Arrondissement of Ancenis

Ancenis
Former arrondissement
Location within the department Loire-Atlantique
Location within the department Loire-Atlantique
CountryFrance
RegionPays de la Loire
DepartmentLoire-Atlantique
No. of communes24
Disbanded2017
SubprefectureAncenis
Area
785 km2 (303 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)
61,457
 • Density78/km2 (200/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Ancenis is a former arrondissement of France in the Loire-Atlantique department in the Pays de la Loire region. In January 2017 it was merged into the new arrondissement of Châteaubriant-Ancenis.[1] At the time of the merger, it had 24 communes.[1] Its population was 61,457 (2012).[2]

  1. ^ a b Décret n° 2016-1959 du 29 décembre 2016 portant suppression des arrondissements de Châteaubriant et d'Ancenis et création de l'arrondissement de Châteaubriant-Ancenis (département de la Loire-Atlantique)
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2012: 44 Loire-Atlantique" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2022.