Arrondissement of La Châtre


The arrondissement of La Châtre is an arrondissement of France in the Indre department in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 51 communes. Its population is 28,433, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of La Châtre, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Aigurande
  2. La Berthenoux
  3. Briantes
  4. La Buxerette
  5. Buxières-d'Aillac
  6. Champillet
  7. Chassignolles
  8. La Châtre
  9. Cluis
  10. Crevant
  11. Crozon-sur-Vauvre
  12. Feusines
  13. Fougerolles
  14. Gournay
  15. Lacs
  16. Lignerolles
  17. Lourdoueix-Saint-Michel
  18. Lourouer-Saint-Laurent
  19. Lys-Saint-Georges
  20. Le Magny
  21. Maillet
  22. Malicornay
  23. Mers-sur-Indre
  24. Montchevrier
  25. Montgivray
  26. Montipouret
  27. Montlevicq
  28. La Motte-Feuilly
  29. Mouhers
  30. Néret
  31. Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre
  32. Nohant-Vic
  33. Orsennes
  34. Pérassay
  35. Pouligny-Notre-Dame
  36. Pouligny-Saint-Martin
  37. Saint-Août
  38. Saint-Chartier
  39. Saint-Christophe-en-Boucherie
  40. Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet
  41. Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre
  42. Saint-Plantaire
  43. Sarzay
  44. Sazeray
  45. Thevet-Saint-Julien
  46. Tranzault
  47. Urciers
  48. Verneuil-sur-Igneraie
  49. Vicq-Exemplet
  50. Vigoulant
  51. Vijon

    History

The arrondissement of La Châtre was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Indre, it gained one commune from the arrondissement of Châteauroux, and it lost eight communes to the arrondissement of Châteauroux.
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 La Châtre were, as of January 2015:
  1. Aigurande
  2. La Châtre
  3. Éguzon-Chantôme
  4. Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre
  5. Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre