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 the Bourgogne "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-Yonne

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Sens, and their INSEE codes, 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 and Véron.

* 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)]