What is Arrondissement of Blois?
{{Infobox French subdivision | type = arr | name=Blois | INSEE=411 | nbcomm=93 | prefecture=y | seat=[[Blois]] | population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}} | population_as_of = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}} | population_footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes2}} | area=1950.2 | image_map=Locator map of Arrondissement Blois 2019.png | map_caption=Location within the region Centre-Val de Loire }} The '''arrondissement of Blois''' is an [[Arrondissements of France|arrondissement]] of France, in the [[Loir-et-Cher]] [[Departments of France|department]] of the [[Centre-Val de Loire]] [[Regions of France|region]]. Its [[Capital city|capital]] is the city of [[Blois]]. ==History== When the Loir-et-Cher department was created on 1800, the ''arrondissement'' of Blois was part of that original department.<ref name=splaf>{{cite web |url=http://splaf.free.fr/41his.html |title=Historique de Loir-et-Cher |work=Le SPLAF |language=fr |access-date=8 August 2017 }}</ref> ==Geography== The ''arrondissement'' of Blois is a central ''arrondissement'' in the Loir-et-Cher department. It is the second largest ''arrondissement'' of the department, {{Convert|2238.9|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, but it is the one with more people living in it, with 173,125 inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by the [[Eure-et-Loir]] department, to the northeast by the [[Loiret]] department, to the east and south by the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Romorantin-Lanthenay|Romorantin-Lanthenay]], to the west by the [[Indre-et-Loire]] department and to the northwest by the ''arrondissement'' of [[Arrondissement of Vendôme|Vendôme]]. ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028655828 |title= Décret n° 2014-213 du 21 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de Loir-et-Cher |publisher=Legifrance.gouv.fr |language=fr |access-date=8 Aug