Arrondissement of Rochefort
The arrondissement of Rochefort is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Rochefort.
Rochefort | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| No. of communes | 78 |
| Subprefecture | Rochefort |
| Area | 1,534.6 km2 (592.5 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 191,475 |
| INSEE code | 172 |
History change
When the Charente-Maritime department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Rochefort was part of that original department.[2]
Geography change
The arrondissement of Rochefort has an area of 1,527.5 square kilometres (589.8 square miles),[3] and a population of 187,843 inhabitants for a density of 123.0 inhabitants/km².[4]
Rochefort is in the northern half of the department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of La Rochelle, to the northeast by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the east by the arrondissements of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and Saintes. To the south is the upper part the Gironde estuary, the largest estuary of France, and the Atlantic Ocean is to the west.
Composition change
Cantons change
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 Rochefort, there are 12 cantons, some of them only partially. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonzac | Rochefort | La Rochelle | Saintes | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |||
| 1703 | Châtelaillon-Plage | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| 1704 | Île d'Oléron | 8 | 8 | ||||
| 1706 | La Jarrie | 2 | 12 | 14 | |||
| 1710 | Marennes | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 1713 | Rochefort | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1717 | Royan | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 1718 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 3 | 2 | 37 | 42 | ||
| 1721 | Saintonge Estuaire | 1 | 23 | 24 | |||
| 1722 | Saujon | 2 | 7 | 9 | |||
| 1723 | Surgères | 21 | 21 | ||||
| 1725 | Tonnay-Charente | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 1726 | La Tremblade | 9 | 9 | ||||
Communes change
The arrondissement of Rochefort has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
- Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis (17003)
- Île-d'Aix (17004)
- Anais (17007)
- Ardillières (17018)
- Arvert (17021)
- Ballon (17032)
- Beaugeay (17036)
- Bouhet (17057)
- Bourcefranc-le-Chapus (17058)
- Breuil-la-Réorte (17063)
- Breuillet (17064)
- Breuil-Magné (17065)
- Cabariot (17075)
- Chaillevette (17079)
- Chambon (17080)
- Champagne (17083)
- Le Château-d'Oléron (17093)
- Chervettes (17103)
- Ciré-d'Aunis (17107)
- Dolus-d'Oléron (17140)
- Échillais (17146)
- L’Éguille (17151)
- Étaules (17155)
- Forges (17166)
- Fouras (17168)
- Genouillé (17174)
- La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien (17184)
- Le Gua (17185)
- Hiers-Brouage (17189)
- Landrais (17203)
- Loire-les-Marais (17205)
- Lussant (17216)
- Marennes (17219)
- Marsais (17221)
- Les Mathes (17225)
- Meschers-sur-Gironde (17230)
- Moëze (17237)
- Moragne (17246)
- Mornac-sur-Seudre (17247)
- Muron (17253)
- Nieulle-sur-Seudre (17265)
- Péré (17272)
- Puyravault (17293)
- Rochefort (17299)
- Royan (17306)
- Saint-Agnant (17308)
- Saint-Augustin (17311)
- Saint-Coutant-le-Grand (17320)
- Saint-Crépin (17321)
- Saint-Denis-d'Oléron (17323)
- Saint-Froult (17329)
- Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (17333)
- Saint-Georges-d'Oléron (17337)
- Saint-Georges-du-Bois (17338)
- Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes (17340)
- Saint-Hippolyte (17346)
- Saint-Jean-d'Angle (17348)
- Saint-Just-Luzac (17351)
- Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière (17352)
- Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée (17353)
- Saint-Mard (17359)
- Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente (17375)
- Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (17380)
- Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly (17382)
- Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (17385)
- Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois (17394)
- Saint-Sornin (17406)
- Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (17409)
- Saint-Trojan-les-Bains (17411)
- Soubise (17429)
- Surgères (17434)
- Le Thou (17447)
- Tonnay-Charente (17449)
- La Tremblade (17452)
- Vandré (17457)
- Vaux-sur-Mer (17461)
- Vergeroux (17463)
- Virson (17480)
- Vouhé (17482)
- Port-des-Barques (17484)
- Le Grand-Village-Plage (17485)
- La Brée-les-Bains (17486)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17299 | Rochefort | 24,300 | Rochefort | CA Rochefort Océan |
| 17306 | Royan | 18,388 | Royan | CA Royan Atlantique |
| 17449 | Tonnay-Charente | 7,926 | Tonnay-Charente | CA Rochefort Océan |
| 17434 | Surgères | 6,713 | Surgères | Aunis Sud |
| 17385 | Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron | 6,694 | L’Île d'Oléron | L’Île d'Oléron |
| 17219 | Marennes | 5,672 | Marennes | Bassin de Marennes |
| 17333 | Saint-Georges-de-Didonne | 5,181 | Royan | CA Royan Atlantique |
| 17452 | La Tremblade | 4,792 | La Tremblade | CA Royan Atlantique |
| 17093 | Le Château-d'Oléron | 4,063 | L’Île d'Oléron | L’Île d'Oléron |
| 17168 | Fouras | 4,047 | Châtelaillon-Plage | CA Rochefort Océan |
Related pages change
References change
- ↑ "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-Maritime". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Rochefort (172)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 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 27 May 2017.
- ↑ Décret n° 2014-269 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente-Maritime
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Rochefort (172)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 May 2017.