'Or department.

It is the easternmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,248.5 km2 (482 sq mi),[3] the second smallest in area of the department. It has 55,567 inhabitants, the arrondissement of Saône-et-Loire with fewer people living in it, and a population density of 44.5 inhabitants/km².[4]

Composition[change | change source]

Cantons[change | change source]

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are only three cantons in the arrondissement of Louhans: Cuiseaux (partly), Louhans and Pierre-de-Bresse.

Communes[change | change source]

The arrondissement of Louhans has 79 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Authumes (71013)
  2. Bantanges (71018)
  3. Beaurepaire-en-Bresse (71027)
  4. Beauvernois (71028)
  5. Bellevesvre (71029)
  6. Bosjean (71044)
  7. Bouhans (71045)
  8. Branges (71056)
  9. Brienne (71061)
  10. Bruailles (71064)
  11. Champagnat (71079)
  12. Charette-Varennes (71101)
  13. Condal (71143)
  14. Cuiseaux (71157)
  15. Cuisery (71158)
  16. Dampierre-en-Bresse (71168)
  17. Devrouze (71173)
  18. Diconne (71175)
  19. Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux (71177)
  20. Flacey-en-Bresse (71198)
  21. Frangy-en-Bresse (71205)
  22. Fretterans (71207)
  23. Frontenard (71208)
  24. Frontenaud (71209)
  25. Huilly-sur-Seille (71234)
  26. Joudes (71243)
  27. Jouvençon (71244)
  28. Juif (71246)
  29. L'Abergement-de-Cuisery (71001)
  30. La Chapelle-Naude (71092)
  31. La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur (71093)
  32. La Chapelle-Thècle (71097)
  33. La Chaux (71121)
  34. La Frette (71206)
  35. La Genête (71213)
  36. La Racineuse (71364)
  37. Lays-sur-le-Doubs (71254)
  38. Le Fay (71196)
  39. Le Miroir (71300)
  40. Le Planois (71352)
  41. Le Tartre (71534)
  42. Loisy (71261)
  43. Louhans (71263)
  44. Mervans (71295)
  45. Montagny-près-Louhans (71303)
  46. Montcony (71311)
  47. Montjay (71314)
  48. Montpont-en-Bresse (71318)
  49. Montret (71319)
  50. Mouthier-en-Bresse (71326)
  51. Ménetreuil (71293)
  52. Ormes (71332)
  53. Pierre-de-Bresse (71351)
  54. Pourlans (71357)
  55. Rancy (71365)
  56. Ratte (71367)
  57. Sagy (71379)
  58. Saillenard (71380)
  59. Saint-André-en-Bresse (71386)
  60. Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse (71396)
  61. Saint-Germain-du-Bois (71419)
  62. Saint-Martin-du-Mont (71454)
  63. Saint-Usuge (71484)
  64. Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse (71489)
  65. Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse (71410)
  66. Sainte-Croix (71401)
  67. Savigny-en-Revermont (71506)
  68. Savigny-sur-Seille (71508)
  69. Sens-sur-Seille (71514)
  70. Serley (71516)
  71. Serrigny-en-Bresse (71519)
  72. Simandre (71522)
  73. Simard (71523)
  74. Sornay (71528)
  75. Thurey (71538)
  76. Torpes (71541)
  77. Varennes-Saint-Sauveur (71558)
  78. Vincelles (71580)
  79. Vérissey (71568)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		 Commune Population[4]
(2014)		 Canton Intercommunality
71263 Louhans 6,349 Louhans Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'
71056 Branges 2,388 Louhans Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'
71528 Sornay 2,038 Louhans Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'
71351 Pierre-de-Bresse 1,966 Pierre-de-Bresse Le Canton de Pierre de Bresse
71419 Saint-Germain-du-Bois 1,936 Pierre-de-Bresse Bresse Revermont 71
71157 Cuiseaux 1,889 Cuiseaux Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'
71522 Simandre 1,691 Cuiseaux Terres de Bresse
71158 Cuisery 1,594 Cuiseaux Terres de Bresse
71295 Mervans 1,470 Pierre-de-Bresse Bresse Revermont 71
71484 Saint-Usuge 1,303 Louhans Bresse Louhannaise Intercom'

Related pages[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Historique de Saône-et-Loire". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Arrondissement de Louhans (714)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Décret n° 2014-182 du 18 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Saône-et-Loire" (in French). Legifrance.gouv.fr. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Arrondissement de Louhans (714)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

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