Arrondissement_of_Le_Blanc
Arrondissement of Le Blanc
Arrondissement in Centre-Val de Loire, France
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 | |
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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 |
The 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)
The 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
- "Arrondissement du Blanc (361)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- "Arrêté préfectoral, 15 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 91–93. Retrieved 2019-10-21.