When the Loiret department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Montargis was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
The arrondissement of Montargis is the most eastern of the arrondissements of the Loiret department. It is the second largest arrondissement of the department, 2,631.3 km2 (1,016.0 sq mi) and the second in population with 170,781 inhabitants.
It is bordered to the north by the Seine-et-Marne department, to the east by the Yonne department, to the southeast by the Nièvre department, to the south by the Cher department, to the west by the arrondissement of Orléans and to the northwest by the arrondissement of Pithiviers.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
The cantons in the arrondissement of Montargis are: