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Arrondissement of Sens

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Country
  
France

Prefecture
  
Sens

Department
  
Yonne

Communes
  
106

Area
  
1,704 km²

Commune
  
106

Arrondissement of Sens

Region
  
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The Arrondissement of Sens is an arrondissement of France in the Yonne department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. It has 106 communes.

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Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Sens are:

  • Brienon-sur-Armançon (partly)
  • Charny (partly)
  • Gâtinais en Bourgogne
  • Joigny (partly)
  • Pont-sur-Yonne
  • Sens-1
  • Sens-2
  • Thorigny-sur-Oreuse
  • Villeneuve-sur-Yonne

    • Communes

    The communes of the arrondissement of Sens, and their INSEE codes, are:

    History

    The arrondissement of Sens was created in 1800. In 1926 it was expanded with part of the former arrondissement of Joigny (the former cantons of Cerisiers, Saint-Julien-du-Sault and Villeneuve-sur-Yonne). In the 1970s the cantons of Sens-Nord-Est, Sens-Ouest and Sens-Sud-Est were created from the former cantons of Sens-Nord and Sens-Sud.

    Before the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the cantons of the arrondissement of Sens were:

    1. Cerisiers
    2. Chéroy
    3. Pont-sur-Yonne
    4. Saint-Julien-du-Sault
    5. Sens-Nord-Est
    6. Sens-Ouest
    7. Sens-Sud-Est
    8. Sergines
    9. Villeneuve-l'Archevêque
    10. Villeneuve-sur-Yonne

    References

    Arrondissement of Sens Wikipedia
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