The 3 arrondissements of the Sarthe department are: [1]
In 1800 the arrondissements of Le Mans, La Flèche, Mamers and Saint-Calais were established. The arrondissement of Saint-Calais was disbanded in 1926. [4] In February 2006 the arrondissement of Le Mans lost the five cantons of La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Château-du-Loir, Le Grand-Lucé, Loué and La Suze-sur-Sarthe to the arrondissement of La Flèche, and the six cantons of Bouloire, Conlie, Montfort-le-Gesnois, Saint-Calais, Sillé-le-Guillaume and Vibraye to the arrondissement of Mamers. [4] [5] In August 2012 the commune Champagné passed from the arrondissement of Mamers to the arrondissement of Le Mans, and the communes Beaufay, Courcemont and Savigné-l'Évêque passed from the arrondissement of Le Mans to the arrondissement of Mamers. [6]
The 7 arrondissements of the Pas-de-Calais department are:
The arrondissement of Béthune is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 104 communes. Its population is 293,991 (2016), and its area is 707.4 km2 (273.1 sq mi).
The 5 arrondissements of the Seine-et-Marne department are:
The arrondissement of Torcy is an arrondissement of France in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region. It has 43 communes. Its population is 432,090 (2016), and its area is 354.8 km2 (137.0 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Blois is an arrondissement (district) of France in the Loir-et-Cher department in the region of Centre-Val de Loire. It has 93 communes. Its population is 150,805 (2016), and its area is 1,950.2 km2 (753.0 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Vendôme is an arrondissement of France in the Loir-et-Cher departement in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 100 communes. Its population is 69,819 (2016), and its area is 1,722.3 km2 (665.0 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay is an arrondissement of France in the Loir-et-Cher department, in the Centre-Val de Loire region. It has 74 communes. Its population is 112,145 (2016), and its area is 2,670.9 km2 (1,031.2 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Alençon is an arrondissement of France in the Orne department in the Normandy region. It has 111 communes. Its population is 86,907 (2016), and its area is 1,548.5 km2 (597.9 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 74 communes. Its population is 159,748 (2016), and its area is 633.7 km2 (244.7 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Saint-Omer is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 89 communes. Its population is 129,608 (2016), and its area is 813.0 km2 (313.9 sq mi).
The Arrondissement of Calais is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 52 communes. Its population is 158,492 (2016), and its area is 593.4 km2 (229.1 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Angers is an arrondissement of France in the Maine-et-Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 66 communes. Its population is 380,215 (2016), and its area is 1,740.7 km2 (672.1 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Cholet is an arrondissement of France in the Maine-et-Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 32 communes. Its population is 224,581 (2016), and its area is 2,102.5 km2 (811.8 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Segré is an arrondissement of France in the Maine-et-Loire department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 27 communes. Its population is 70,805 (2016), and its area is 1,295.5 km2 (500.2 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Mayenne is an arrondissement of France in the Mayenne department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 132 communes. Its population is 120,982 (2016), and its area is 2,961.8 km2 (1,143.6 sq mi).
The arrondissement of La Flèche is an arrondissement of France in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 118 communes. Its population is 152,008 (2016), and its area is 2,521.4 km2 (973.5 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Mamers is an arrondissement of France in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 191 communes. Its population is 150,238 (2016), and its area is 2,904.9 km2 (1,121.6 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Le Mans is an arrondissement of France in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region. It has 45 communes. Its population is 262,997 (2016), and its area is 779.7 km2 (301.0 sq mi).
The arrondissement of Bressuire is an arrondissement of France in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 57 communes. Its population is 109,393 (2016), and its area is 1,938.9 km2 (748.6 sq mi).
The following is a list of the 21 cantons of the Sarthe department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: