Arrondissement of Issoudun

arrondissement of France

The arrondissement of Issoudun is an arrondissement of France, in the Indre department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Issoudun.

Issoudun
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
No. of communes49
SubprefectureIssoudun
Area
1,182.3 km2 (456.5 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
33,437
INSEE code364

History

When the Indre department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Issoudun was part of that original department.[2]

On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Issoudun was eliminated but in 1942 it was made again an arrondissement.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Issoudun is in the northeast of the Indre department. It is the smallest arrondissement of the department in area, with 1,182.3 km2 (456.5 sq mi), but the second in population, with 34,964 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the Indre-et-Loire department, to the east by the Cher department, to the south by the arrondissement of Arrondissement of La Châtre and to west the arrondissement of Châteauroux.

Composition

Cantons

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:

CantonLe BlancChâteaurouxLa ChâtreIssoudunTotal
3601Ardentes9312
3608La Châtre26834
3609Issoudun66
3610Levroux122234
3613Valençay191029

Communes

The arrondissement of Issoudun has 49 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes[4]

  1. Aize (36002)
  2. Ambrault (36003)
  3. Anjouin (36004)
  4. Bagneux (36011)
  5. Bommiers (36019)
  6. Les Bordes (36021)
  7. Brives (36027)
  8. Buxeuil (36029)
  9. Chabris (36034)
  10. La Champenoise (36037)
  11. La Chapelle-Saint-Laurian (36041)
  12. Chouday (36052)
  13. Condé (36059)
  14. Diou (36065)
  15. Dun-le-Poëlier (36068)
  16. Fontenay (36075)
  17. Giroux (36083)
  18. Guilly (36085)
  19. Issoudun (36088)
  20. Liniez (36097)
  21. Lizeray (36098)
  22. Luçay-le-Libre (36102)
  23. Menetou-sur-Nahon (36115)
  24. Ménétréols-sous-Vatan (36116)
  25. Meunet-Planches (36121)
  26. Meunet-sur-Vatan (36122)
  27. Migny (36125)
  28. Neuvy-Pailloux (36140)
  29. Orville (36147)
  30. Paudy (36152)
  31. Poulaines (36162)
  32. Pruniers (36169)
  33. Reboursin (36170)
  34. Reuilly (36171)
  35. Saint-Aoustrille (36179)
  36. Saint-Aubin (36181)
  37. Saint-Christophe-en-Bazelle (36185)
  38. Sainte-Fauste (36190)
  39. Sainte-Lizaigne (36199)
  40. Saint-Florentin (36191)
  41. Saint-Georges-sur-Arnon (36195)
  42. Saint-Pierre-de-Jards (36205)
  43. Saint-Valentin (36209)
  44. Ségry (36215)
  45. Sembleçay (36217)
  46. Thizay (36222)
  47. Val-Fouzon (36229)
  48. Vatan (36230)
  49. Vouillon (36248)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code
CommunePopulation[5]
(2014)
CantonIntercommunality
36088Issoudun12,270IssoudunLe Pays d'Issoudun
36034Chabris2,710ValençayChabris - Pays de Bazelle
36171Reuilly2,050LevrouxLe Pays d'Issoudun
36230Vatan2,038LevrouxCanton de Vatan et de Champagne Berrichonne
36140Neuvy-Pailloux1,235La ChâtreCanton de Vatan et de Champagne Berrichonne
36199Sainte-Lizaigne1,212LevrouxLe Pays d'Issoudun
36229Val-Fouzon1,016ValençayChabris - Pays de Bazelle
36162Poulaines919ValençayChabris - Pays de Bazelle
36003Ambrault917ArdentesCanton de Vatan et de Champagne Berrichonne
36021Les Bordes895IssoudunLe Pays d'Issoudun

References

46°57′N 1°59′E / 46.950°N 1.983°E / 46.950; 1.983