- Arrondissement of Sens
French arrondissement
nomarr=Arrondissement of Sens
rég=Bourgogne
dépt=Yonne
nbca=10
nbco=108
cheflieu=Sous-préfecture
town=Sens
pop=103,860
year=1999
hect=
km²=1,704
dens=61
The Arrondissement of Sens is an arrondissement of France, located in the
Yonne "département", in theBourgogne "région". It has 10 cantons and 108 communes.Composition
Cantons
The cantons of the arrondissement of Sens are:
# Cerisiers
# Chéroy
# Pont-sur-Yonne
# Saint-Julien-du-Sault
# Sens-Nord-Est
# Sens-Ouest
# Sens-Sud-Est
# Sergines
# Villeneuve-l'Archevêque
# Villeneuve-sur-YonneCommunes
The communes of the arrondissement of Sens, and their
INSEE code s, are:History
1970s
The cantons of Sens-Nord-Est, Sens-Ouest and Sens-Sud-Est resulted from the reorganization of the old cantons of:
* Sens-Nord:
**Fontaine-la-Gaillarde , Maillot,Malay-le-Grand ,Malay-le-Petit , Noé, Passy, Rosoy "(commune supprimée)", Saint-Clément, Saligny,Sens (parts of the commune), Soucy,Vaumort andVéron .* Sens-Sud:
**Collemiers ,Cornant ,Courtois-sur-Yonne ,Égriselles-le-Bocage ,Étigny , Gron,Marsangy ,Nailly ,Paron , Saint-Denis,Saint-Martin-du-Tertre ,Sens (parts of the commune) and "(to be checked)" Subligny.Before 1926
From 1800 (year VIII on the
French Republican Calendar ) until 1926, the arrondissement included all the current cantons, except Cerisiers, Saint-Julien-du-Sault and Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, which were part of the old arrondissement of Joigny.External links
* [http://www.insee.fr/fr/nom_def_met/nomenclatures/cog/listeA.asp?TABLEZ=ARROND&code=893&nom=Yonne&tnccnom=1&numreg=26&numdep=89&numar=3&numct= Sens on French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies site (INSEE, in French)]
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