The arrondissement of Chambéry is an arrondissement of France.
It is part of the Savoie département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Chambéry.
Chambéry | |
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Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Savoie |
No. of communes | 151 |
Prefecture | Chambéry |
Area | 1,586.1 km2 (612.4 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019) | 281,576 |
INSEE code | 732 |
When the Savoie department was created in 1860, the arrondissement of Chambéry was part of that original department.
The arrondissement of Chambéry is bordered to the north by the Haute-Savoie department, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Albertville, to the east by the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, to the south and southwest by the Isère department, and to the west and northwest by the Ain department.
It is the most western of the arrondissements of the department and the smallest arrondissement with an area of 1,586.1 km2 (612.4 sq mi), but the one with more people living in it with 271,647 inhabitants and a density of 171.3 inhabitants/km².
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Chambéry there are 12 cantons:
The arrondissement of Chambéry has 155 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
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73065 | Chambéry | 59,490 | Chambéry-1, Chambéry-2 Chambéry-3 | CA Chambéry Métropole-Cœur des Bauges |
73008 | Aix-les-Bains | 30,291 | Aix-les-Bains-1, Aix-les-Bains-2 | CA du Lac du Bourget (Grand Lac) |
73179 | La Motte-Servolex | 11,726 | La Motte-Servolex | CA Chambéry Métropole-Cœur des Bauges |
73213 | La Ravoire | 8,032 | La Ravoire | CA Chambéry Métropole-Cœur des Bauges |
73087 | Cognin | 6,027 | Chambéry-3 | CA Chambéry Métropole-Cœur des Bauges |
73010 | Entrelacs | 5,920 | Aix-les-Bains-1 | CA du Lac du Bourget (Grand Lac) |
73222 | Saint-Alban-Leysse | 5,692 | Saint-Alban-Leysse | CA Chambéry Métropole-Cœur des Bauges |
73064 | Challes-les-Eaux | 5,229 | La Ravoire | CA Chambéry Métropole-Cœur des Bauges |
73029 | Barberaz | 4,617 | La Ravoire | CA Chambéry Métropole-Cœur des Bauges |
73051 | Le Bourget-du-Lac | 4,486 | La Motte-Servolex | CA du Lac du Bourget (Grand Lac) |
45°34′N 5°55′E / 45.567°N 5.917°E
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