The arrondissement of Château-Thierry was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1942.[4] At the January 2017 reorganization of the arrondissements of Aisne, it lost 10 communes to the arrondissement of Soissons.[5]
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 Château-Thierry were, as of January 2015:[6]