Arrondissement of Pithiviers

The arrondissement of Pithiviers is an arrondissement of France, in the Loir-et-Cher department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Pithiviers.
History.
When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the "arrondissement" of Pithiviers was part of that original department.
The "arrondissement" was eliminated in 1926 but it was made an "arrondissement" again in 1942.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Pithiviers is the most northern of the "arrondissements" of the Loiret department. It is the smallest "arrondissement" of the department, and the one with fewest people living in it, with 63,280 inhabitants.
It is bordered to the north by the Essonne department, to the east by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the southeast by the "arrondissement" of Montargis, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Orléans and to the west by the Eure-et-Loir department.
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".
The cantons in the arrondissement of Pithiviers are Malesherbes () and, partly, Pithiviers ().
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Pithiviers has 79 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: