Arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc

The arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc is an arrondissement of France in the Meuse department in the Grand Est region. It has 110 communes.^[2] Its population is 57,514 (2021), and its area is 1,450.6 km² (560.1 sq mi).^[3]

Bar-le-Duc
Arrondissement
Location within the region Grand Est
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Meuse
No. of communes	110
Prefecture	Bar-le-Duc
Area	1,450.6 km2 (560.1 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	56,947
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE code	551

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Ancerville (55010)
2. Andernay (55011)
3. Aulnois-en-Perthois (55015)
4. Autrécourt-sur-Aire (55017)
5. Bar-le-Duc (55029)
6. Baudonvilliers (55031)
7. Bazincourt-sur-Saulx (55035)
8. Beaulieu-en-Argonne (55038)
9. Beausite (55040)
10. Behonne (55041)
11. Beurey-sur-Saulx (55049)
12. Biencourt-sur-Orge (55051)
13. Le Bouchon-sur-Saulx (55061)
14. Brabant-le-Roi (55069)
15. Brauvilliers (55075)
16. Brillon-en-Barrois (55079)
17. Brizeaux (55081)
18. Bure (55087)
19. Chanteraine (55358)
20. Chardogne (55101)
21. Chaumont-sur-Aire (55108)
22. Combles-en-Barrois (55120)
23. Contrisson (55125)
24. Courcelles-sur-Aire (55128)
25. Cousances-les-Forges (55132)
26. Couvertpuis (55133)
27. Couvonges (55134)
28. Culey (55138)
29. Dammarie-sur-Saulx (55144)
30. Érize-la-Brûlée (55175)
31. Érize-la-Petite (55177)
32. Érize-Saint-Dizier (55178)
33. Èvres (55185)
34. Fains-Véel (55186)
35. Foucaucourt-sur-Thabas (55194)
36. Fouchères-aux-Bois (55195)
37. Géry (55207)
38. Givrauval (55214)
39. Guerpont (55221)
40. Haironville (55224)
41. Les Hauts-de-Chée (55123)
42. Hévilliers (55246)
43. Ippécourt (55251)
44. L'Isle-en-Rigault (55296)
45. Juvigny-en-Perthois (55261)
46. Laheycourt (55271)
47. Laimont (55272)
48. Lavincourt (55284)
49. Lavoye (55285)
50. Ligny-en-Barrois (55291)
51. Lisle-en-Barrois (55295)
52. Loisey (55298)
53. Longeaux (55300)
54. Longeville-en-Barrois (55302)
55. Louppy-le-Château (55304)
56. Mandres-en-Barrois (55315)
57. Maulan (55326)
58. Menaucourt (55332)
59. Ménil-sur-Saulx (55335)
60. Mognéville (55340)
61. Montiers-sur-Saulx (55348)
62. Montplonne (55352)
63. Morley (55359)
64. Naives-Rosières (55369)
65. Naix-aux-Forges (55370)
66. Nançois-sur-Ornain (55372)
67. Nant-le-Grand (55373)
68. Nant-le-Petit (55374)
69. Nantois (55376)
70. Nettancourt (55378)
71. Neuville-sur-Ornain (55382)
72. Noyers-Auzécourt (55388)
73. Nubécourt (55389)
74. Pretz-en-Argonne (55409)
75. Raival (55442)
76. Rancourt-sur-Ornain (55414)
77. Rembercourt-Sommaisne (55423)
78. Remennecourt (55424)
79. Resson (55426)
80. Revigny-sur-Ornain (55427)
81. Ribeaucourt (55430)
82. Robert-Espagne (55435)
83. Rumont (55446)
84. Rupt-aux-Nonains (55447)
85. Saint-Amand-sur-Ornain (55452)
86. Salmagne (55466)
87. Saudrupt (55470)
88. Savonnières-devant-Bar (55476)
89. Savonnières-en-Perthois (55477)
90. Seigneulles (55479)
91. Seuil-d'Argonne (55517)
92. Silmont (55488)
93. Sommeilles (55493)
94. Sommelonne (55494)
95. Stainville (55501)
96. Tannois (55504)
97. Trémont-sur-Saulx (55514)
98. Les Trois-Domaines (55254)
99. Tronville-en-Barrois (55519)
100. Val-d'Ornain (55366)
101. Vassincourt (55531)
102. Vaubecourt (55532)
103. Vavincourt (55541)
104. Velaines (55543)
105. Villers-aux-Vents (55560)
106. Villers-le-Sec (55562)
107. Ville-sur-Saulx (55568)
108. Villotte-devant-Louppy (55569)
109. Waly (55577)
110. Willeroncourt (55581)

History

The arrondissement of Bar-le-Duc was created in 1800.^[4]

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 Bar-le-Duc were, as of January 2015:^[5]

1. Ancerville
2. Bar-le-Duc-Nord
3. Bar-le-Duc-Sud
4. Ligny-en-Barrois
5. Montiers-sur-Saulx
6. Revigny-sur-Ornain
7. Seuil-d'Argonne
8. Vaubecourt
9. Vavincourt