Arrondissement of Pontivy
Pontivy | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Brittany | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Brittany |
| Department | Morbihan |
| No. of communes | 92 |
| Subprefecture | Pontivy |
Area | 2,944.6 km2 (1,136.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 156,187 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 562 |
The arrondissement of Pontivy is an arrondissement of France in the Morbihan department in the Brittany region. It has 92 communes.[2] Its population is 156,187 (2021), and its area is 2,944.6 km2 (1,136.9 sq mi).[3]
Composition
[edit]The communes of the arrondissement of Pontivy, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]
- Baud (56010)
- Berné (56014)
- Bignan (56017)
- Billio (56019)
- Bréhan (56024)
- Brignac (56025)
- Buléon (56027)
- Campénéac (56032)
- La Chapelle-Neuve (56039)
- Cléguérec (56041)
- Concoret (56043)
- Crédin (56047)
- Le Croisty (56048)
- La Croix-Helléan (56050)
- Cruguel (56051)
- Évellys (56144)
- Évriguet (56056)
- Le Faouët (56057)
- Forges de Lanouée (56102)
- Gourhel (56065)
- Gourin (56066)
- La Grée-Saint-Laurent (56068)
- Guégon (56070)
- Guéhenno (56071)
- Gueltas (56072)
- Guémené-sur-Scorff (56073)
- Guénin (56074)
- Guern (56076)
- Guillac (56079)
- Guilliers (56080)
- Guiscriff (56081)
- Helléan (56082)
- Josselin (56091)
- Kerfourn (56092)
- Kergrist (56093)
- Kernascléden (56264)
- Langoëlan (56099)
- Langonnet (56100)
- Lantillac (56103)
- Lanvénégen (56105)
- Lignol (56110)
- Locmalo (56113)
- Locminé (56117)
- Loyat (56122)
- Malguénac (56125)
- Mauron (56127)
- Melrand (56128)
- Ménéac (56129)
- Meslan (56131)
- Mohon (56134)
- Montertelot (56139)
- Moréac (56140)
- Moustoir-Ac (56141)
- Néant-sur-Yvel (56145)
- Neulliac (56146)
- Noyal-Pontivy (56151)
- Persquen (56156)
- Pleugriffet (56160)
- Ploërdut (56163)
- Ploërmel (56165)
- Plouray (56170)
- Plumelec (56172)
- Pluméliau-Bieuzy (56173)
- Plumelin (56174)
- Pontivy (56178)
- Priziac (56182)
- Radenac (56189)
- Réguiny (56190)
- Rohan (56198)
- Roudouallec (56199)
- Le Saint (56201)
- Saint-Aignan (56203)
- Saint-Allouestre (56204)
- Saint-Barthélemy (56207)
- Saint-Brieuc-de-Mauron (56208)
- Saint-Caradec-Trégomel (56210)
- Sainte-Brigitte (56209)
- Saint-Gérand-Croixanvec (56213)
- Saint-Gonnery (56215)
- Saint-Jean-Brévelay (56222)
- Saint-Léry (56225)
- Saint-Malo-des-Trois-Fontaines (56227)
- Saint-Servant (56236)
- Saint-Thuriau (56237)
- Saint-Tugdual (56238)
- Séglien (56242)
- Silfiac (56245)
- Le Sourn (56246)
- Taupont (56249)
- Tréhorenteuc (56256)
- La Trinité-Porhoët (56257)
- Val d'Oust (56197)
History
[edit]The arrondissement of Pontivy was created in 1800.[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Morbihan, it gained 21 communes from the arrondissement of Vannes.[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 Pontivy were, as of January 2015:[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Arrondissement de Pontivy (562)". INSEE. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2024". INSEE. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ Historique du Morbihan
- ^ "Arrêté préfectoral, 27 September 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ Populations légales 2012: 56 Morbihan, INSEE
