Arrondissement of Louhans

The arrondissement of Louhans is an arrondissement of France in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has 88 communes.^[2] Its population is 67,238 (2021), and its area is 1,430.2 km² (552.2 sq mi).^[3]

Louhans
Arrondissement
Location within the region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country	France
Region	Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Department	Saône-et-Loire
No. of communes	88
Subprefecture	Louhans
Area	1,430.2 km2 (552.2 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	67,587
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE code	714

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Louhans, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. L'Abergement-de-Cuisery (71001)
2. L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe (71002)
3. Authumes (71013)
4. Bantanges (71018)
5. Baudrières (71023)
6. Beaurepaire-en-Bresse (71027)
7. Beauvernois (71028)
8. Bellevesvre (71029)
9. Bosjean (71044)
10. Bouhans (71045)
11. Branges (71056)
12. Brienne (71061)
13. Bruailles (71064)
14. Champagnat (71079)
15. La Chapelle-Naude (71092)
16. La Chapelle-Saint-Sauveur (71093)
17. La Chapelle-Thècle (71097)
18. Charette-Varennes (71101)
19. La Chaux (71121)
20. Condal (71143)
21. Cuiseaux (71157)
22. Cuisery (71158)
23. Dampierre-en-Bresse (71168)
24. Devrouze (71173)
25. Diconne (71175)
26. Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux (71177)
27. Le Fay (71196)
28. Flacey-en-Bresse (71198)
29. Frangy-en-Bresse (71205)
30. La Frette (71206)
31. Fretterans (71207)
32. Frontenard (71208)
33. Frontenaud (71209)
34. La Genête (71213)
35. Huilly-sur-Seille (71234)
36. Joudes (71243)
37. Jouvençon (71244)
38. Juif (71246)
39. Lays-sur-le-Doubs (71254)
40. Lessard-en-Bresse (71256)
41. Loisy (71261)
42. Louhans (71263)
43. Ménetreuil (71293)
44. Mervans (71295)
45. Le Miroir (71300)
46. Montagny-près-Louhans (71303)
47. Montcony (71311)
48. Montjay (71314)
49. Montpont-en-Bresse (71318)
50. Montret (71319)
51. Mouthier-en-Bresse (71326)
52. Ormes (71332)
53. Ouroux-sur-Saône (71336)
54. Pierre-de-Bresse (71351)
55. Le Planois (71352)
56. Pourlans (71357)
57. La Racineuse (71364)
58. Rancy (71365)
59. Ratenelle (71366)
60. Ratte (71367)
61. Romenay (71373)
62. Sagy (71379)
63. Saillenard (71380)
64. Saint-André-en-Bresse (71386)
65. Saint-Bonnet-en-Bresse (71396)
66. Saint-Christophe-en-Bresse (71398)
67. Sainte-Croix-en-Bresse (71401)
68. Saint-Étienne-en-Bresse (71410)
69. Saint-Germain-du-Bois (71419)
70. Saint-Germain-du-Plain (71420)
71. Saint-Martin-du-Mont (71454)
72. Saint-Usuge (71484)
73. Saint-Vincent-en-Bresse (71489)
74. Savigny-en-Revermont (71506)
75. Savigny-sur-Seille (71508)
76. Sens-sur-Seille (71514)
77. Serley (71516)
78. Serrigny-en-Bresse (71519)
79. Simandre (71522)
80. Simard (71523)
81. Sornay (71528)
82. Le Tartre (71534)
83. Thurey (71538)
84. Torpes (71541)
85. Tronchy (71548)
86. Varennes-Saint-Sauveur (71558)
87. Vérissey (71568)
88. Vincelles (71580)

History

The arrondissement of Louhans was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1942.^[4] In January 2017 it gained seven communes from the arrondissement of Chalon-sur-Saône and two communes from the arrondissement of Mâcon.^[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 Louhans were, as of January 2015:^[6]

1. Beaurepaire-en-Bresse
2. Cuiseaux
3. Cuisery
4. Louhans
5. Montpont-en-Bresse
6. Montret
7. Pierre-de-Bresse
8. Saint-Germain-du-Bois