Arrondissement of Confolens
Confolens | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente |
| No. of communes | 141 |
| Subprefecture | Confolens |
| Area | 2,417.6 km2 (933.4 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 71,102 |
| INSEE code | 163 |
The arrondissement of Confolens is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Confolens.
History
[change | change source]When the Charente department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Confolens was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Confolens is the largest arrondissement of the department with an area of 2,267.7 km2 (875.6 sq mi).[3] It has 64,252 inhabitants and a density of 28.3 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Confolens is in northern Charente and is bordered to the northwest by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the north by the Vienne department, to the east and southeast by the Haute-Vienne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Angoulême, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Cognac, to the west by the Charente-Maritime department.
It has a small border with the Dordogne department to the southeast.
Composition
[change | change source]Cantons
[change | change source]After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Confolens, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Boixe-et-Manslois and Val de Tardoire. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angoulême | Cognac | Confolens | |||
| 1605 | Boixe-et-Manslois | 15 | 26 | 41 | |
| 1606 | Charente-Bonnieure | 34 | 34 | ||
| 1608 | Charente-Nord | 49 | 49 | ||
| 1610 | Charente-Vienne | 29 | 29 | ||
| 1619 | Val de Tardoire | 28 | 1 | 29 | |
Communes
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Confolens has 150 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]
- Abzac (16001)
- Les Adjots (16002)
- Aigre (16005)
- Alloue (16007)
- Ambérac (16008)
- Ambernac (16009)
- Anais (16011)
- Ansac-sur-Vienne (16016)
- Aunac-sur-Charente (16023)
- Aussac-Vadalle (16024)
- Barbezières (16027)
- Barro (16031)
- Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette (16035)
- Benest (16038)
- Bernac (16039)
- Bessé (16042)
- Bioussac (16044)
- Le Bouchage (16054)
- Brettes (16059)
- Brigueuil (16064)
- Brillac (16065)
- Cellefrouin (16068)
- Cellettes (16069)
- Chabanais (16070)
- Chabrac (16071)
- Champagne-Mouton (16076)
- La Chapelle (16081)
- Charmé (16083)
- Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure (16085)
- Chassenon (16086)
- Chassiecq (16087)
- Chenon (16095)
- Cherves-Châtelars (16096)
- La Chèvrerie (16098)
- Chirac (16100)
- Condac (16104)
- Confolens (16106)
- Coulonges (16108)
- Courcôme (16110)
- Couture (16114)
- Ébréon (16122)
- Empuré (16127)
- Épenède (16128)
- Esse (16131)
- Étagnac (16132)
- Exideuil (16134)
- La Faye (16136)
- Fontclaireau (16140)
- Fontenille (16141)
- La Forêt-de-Tessé (16142)
- Fouqueure (16144)
- Genouillac (16149)
- Les Gours (16155)
- Le Grand-Madieu (16157)
- Hiesse (16164)
- Juillé (16173)
- Lessac (16181)
- Lesterps (16182)
- Lésignac-Durand (16183)
- Lichères (16184)
- Ligné (16185)
- Le Lindois (16188)
- Londigny (16189)
- Longré (16190)
- Lonnes (16191)
- Roumazières-Loubert (16192)
- Lupsault (16194)
- Lussac (16195)
- Luxé (16196)
- La Magdeleine (16197)
- Maine-de-Boixe (16200)
- Manot (16205)
- Mansle (16206)
- Massignac (16212)
- Mazerolles (16213)
- Mazières (16214)
- Montembœuf (16225)
- Montignac-Charente (16226)
- Montjean (16229)
- Montrollet (16231)
- Mouton (16237)
- Moutonneau (16238)
- Mouzon (16239)
- Nanclars (16241)
- Nanteuil-en-Vallée (16242)
- Nieuil (16245)
- Oradour (16248)
- Oradour-Fanais (16249)
- Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie (16253)
- Parzac (16255)
- La Péruse (16259)
- Les Pins (16261)
- Pleuville (16264)
- Poursac (16268)
- Pressignac (16270)
- Puyréaux (16272)
- Raix (16273)
- Ranville-Breuillaud (16275)
- Roussines (16289)
- Ruffec (16292)
- Saint-Amant-de-Boixe (16295)
- Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure (16296)
- Saint-Angeau (16300)
- Saint-Christophe (16306)
- Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure (16307)
- Saint-Claud (16308)
- Sainte-Colombe (16309)
- Saint-Coutant (16310)
- Saint-Fraigne (16317)
- Saint-Front (16318)
- Saint-Georges (16321)
- Saint-Gourson (16325)
- Saint-Groux (16326)
- Saint-Laurent-de-Céris (16329)
- Saint-Martin-du-Clocher (16335)
- Saint-Mary (16336)
- Saint-Maurice-des-Lions (16337)
- Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente (16345)
- Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec (16356)
- Salles-de-Villefagnan (16361)
- Saulgond (16363)
- Sauvagnac (16364)
- Souvigné (16373)
- Suaux (16375)
- Suris (16376)
- La Tâche (16377)
- Taizé-Aizie (16378)
- Theil-Rabier (16381)
- Tourriers (16383)
- Turgon (16389)
- Tusson (16390)
- Tuzie (16391)
- Valence (16392)
- Vars (16393)
- Ventouse (16396)
- Verdille (16397)
- Verneuil (16398)
- Verteuil-sur-Charente (16400)
- Vervant (16401)
- Le Vieux-Cérier (16403)
- Vieux-Ruffec (16404)
- Villefagnan (16409)
- Villegats (16410)
- Villejésus (16411)
- Villejoubert (16412)
- Villiers-le-Roux (16413)
- Villognon (16414)
- Vitrac-Saint-Vincent (16416)
- Vouharte (16419)
- Xambes (16423)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16292 | Ruffec | 3,477 | Charente-Nord | Val de Charente |
| 16085 | Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure | 3,039 | Charente-Bonnieure | Charente Limousine |
| 16106 | Confolens | 2,728 | Charente-Vienne | Charente Limousine |
| 16192 | Roumazières-Loubert | 2,505 | Charente-Bonnieure | Charente Limousine |
| 16070 | Chabanais | 1,693 | Charente-Vienne | Charente Limousine |
| 16206 | Mansle | 1,639 | Boixe-et-Manslois | Cœur de Charente |
| 16242 | Nanteuil-en-Vallée | 1,365 | Charente-Nord | Val de Charente |
| 16005 | Aigre | 1,093 | Charente-Nord | Cœur de Charente |
| 16308 | Saint-Claud | 1,091 | Charente-Bonnieure | Charente Limousine |
| 16064 | Brigueuil | 1,061 | Charente-Vienne | Charente Limousine |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique de la Charente". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Confolens (163)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-195 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Confolens (163)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 31 May 2017.