Arrondissement of Le Blanc

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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 30,501 (2021), and its area is 1,782.3 km2 (688.1 sq mi).[3]

CountryFrance
SubprefectureLe Blanc
Area
1,782.3 km2 (688.1 sq mi)
Population
(2023)[1]
30,322
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Le Blanc
Arrondissement
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire
CountryFrance
RegionCentre-Val de Loire
DepartmentIndre
No. of communes57
SubprefectureLe Blanc
Area
1,782.3 km2 (688.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
30,322
 • Density17.013/km2 (44.063/sq mi)
INSEE code361
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Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Le Blanc, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Azay-le-Ferron (36010)
  2. Beaulieu (36015)
  3. Bélâbre (36016)
  4. Le Blanc (36018)
  5. Bonneuil (36020)
  6. Chaillac (36035)
  7. Chalais (36036)
  8. La Châtre-Langlin (36047)
  9. Chazelet (36049)
  10. Chitray (36051)
  11. Ciron (36053)
  12. Concremiers (36058)
  13. Douadic (36066)
  14. Dunet (36067)
  15. Fontgombault (36076)
  16. Ingrandes (36087)
  17. Lignac (36094)
  18. Lingé (36096)
  19. Lurais (36104)
  20. Lureuil (36105)
  21. Luzeret (36106)
  22. Martizay (36113)
  23. Mauvières (36114)
  24. Mérigny (36119)
  25. Mézières-en-Brenne (36123)
  26. Migné (36124)
  27. Mouhet (36134)
  28. Néons-sur-Creuse (36137)
  29. Nuret-le-Ferron (36144)
  30. Obterre (36145)
  31. Oulches (36148)
  32. Parnac (36150)
  33. Paulnay (36153)
  34. La Pérouille (36157)
  35. Pouligny-Saint-Pierre (36165)
  36. Preuilly-la-Ville (36167)
  37. Prissac (36168)
  38. Rivarennes (36172)
  39. Rosnay (36173)
  40. Roussines (36174)
  41. Ruffec (36176)
  42. Sacierges-Saint-Martin (36177)
  43. Saint-Aigny (36178)
  44. Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (36182)
  45. Saint-Civran (36187)
  46. Sainte-Gemme (36193)
  47. Saint-Gaultier (36192)
  48. Saint-Gilles (36196)
  49. Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize (36197)
  50. Saint-Michel-en-Brenne (36204)
  51. Saulnay (36212)
  52. Sauzelles (36213)
  53. Thenay (36220)
  54. Tilly (36223)
  55. Tournon-Saint-Martin (36224)
  56. Vigoux (36239)
  57. Villiers (36246)

History

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]

  1. Bélâbre
  2. Le Blanc
  3. Mézières-en-Brenne
  4. Saint-Benoît-du-Sault
  5. Saint-Gaultier
  6. Tournon-Saint-Martin

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