Arrondissement of Montbrison

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| name=Montbrison

| image_skyline = D69 - Montbrison (42).JPG

| image_caption = Montbrison from the road coming from Saint-Bonnet le Courreau

| INSEE=421

| nbcomm=132

| prefecture=n

| seat=Montbrison

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| population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}}

| area=1943.2

| image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Montbrison 2019.png

| map_caption=Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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The arrondissement of Montbrison is located in the Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. It has 132 communes. Its population is 185,892 (2021), and its area is {{convert|1943.2|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/1405599?geo=ARR-421+ARR-422+ARR-423|title=Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2023|access-date=10 December 2024|publisher=INSEE}}

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Montbrison, and their INSEE codes, are:{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/7728806/dep42.pdf |title=Populations légales 2021: 42 Loire|date=December 2023|publisher=INSEE}}

Aboën (42001)
Ailleux (42002)
Apinac (42006)
Arthun (42009)
Aveizieux (42010)
Bard (42012)
Bellegarde-en-Forez (42013)
Boën-sur-Lignon (42019)
Boisset-lès-Montrond (42020)
Boisset-Saint-Priest (42021)
Bonson (42022)
Bussy-Albieux (42030)
Cervières (42034)
Cezay (42035)
Chalain-d'Uzore (42037)
Chalain-le-Comtal (42038)
Chalmazel-Jeansagnière (42039)
La Chamba (42040)
Chambéon (42041)
Chambles (42042)
Chambœuf (42043)
La Chambonie (42045)
Champdieu (42046)
La Chapelle-en-Lafaye (42050)
Châtelneuf (42054)
Châtelus (42055)
Chazelles-sur-Lavieu (42058)
Chazelles-sur-Lyon (42059)
Chenereilles (42060)
Chevrières (42062)
Civens (42065)
Cleppé (42066)
La Côte-Saint-Didier (42217)
Cottance (42073)
Craintilleux (42075)
Cuzieu (42081)
Écotay-l'Olme (42087)
Épercieux-Saint-Paul (42088)
Essertines-en-Châtelneuf (42089)
Essertines-en-Donzy (42090)
Estivareilles (42091)
Feurs (42094)
La Gimond (42100)
Grammond (42102)
Grézieux-le-Fromental (42105)
Gumières (42107)
L'Hôpital-le-Grand (42108)
Jas (42113)
Lavieu (42117)
Leigneux (42119)
Lérigneux (42121)
Lézigneux (42122)
Luriecq (42126)
Magneux-Haute-Rive (42130)
Marcilly-le-Châtel (42134)
Marclopt (42135)
Marcoux (42136)
Margerie-Chantagret (42137)
Maringes (42138)
Marols (42140)
Merle-Leignec (42142)
Mizérieux (42143)
Montarcher (42146)
Montbrison (42147)
Montchal (42148)
Montrond-les-Bains (42149)
Montverdun (42150)
Mornand-en-Forez (42151)
Nervieux (42155)
Noirétable (42159)
Palogneux (42164)
Panissières (42165)
Périgneux (42169)
Poncins (42174)
Pouilly-lès-Feurs (42175)
Pralong (42179)
Précieux (42180)
Rivas (42185)
Roche-en-Forez (42188)
Rozier-Côtes-d'Aurec (42192)
Rozier-en-Donzy (42193)
Sail-sous-Couzan (42195)
Saint-André-le-Puy (42200)
Saint-Barthélemy-Lestra (42202)
Saint-Bonnet-le-Château (42204)
Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau (42205)
Saint-Bonnet-les-Oules (42206)
Saint-Cyprien (42211)
Saint-Cyr-les-Vignes (42214)
Saint-Denis-sur-Coise (42216)
Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse (42197)
Sainte-Foy-Saint-Sulpice (42221)
Saint-Étienne-le-Molard (42219)
Saint-Galmier (42222)
Saint-Georges-en-Couzan (42227)
Saint-Georges-Haute-Ville (42228)
Saint-Hilaire-Cusson-la-Valmitte (42235)
Saint-Jean-la-Vêtre (42238)
Saint-Jean-Soleymieux (42240)
Saint-Just-en-Bas (42247)
Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (42279)
Saint-Laurent-la-Conche (42251)
Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez (42256)
Saint-Martin-Lestra (42261)
Saint-Maurice-en-Gourgois (42262)
Saint-Médard-en-Forez (42264)
Saint-Nizier-de-Fornas (42266)
Saint-Paul-d'Uzore (42269)
Saint-Priest-la-Vêtre (42278)
Saint-Romain-le-Puy (42285)
Saint-Sixte (42288)
Saint-Thomas-la-Garde (42290)
Les Salles (42295)
Salt-en-Donzy (42296)
Salvizinet (42297)
Sauvain (42298)
Savigneux (42299)
Soleymieux (42301)
Solore-en-Forez (42084)
Sury-le-Comtal (42304)
La Tourette (42312)
Trelins (42313)
Unias (42315)
Usson-en-Forez (42318)
Valeille (42319)
La Valla-sur-Rochefort (42321)
Veauche (42323)
Veauchette (42324)
Verrières-en-Forez (42328)
Vêtre-sur-Anzon (42245)
Viricelles (42335)
Virigneux (42336)

History

The arrondissement of Montbrison was created in 1800.[http://splaf.free.fr/42his.html Historique de la Loire] In January 2017 it lost the commune Andrézieux-Bouthéon to the arrondissement of Saint-Étienne.{{cite web|url=http://www.loire.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/arrete_du_prefet_de_la_region_auvergne-rhone-alpes.pdf|title=Arrêté préfectoral, 29 December 2016|access-date=2019-10-21|archive-date=2017-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113162802/http://www.loire.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/arrete_du_prefet_de_la_region_auvergne-rhone-alpes.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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 Montbrison were, as of January 2015:[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep42.pdf Populations légales 2012: 42 Loire], INSEE

References

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