Nevers | |
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Country | France |
Region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Department | Nièvre |
No. of communes | 82 |
Prefecture | Nevers |
Area | 2,025.4 km2 (782.0 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 113,832 |
INSEE code | 583 |
The arrondissement of Nevers is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Nièvre département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Nevers.
When the Nièvre department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Nevers was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Nevers is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Clamecy, to the east by the arrondissement of Château-Chinon (Ville), to the south by the Allier (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department and to the west by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire) department.
The arrondissement is in the southwestern part of the department, with an area of 2,020.3 square kilometres (780.0 square miles),[3] the largest in area of the department. It has 118,087 inhabitants, the arrondissement of Nièvre with more people living there, and a population density of 58.5 inhabitants/km².[4]
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.
The arrondissement of Nevers has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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58194 | Nevers | 34,485 | Nevers-1, Nevers-2 Nevers-3 and Nevers-4 |
Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers |
58303 | Varennes-Vauzelles | 9,467 | Varennes-Vauzelles | Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers |
58095 | Decize | 5,626 | Decize | Sud Nivernais |
58117 | Fourchambault | 4,456 | Fourchambault | Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers |
58121 | Garchizy | 3,835 | Fourchambault | Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers |
58160 | Marzy | 3,656 | Fourchambault | Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers |
58088 | Coulanges-lès-Nevers | 3,591 | Nevers-1 | Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers |
58134 | Imphy | 3,482 | Imphy | Sud Nivernais |
58151 | La Machine | 3,397 | Imphy | Sud Nivernais |
58131 | Guérigny | 2,468 | Guérigny | Loire, Nièvre et Bertranges |
58214 | Pougues-les-Eaux | 2,437 | Varennes-Vauzelles | Communauté d'agglomération de Nevers |
58238 | Saint-Éloi | 2,149 | Nevers-2 | Loire et Allier |