The arrondissement of Soissons is an arrondissement of France, in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France region.
Its capital is the city of Soissons.
Soissons | |
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Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Aisne |
No. of communes | 165 |
Subprefecture | Soissons |
Area | 1,342.3 km2 (518.3 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019) | 107,600 |
INSEE code | 024 |
When the Aisne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Soissons was part of that original department.
The arrondissement of Soissons is in the central part of the Aisne department. It is bordered to the north by the Laon arrondissement, to the east by the Marne department, to the south by the Château-Thierry arrondissement and to the west by the Oise department.
The arrondissement of Soissons has an area of 1,242.8 square kilometres (479.8 square miles) and a population of 103,840 inhabitants.
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.
The cantons of the arrondissement of Soissons are:
The arrondissement of Soissons has 166 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
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02722 | Soissons | 28,290 | Soissons-1, Soissons-2 | CA du Soissonnais |
02810 | Villers-Cotterêts | 10,892 | Villers-Cotterêts | Retz-en-Valois |
02064 | Belleu | 3,820 | Soissons-2 | CA du Soissonnais |
02243 | Crouy | 2,857 | Soissons-1 | CA du Soissonnais |
02805 | Villeneuve-Saint-Germain | 2,512 | Soissons-1 | CA du Soissonnais |
02110 | Braine | 2,267 | Fère-en-Tardenois | Val de l'Aisne |
02758 | Vailly-sur-Aisne | 2,018 | Fère-en-Tardenois | Val de l'Aisne |
02131 | Bucy-le-Long | 1,904 | Fère-en-Tardenois | Val de l'Aisne |
02245 | Cuffies | 1,810 | Soissons-1 | CA du Soissonnais |
02226 | Courmelles | 1,786 | Soissons-2 | CA du Soissonnais |
49°23′N 3°19′E / 49.383°N 3.317°E
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