Arrondissements of the Allier department

The 3 arrondissements of the Allier department are:

1. Arrondissement of Montluçon, (subprefecture: Montluçon) with 106 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 123,162 in 1990, and was 117,852 in 1999, a decrease of 4.31%.
2. Arrondissement of Moulins, (prefecture of the Allier department: Moulins) with 111 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 110,475 in 1990, and was 106,705 in 1999, a decrease of 3.41%.
3. Arrondissement of Vichy, (subprefecture: Vichy) with 103 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 124,073 in 1990, and was 120,164 in 1999, a decrease of 3.15%.

History

At the creation of arrondissements, in 1800, there were four arrondissements in the Allier. In 1926, the arrondissement of Gannat was suppressed. In 1942, the capital of the arrondissement of Lapalisse was transferred to Vichy, then capital of the French State.

Arrondissements of France by department Ain Aisne Allier Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-Maritimes Ardèche Ardennes Ariège Aube Aude Aveyron Bas-Rhin Bouches-du-Rhône Calvados Cantal Charente Charente-Maritime Cher Corrèze Corse-du-Sud Côte-d'Or Côtes-d'Armor Creuse Deux-Sèvres Dordogne Doubs Drôme Essonne Eure Eure-et-Loir Finistère Gard Gers Gironde Guadeloupe Guyane Haute-Corse Haute-Garonne Haute-Loire Haute-Marne Haute-Savoie Haute-Saône Hautes-Alpes Hautes-Pyrénées Haute-Vienne Haut-Rhin Hauts-de-Seine Hérault Ille-et-Vilaine Indre Indre-et-Loire Isère Jura Landes Loir-et-Cher Loire Loire-Atlantique Loiret Lot Lot-et-Garonne Lozère Maine-et-Loire Lyon Manche Marne Martinique Mayenne Meurthe-et-Moselle Meuse Morbihan Moselle Nièvre Nord Oise Orne Paris Pas-de-Calais Puy-de-Dôme Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Orientales Réunion Rhône Saône-et-Loire Sarthe Savoie Seine-et-Marne Seine-Maritime Seine-Saint-Denis Somme Tarn Tarn-et-Garonne Territoire de Belfort Val-de-Marne Val-d'Oise Var Vaucluse Vendée Vienne Vosges Yonne Yvelines