Arrondissement of Montluçon

The arrondissement of Montluçon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Allier "département". Its capital is the city of Montluçon, a subprefecture of the department.
History.
On 4 March 1790, with the establishment of the department of Allier, Montluçon was one of the districts of the department. With the establishment of the "arrondissements" on 17 February 1800, Montluçon was one of the original "arrondissements".
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Montluçon is bordered to the north by the Cher (Centre-Val de Loire region) department, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Moulins, to the southeast by the "arrondissement" of Vichy, to the south by the Puy-de-Dôme department and to the west by the Creuse (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region) department.
It is the westernmost of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the second largest in area of the department. It has 114,756 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
Composition.
Cantons.
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 Montluçon, there are 6 cantons whose "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Commentry, Huriel, Montluçon-1, Montluçon-2, Montluçon-3 and Montluçon-4 as can be seen in the following table:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Montluçon has 89 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: