Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc
The arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gironde département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Lesparre-Médoc.
Lesparre-Médoc | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Gironde |
| No. of communes | 49 |
| Subprefecture | Lesparre-Médoc |
| Area | 2,274.4 km2 (878.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | 89,098 |
| INSEE code | 334 |
History
changeWhen the Gironde department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc was part of that original department, with the name of Arrondissement of Lesparre.[1]
The arrondissement was dissolved on September 1926 but it was again an arrondissement on June 1942 but with the name of Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc.[1]
Geography
changeThe arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc is in the northwest of Gironde, with an area of 2,274.4 km2 (878 sq mi),[2] the second largest, after the arrondissement of Langon, of the arrondissements of the department. It has 86,560 inhabitants and a population density of 38.1 inhabitants/km².[3]
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Charente-Maritime department, to the east by the arrondissements of Blaye, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Bordeaux, to the south by the arrondissement of Arcachon and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Biscay).
Composition
changeCantons
changeAfter the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc, there are only two cantons:
- Le Nord-Médoc, with 29 communes, all in the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc;
- Le Sud-Médoc, with 22 communes in the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc and 1 commune in the arrondissement of Bordeaux
Communes
changeThe arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc has 50 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]
- Arcins (33010)
- Arsac (33012)
- Avensan (33022)
- Bégadan (33038)
- Blaignan (33055)
- Brach (33070)
- Carcans (33097)
- Castelnau-de-Médoc (33104)
- Cissac-Médoc (33125)
- Civrac-en-Médoc (33128)
- Couquèques (33134)
- Cussac-Fort-Médoc (33146)
- Gaillan-en-Médoc (33177)
- Grayan-et-l'Hôpital (33193)
- Hourtin (33203)
- Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac (33208)
- Labarde (33211)
- Lacanau (33214)
- Lamarque (33220)
- Lesparre-Médoc (33240)
- Listrac-Médoc (33248)
- Margaux-Cantenac (33268)
- Moulis-en-Médoc (33297)
- Naujac-sur-Mer (33300)
- Ordonnac (33309)
- Pauillac (33314)
- Le Porge (33333)
- Prignac-en-Médoc (33338)
- Queyrac (33348)
- Saint-Christoly-Médoc (33383)
- Saint-Estèphe (33395)
- Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil (33412)
- Saint-Julien-Beychevelle (33423)
- Saint-Laurent-Médoc (33424)
- Saint-Sauveur (33471)
- Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne (33476)
- Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc (33490)
- Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc (33493)
- Sainte-Hélène (33417)
- Salaunes (33494)
- Saumos (33503)
- Soulac-sur-Mer (33514)
- Soussans (33517)
- Talais (33521)
- Le Temple (33528)
- Valeyrac (33538)
- Vendays-Montalivet (33540)
- Vensac (33541)
- Le Verdon-sur-Mer (33544)
- Vertheuil (33545)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33240 | Lesparre-Médoc | 5,604 | Le Nord-Médoc | Médoc Cœur de Presqu'ile |
| 33314 | Pauillac | 4,924 | Le Nord-Médoc | Médoc Cœur de Presqu'ile |
| 33214 | Lacanau | 4,552 | Le Sud-Médoc | Médoc Atlantique |
| 33424 | Saint-Laurent-Médoc | 4,517 | Le Sud-Médoc | Médoc Cœur de Presqu'ile |
| 33104 | Castelnau-de-Médoc | 4,356 | Le Sud-Médoc | Médullienne |
| 33203 | Hourtin | 3,432 | Le Sud-Médoc | Médoc Atlantique |
| 33012 | Arsac | 3,347 | Le Sud-Médoc | Médoc Estuaire |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Historique de la Gironde". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Lesparre-Médoc (334)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-192 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Gironde" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Lesparre-Médoc (334)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 16 May 2017.