Arrondissement of Angoulême
Angoulême | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Charente |
No. of communes | 115 |
Prefecture | Angoulême |
Area | 1,867.6 km2 (721.1 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 181,745 |
INSEE code | 161 |
The arrondissement of Angoulême is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Angoulême.
History
[change | change source]When the Charente department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Angoulême was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Angoulême is the second largest arrondissement of the department with an area of 2,217.1 km2 (856.0 sq mi).[3] It has 197,377 inhabitants and a density of 89.0 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Angoulême is in southeastern Charente and is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Confolens, to the east and south by the Dordogne department, and to the west by the arrondissement of Cognac.
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 Angoulême, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Boixe-et-Manslois, Charente-Sud, Tude-et-Lavalette and Val de Nouère. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angoulême | Cognac | Confolens | |||
1601 | Angoulême-1 | 1 + part of Angoulême | 1 + part of Angoulême | ||
1602 | Angoulême-2 | 1 + part of Angoulême | 1 + part of Angoulême | ||
1603 | Angoulême-3 | 1 + part of Angoulême | 1 + part of Angoulême | ||
1604 | Boëme-Échelle | 13 | 13 | ||
1605 | Boixe-et-Manslois | 15 | 26 | 41 | |
1609 | Charente-Sud | 11 | 35 | 46 | |
1613 | La Couronne | 4 | 4 | ||
1614 | Gond-Pontouvre | 4 | 4 | ||
1616 | Touvre-et-Braconne | 6 | 6 | ||
1617 | Tude-et-Lavalette | 54 | 2 | 56 | |
1618 | Val de Nouère | 14 | 16 | 30 | |
1619 | Val de Tardoire | 28 | 1 | 29 |
Communes
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Angoulême has 117 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]
- Agris (16003)
- Angoulême (16015)
- Asnières-sur-Nouère (16019)
- Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (16020)
- Balzac (16026)
- Bardenac (16029)
- Bazac (16034)
- Bellon (16037)
- Bessac (16041)
- Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard (16047)
- Bonnes (16049)
- Bors (16052)
- Bouëx (16055)
- Brie (16061)
- Brie-sous-Chalais (16063)
- Bunzac (16067)
- Chadurie (16072)
- Chalais (16073)
- Champniers (16078)
- Boisné-La Tude (16082)
- Charras (16084)
- Châtignac (16091)
- Chazelles (16093)
- Claix (16101)
- Combiers (16103)
- Coulgens (16107)
- Courgeac (16111)
- Courlac (16112)
- La Couronne (16113)
- Curac (16117)
- Deviat (16118)
- Dignac (16119)
- Dirac (16120)
- Écuras (16124)
- Édon (16125)
- Les Essards (16130)
- Eymouthiers (16135)
- Feuillade (16137)
- Fléac (16138)
- Fouquebrune (16143)
- Garat (16146)
- Gardes-le-Pontaroux (16147)
- Gond-Pontouvre (16154)
- Grassac (16158)
- Gurat (16162)
- L’Isle-d'Espagnac (16166)
- Jauldes (16168)
- Juignac (16170)
- Laprade (16180)
- Linars (16187)
- Magnac-Lavalette-Villars (16198)
- Magnac-sur-Touvre (16199)
- Mainzac (16203)
- Marillac-le-Franc (16209)
- Marsac (16210)
- Marthon (16211)
- Médillac (16215)
- Montboyer (16222)
- Montbron (16223)
- Montignac-le-Coq (16227)
- Montmoreau (16230)
- Mornac (16232)
- Mouthiers-sur-Boëme (16236)
- Nabinaud (16240)
- Nersac (16244)
- Nonac (16246)
- Orgedeuil (16250)
- Orival (16252)
- Palluaud (16254)
- Pillac (16260)
- Plassac-Rouffiac (16263)
- Poullignac (16267)
- Pranzac (16269)
- Puymoyen (16271)
- Rancogne (16274)
- Rioux-Martin (16279)
- Rivières (16280)
- La Rochefoucauld (16281)
- La Rochette (16282)
- Ronsenac (16283)
- Rouffiac (16284)
- Rougnac (16285)
- Roullet-Saint-Estèphe (16287)
- Rouzède (16290)
- Ruelle-sur-Touvre (16291)
- Saint-Adjutory (16293)
- Saint-Avit (16302)
- Saint-Germain-de-Montbron (16323)
- Saint-Laurent-des-Combes (16331)
- Saint-Martial (16334)
- Saint-Michel (16341)
- Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant (16344)
- Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais (16346)
- Saint-Romain (16347)
- Saint-Saturnin (16348)
- Saint-Séverin (16350)
- Saint-Sornin (16353)
- Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (16358)
- Salles-Lavalette (16362)
- Sers (16368)
- Sireuil (16370)
- Souffrignac (16372)
- Soyaux (16374)
- Taponnat-Fleurignac (16379)
- Torsac (16382)
- Touvre (16385)
- Trois-Palis (16388)
- Vaux-Lavalette (16394)
- Vilhonneur (16406)
- Villebois-Lavalette (16408)
- Vindelle (16415)
- Vœuil-et-Giget (16418)
- Voulgézac (16420)
- Vouthon (16421)
- Vouzan (16422)
- Yviers (16424)
- Yvrac-et-Malleyrand (16425)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
16015 | Angoulême | 41,955 | Angoulême-1, Angoulême-2 Angoulême-3 |
CA du Grand Angoulême |
16374 | Soyaux | 9,322 | Angoulême-3 | CA du Grand Angoulême |
16113 | La Couronne | 7,636 | La Couronne | CA du Grand Angoulême |
16291 | Ruelle-sur-Touvre | 7,292 | Touvre-et-Braconne | CA du Grand Angoulême |
16358 | Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente | 7,210 | Gond-Pontouvre | CA du Grand Angoulême |
16154 | Gond-Pontouvre | 5,907 | Gond-Pontouvre | CA du Grand Angoulême |
16166 | L’Isle-d'Espagnac | 5,412 | Angoulême-2 | CA du Grand Angoulême |
16078 | Champniers | 5,251 | Gond-Pontouvre | CA du Grand Angoulême |
16061 | Brie | 4,279 | Touvre-et-Braconne | CA du Grand Angoulême |
16287 | Roullet-Saint-Estèphe | 4,240 | Boëme-Echelle | CA du Grand Angoulême |
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 14 July 2016.
- ↑ "Arrondissement d'Angoulême (161)". 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 d'Angoulême (161)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 31 May 2017.