Montargis | |
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![]() Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire | |
Country | France |
Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
Department | Loiret |
No. of communes | 125 |
Subprefecture | Montargis |
Area | 2,657.2 km2 (1,026.0 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 169,227 |
INSEE code | 451 |
The arrondissement of Montargis is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Montargis.
When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Montargis was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Montargis is the most eastern of the arrondissements of the Loiret department. It is the second largest arrondissement of the department, 2,631.3 km2 (1,016.0 sq mi) and the second in population with 170,781 inhabitants.
It is bordered to the north by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the east by the Yonne department, to the southeast by the Nièvre department, to the south by the Cher department, to the west by the arrondissement of Orléans and to the northwest by the arrondissement of Pithiviers.
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 cantons in the arrondissement of Montargis are:
The arrondissement of Montargis has 126 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[5] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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45155 | Gien | 14,617 | Gien | Giennoises |
45208 | Montargis | 13,997 | Montargis | CA Montargoise et Rives du Loing |
45004 | Amilly | 12,672 | Châlette-sur-Loing | CA Montargoise et Rives du Loing |
45068 | Châlette-sur-Loing | 12,643 | Châlette-sur-Loing | CA Montargoise et Rives du Loing |
45338 | Villemandeur | 6,905 | Montargis | CA Montargoise et Rives du Loing |
45053 | Briare | 5,742 | Gien | Berry Loire Puisaye |
45115 | Courtenay | 4,044 | Courtenay | La Cléry, du Betz et de l'Ouanne |
45247 | Pannes | 3,658 | Montargis | CA Montargoise et Rives du Loing |
45145 | Ferrières-en-Gâtinais | 3,618 | Courtenay | Les Quatre Vallées |
45127 | Dordives | 3,270 | Courtenay | Les Quatre Vallées |
45087 | Châtillon-sur-Loire | 3,153 | Gien | Berry Loire Puisaye |