The 4 arrondissements of the Nièvre department are:[1] In 1800 the arrondissements of Nevers, Château-Chinon, Clamecy and Cosne were established.
The arrondissement of Cosne was disbanded in 1926, and restored in 1943.
[2] The borders of the arrondissements of Nièvre were modified in January 2017:[3]