Arrondissement of Châteaubriant


The arrondissement of Châteaubriant is a former arrondissement of France in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region. In January 2017 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis. It had 53 communes, and its population was 126,603.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Châteaubriant, and their INSEE codes, were:
1. Abbaretz 2. Avessac 3. Blain 4. Bouvron
5. Casson 6. Châteaubriant 7. Conquereuil 8. Derval
9. Erbray 10. Fay-de-Bretagne 11. Fercé 12. Fégréac
13. Grand-Auverné 14. Guémené-Penfao 15. Héric 16. Issé
17. Jans 18. Juigné-des-Moutiers 19. La Chapelle-Glain 20. La Chevallerais
21. La Grigonnais 22. La Meilleraye-de-Bretagne 23. Le Gâvre 24. Les Touches
25. Louisfert 26. Lusanger 27. Marsac-sur-Don 28. Massérac
29. Moisdon-la-Rivière 30. Mouais 31. Nort-sur-Erdre 32. Notre-Dame-des-Landes
33. Noyal-sur-Brutz 34. Nozay 35. Petit-Auverné 36. Petit-Mars
37. Pierric 38. Plessé 39. Puceul 40. Rougé
41. Ruffigné 42. Saffré 43. Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux 44. Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes
45. Saint-Mars-du-Désert 46. Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon 47. Saint-Vincent-des-Landes 48. Sion-les-Mines
49. Soudan 50. Soulvache 51. Treffieux 52. Vay
53. Villepot

History

The arrondissement of Châteaubriant was created in 1800. It was disbanded in 2017. 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 Châteaubriant were, as of January 2015:
  1. Blain
  2. Châteaubriant
  3. Derval
  4. Guémené-Penfao
  5. Moisdon-la-Rivière
  6. Nort-sur-Erdre
  7. Nozay
  8. Rougé
  9. Saint-Julien-de-Vouvantes
  10. Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon