The arrondissement of Le Blanc is an arrondissement of France in the Indre department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 57 communes.[2] Its population is 31,714 (2016), and its area is 1,782.3 km2 (688.1 sq mi).[3]
Le Blanc | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Centre-Val de Loire |
| Department | Indre |
| No. of communes | 57 |
| Subprefecture | Le Blanc |
Area | 1,782.3 km2 (688.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 30,501 |
| • Density | 17/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 361 |
Composition
editThe communes of the arrondissement of Le Blanc, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]
- Azay-le-Ferron (36010)
- Beaulieu (36015)
- Bélâbre (36016)
- Le Blanc (36018)
- Bonneuil (36020)
- Chaillac (36035)
- Chalais (36036)
- La Châtre-Langlin (36047)
- Chazelet (36049)
- Chitray (36051)
- Ciron (36053)
- Concremiers (36058)
- Douadic (36066)
- Dunet (36067)
- Fontgombault (36076)
- Ingrandes (36087)
- Lignac (36094)
- Lingé (36096)
- Lurais (36104)
- Lureuil (36105)
- Luzeret (36106)
- Martizay (36113)
- Mauvières (36114)
- Mérigny (36119)
- Mézières-en-Brenne (36123)
- Migné (36124)
- Mouhet (36134)
- Néons-sur-Creuse (36137)
- Nuret-le-Ferron (36144)
- Obterre (36145)
- Oulches (36148)
- Parnac (36150)
- Paulnay (36153)
- La Pérouille (36157)
- Pouligny-Saint-Pierre (36165)
- Preuilly-la-Ville (36167)
- Prissac (36168)
- Rivarennes (36172)
- Rosnay (36173)
- Roussines (36174)
- Ruffec (36176)
- Sacierges-Saint-Martin (36177)
- Saint-Aigny (36178)
- Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (36182)
- Saint-Civran (36187)
- Sainte-Gemme (36193)
- Saint-Gaultier (36192)
- Saint-Gilles (36196)
- Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize (36197)
- Saint-Michel-en-Brenne (36204)
- Saulnay (36212)
- Sauzelles (36213)
- Thenay (36220)
- Tilly (36223)
- Tournon-Saint-Martin (36224)
- Vigoux (36239)
- Villiers (36246)
History
editThe arrondissement of Le Blanc was created in 1800.[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Indre, it gained the commune La Pérouille from the arrondissement of Châteauroux.[5]
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 Le Blanc were, as of January 2015:[6]
- Bélâbre
- Le Blanc
- Mézières-en-Brenne
- Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
- Saint-Gaultier
- Tournon-Saint-Martin
References
edit- ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Arrondissement du Blanc (361)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ^ Historique de l'Indre
- ^ "Arrêté préfectoral, 15 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 91–93. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ^ Populations légales 2012: 36 Indre, INSEE