Reims | |
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Country | France |
Region | Grand Est |
Department | Marne |
No. of communes | 143 |
Subprefecture | Reims |
Area | 1,432.4 km2 (553.1 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 296,154 |
INSEE code | 513 |
The arrondissement of Reims is an arrondissement of France, in the Marne department, Grand Est region. Its capital is the city of Reims.
When the Marne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Reims was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Reims is in the northwest of the Marne department. It is bordered to the north by the Ardennes department, to the east by the Châlons-en-Champagne arrondissement, to the south by the Épernay arrondissement and to the west by the Aisne department.
The arrondissement of Reims is the third arrondissement of the department in area, 1,525.7 square kilometres (589.1 square miles), but the first in population (296,374 inhabitants),[3] for a population density of 194.3 inhabitants/km2.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Reims, there are 14 cantons and only three of them do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:
The arrondissement of Reims has 155 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[5]
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[6] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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51454 | Reims | 183,042 | Reims-1, Reims-2, Reims-3 Reims-4, Reims-5, Reims-6 Reims-7, Reims-8, Reims-9 |
Le Grand Reims |
51573 | Tinqueux | 10,096 | Reims-4 | Le Grand Reims |
51055 | Bétheny | 6,473 | Reims-5 | Le Grand Reims |
51172 | Cormontreuil | 6,210 | Reims-8 | Le Grand Reims |
51250 | Fismes | 5,376 | Fismes-Montagne de Reims | Le Grand Reims |
51662 | Witry-lès-Reims | 4,926 | Bourgogne | Le Grand Reims |
51474 | Saint-Brice-Courcelles | 3,449 | Reims-5 | Le Grand Reims |
51660 | Warmeriville | 2,323 | Bourgogne | Le Grand Reims |
51562 | Taissy | 2,239 | Reims-8 | Le Grand Reims |
51391 | Muizon | 2,154 | Fismes-Montagne de Reims | Le Grand Reims |
51043 | Bazancourt | 2,014 | Bourgogne | Le Grand Reims |