Arrondissement of Belley


The arrondissement of Belley is an arrondissement of France in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 105 communes. Its population is 120,594, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Belley, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. L'Abergement-de-Varey
  2. Ambérieu-en-Bugey
  3. Ambléon
  4. Ambronay
  5. Ambutrix
  6. Andert-et-Condon
  7. Anglefort
  8. Aranc
  9. Arandas
  10. Arboys-en-Bugey
  11. Argis
  12. Armix
  13. Artemare
  14. Arvière-en-Valromey
  15. Belley
  16. Bénonces
  17. Béon
  18. Bettant
  19. Blyes
  20. Bourg-Saint-Christophe
  21. Brégnier-Cordon
  22. Brens
  23. Briord
  24. La Burbanche
  25. Ceyzérieu
  26. Chaley
  27. Champagne-en-Valromey
  28. Champdor-Corcelles
  29. Charnoz-sur-Ain
  30. Château-Gaillard
  31. Chazey-Bons
  32. Chazey-sur-Ain
  33. Cheignieu-la-Balme
  34. Cleyzieu
  35. Colomieu
  36. Conand
  37. Contrevoz
  38. Conzieu
  39. Corbonod
  40. Corlier
  41. Cressin-Rochefort
  42. Culoz
  43. Cuzieu
  44. Douvres
  45. Évosges
  46. Faramans
  47. Flaxieu
  48. Groslée-Saint-Benoît
  49. Haut-Valromey
  50. Innimond
  51. Izieu
  52. Joyeux
  53. Lagnieu
  54. Lavours
  55. Leyment
  56. Lhuis
  57. Lompnas
  58. Loyettes
  59. Magnieu
  60. Marchamp
  61. Marignieu
  62. Massignieu-de-Rives
  63. Meximieux
  64. Montagnieu
  65. Le Montellier
  66. Murs-et-Gélignieux
  67. Nivollet-Montgriffon
  68. Oncieu
  69. Ordonnaz
  70. Parves-et-Nattages
  71. Pérouges
  72. Peyrieu
  73. Plateau d'Hauteville
  74. Pollieu
  75. Prémeyzel
  76. Prémillieu
  77. Rignieux-le-Franc
  78. Rossillon
  79. Ruffieu
  80. Saint-Denis-en-Bugey
  81. Sainte-Julie
  82. Saint-Éloi
  83. Saint-Germain-les-Paroisses
  84. Saint-Jean-de-Niost
  85. Saint-Martin-de-Bavel
  86. Saint-Maurice-de-Gourdans
  87. Saint-Maurice-de-Rémens
  88. Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
  89. Saint-Sorlin-en-Bugey
  90. Saint-Vulbas
  91. Sault-Brénaz
  92. Seillonnaz
  93. Serrières-de-Briord
  94. Seyssel
  95. Souclin
  96. Talissieu
  97. Tenay
  98. Torcieu
  99. Valromey-sur-Séran
  100. Vaux-en-Bugey
  101. Villebois
  102. Villieu-Loyes-Mollon
  103. Virieu-le-Grand
  104. Virignin
  105. Vongnes

    History

The arrondissement of Belley was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Ain, it received 12 communes from the arrondissement of Bourg-en-Bresse and one from the arrondissement of Nantua, and it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Nantua.
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 Belley were, as of January 2015:
  1. Ambérieu-en-Bugey
  2. Belley
  3. Champagne-en-Valromey
  4. Hauteville-Lompnes
  5. Lagnieu
  6. Lhuis
  7. Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
  8. Seyssel
  9. Virieu-le-Grand