The arrondissement of Auxerre is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Yonne département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Auxerre.
History
When the Yonne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Auxerre was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Auxerre is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Sens, to the east by the arrondissement of Avallon, to the south by the Nièvre (Burgundy) department and to the west by the Loiret (Centre-Val de Loire) department.
It has an area of , the largest in area of the arrondissements of the department. It has 179,922 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 Auxerre, there are six cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
Communes
The arrondissement of Auxerre has 171 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Aigremont (89002) Andryes (89007) Appoigny (89013) Augy (89023) Auxerre (89024) Bassou (89029) Bazarnes (89030) Beaumont (89031) Beauvoir (89033) Beine (89034) Bellechaume (89035) Béru (89039) Bessy-sur-Cure (89040) Beugnon (89041) Bleigny-le-Carreau (89045) Bléneau (89046) Bonnard (89050) Branches (89053) Brienon-sur-Armançon (89055) Butteaux (89061) Carisey (89062) Chablis (89068) Chailley (89069) Champcevrais (89072) Champignelles (89073) Champlost (89076) Champs-sur-Yonne (89077) Chamvres (89079) La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne (89081) Charbuy (89083) Charentenay (89084) Charmoy (89085) Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye (89086) Chassy (89088) Chemilly-sur-Serein (89095) Chemilly-sur-Yonne (89096) Cheny (89099) Chéu (89101) Chevannes (89102) Chichée (89104) Chichery (89105) Chitry (89108) Coulangeron (89117) Coulanges-la-Vineuse (89118) Coulanges-sur-Yonne (89119) Courgis (89123) Courson-les-Carrières (89125) Crain (89129) Deux Rivières (89130) Diges (89139) Dracy (89147) Druyes-les-Belles-Fontaines (89148) Égleny (89150) Épineau-les-Voves (89152) Escamps (89154) Escolives-Sainte-Camille (89155) Esnon (89156) Étais-la-Sauvin (89158) La Ferté-Loupière (89163) Festigny (89164) Fleury-la-Vallée (89167) Fleys (89168) Fontaines (89173) Fontenay-près-Chablis (89175) Fontenay-sous-Fouronnes (89177) Fontenoy (89179) Fouronnes (89182) Germigny (89186) Gurgy (89198) Gy-l'Évêque (89199) Hauterive (89200) Héry (89201) Irancy (89202) Jaulges (89205) Jussy (89212) Lain (89215) Lainsecq (89216) Lalande (89217) Laroche-Saint-Cydroine (89218) Lasson (89219) Lavau (89220) Leugny (89221) Levis (89222) Lichères-près-Aigremont (89224) Lignorelles (89226) Ligny-le-Châtel (89227) Lindry (89228) Lucy-sur-Cure (89233) Lucy-sur-Yonne (89234) Mailly-la-Ville (89237) Mailly-le-Château (89238) Maligny (89242) Mercy (89249) Méré (89250) Merry-Sec (89252) Merry-la-Vallée (89251) Merry-Sec (89252) Mézilles (89254) Migé (89256) Migennes (89257) Monéteau (89263) Montholon (89003) Montigny-la-Resle (89265) Mont-Saint-Sulpice (89268) Mouffy (89270) Moulins-sur-Ouanne (89272) Moutiers-en-Puisaye (89273) Neuvy-Sautour (89276) Nitry (89277) Les Ormes (89281) Ormoy (89282) Ouanne (89283) Parly (89286) Paroy-en-Othe (89288) Percey (89292) Perrigny (89295) Poilly-sur-Serein (89303) Poilly-sur-Tholon (89304) Pontigny (89307) Pourrain (89311) Prégilbert (89314) Préhy (89315) Quenne (89319) Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses (89324) Ronchères (89325) Rouvray (89328) Sainpuits (89331) Saint-Bris-le-Vineux (89337) Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing (89340) Saint-Cyr-les-Colons (89341) Saint-Fargeau (89344) Saint-Florentin (89345) Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche (89346) Saint-Martin-des-Champs (89352) Saint-Maurice-le-Vieil (89360) Saint-Maurice-Thizouaille (89361) Sainte-Pallaye (89363) Saint-Privé (89365) Saints-en-Puisaye (89367) Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (89368) Seignelay (89382) Sementron (89383) Senan (89384) Sery (89394) Sommecaise (89397) Sormery (89398) Sougères-en-Puisaye (89400) Soumaintrain (89402) Les Hauts de Forterre (89405) Tannerre-en-Puisaye (89408) Thury (89416) Toucy (89419) Treigny (89420) Trucy-sur-Yonne (89424) Turny (89425) Val-de-Mercy (89426) Vallan (89427) Varennes (89430) Venizy (89436) Venouse (89437) Venoy (89438) Vergigny (89439) Vermenton (89441) Villefargeau (89453) Villeneuve-les-Genêts (89462) Villeneuve-Saint-Salves (89463) Villiers-Saint-Benoît (89472) Villiers-Vineux (89474) Villy (89477) Vincelles (89478) Vincelottes (89479)