Ancenis
Former arrondissement
Location within the department Loire-Atlantique
Location within the department Loire-Atlantique
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
No. of communes24
Disbanded2017
SubprefectureAncenis
Area
785 km2 (303 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
61,457
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Ancenis is a former arrondissement of France in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region. In January 2017 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis.[1] At the time of the merger, it had 24 communes.[1] Its population was 61,457 (2012).[2]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Ancenis, and their INSEE codes, were:[1]

  1. Ancenis (44003)
  2. Bonnœuvre (44017)
  3. Le Cellier (44028)
  4. Couffé (44048)
  5. Joué-sur-Erdre (44077)
  6. Ligné (44082)
  7. Loireauxence (44213)
  8. Maumusson (44093)
  9. Mésanger (44096)
  10. Montrelais (44104)
  11. Mouzeil (44107)
  12. Oudon (44115)
  13. Pannecé (44118)
  14. Le Pin (44124)
  15. Pouillé-les-Côteaux (44134)
  16. Riaillé (44144)
  17. La Roche-Blanche (44222)
  18. Saint-Géréon (44160)
  19. Saint-Mars-la-Jaille (44180)
  20. Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes (44191)
  21. Teillé (44202)
  22. Trans-sur-Erdre (44207)
  23. Vair-sur-Loire (44163)
  24. Vritz (44219)

History

The arrondissement of Ancenis was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1943.[3] It was disbanded in 2017.[1] 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 Ancenis were, as of January 2015:[2]

  1. Ancenis
  2. Ligné
  3. Riaillé
  4. Saint-Mars-la-Jaille
  5. Varades

References

  1. ^ a b c d Décret n° 2016-1959 du 29 décembre 2016 portant suppression des arrondissements de Châteaubriant et d'Ancenis et création de l'arrondissement de Châteaubriant-Ancenis (département de la Loire-Atlantique)
  2. ^ a b "Populations légales 2012: 44 Loire-Atlantique" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. ^ Historique de la Loire-Atlantique

47°22′N 1°11′W / 47.367°N 1.183°W / 47.367; -1.183

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