Arrondissement of Angoulême

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.

Angoulême
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
No. of communes115
PrefectureAngoulême
Area
1,867.6 km2 (721.1 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
181,745
INSEE code161

History

When the Charente department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Angoulême was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

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

Cantons

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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Angoulême
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
AngoulêmeCognacConfolens
1601Angoulême-11 + part of Angoulême1 + part of Angoulême
1602Angoulême-21 + part of Angoulême1 + part of Angoulême
1603Angoulême-31 + part of Angoulême1 + part of Angoulême
1604Boëme-Échelle1313
1605Boixe-et-Manslois152641
1609Charente-Sud113546
1613La Couronne44
1614Gond-Pontouvre44
1616Touvre-et-Braconne66
1617Tude-et-Lavalette54256
1618Val de Nouère141630
1619Val de Tardoire28129

Communes

The arrondissement of Angoulême has 117 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]

  1. Agris (16003)
  2. Angoulême (16015)
  3. Asnières-sur-Nouère (16019)
  4. Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (16020)
  5. Balzac (16026)
  6. Bardenac (16029)
  7. Bazac (16034)
  8. Bellon (16037)
  9. Bessac (16041)
  10. Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard (16047)
  11. Bonnes (16049)
  12. Bors (16052)
  13. Bouëx (16055)
  14. Brie (16061)
  15. Brie-sous-Chalais (16063)
  16. Bunzac (16067)
  17. Chadurie (16072)
  18. Chalais (16073)
  19. Champniers (16078)
  20. Boisné-La Tude (16082)
  21. Charras (16084)
  22. Châtignac (16091)
  23. Chazelles (16093)
  24. Claix (16101)
  25. Combiers (16103)
  26. Coulgens (16107)
  27. Courgeac (16111)
  28. Courlac (16112)
  29. La Couronne (16113)
  30. Curac (16117)
  31. Deviat (16118)
  32. Dignac (16119)
  33. Dirac (16120)
  34. Écuras (16124)
  35. Édon (16125)
  36. Les Essards (16130)
  37. Eymouthiers (16135)
  38. Feuillade (16137)
  39. Fléac (16138)
  40. Fouquebrune (16143)
  41. Garat (16146)
  42. Gardes-le-Pontaroux (16147)
  43. Gond-Pontouvre (16154)
  44. Grassac (16158)
  45. Gurat (16162)
  46. L’Isle-d'Espagnac (16166)
  47. Jauldes (16168)
  48. Juignac (16170)
  49. Laprade (16180)
  50. Linars (16187)
  51. Magnac-Lavalette-Villars (16198)
  52. Magnac-sur-Touvre (16199)
  53. Mainzac (16203)
  54. Marillac-le-Franc (16209)
  55. Marsac (16210)
  56. Marthon (16211)
  57. Médillac (16215)
  58. Montboyer (16222)
  59. Montbron (16223)
  60. Montignac-le-Coq (16227)
  61. Montmoreau (16230)
  62. Mornac (16232)
  63. Mouthiers-sur-Boëme (16236)
  64. Nabinaud (16240)
  65. Nersac (16244)
  66. Nonac (16246)
  67. Orgedeuil (16250)
  68. Orival (16252)
  69. Palluaud (16254)
  70. Pillac (16260)
  71. Plassac-Rouffiac (16263)
  72. Poullignac (16267)
  73. Pranzac (16269)
  74. Puymoyen (16271)
  75. Rancogne (16274)
  76. Rioux-Martin (16279)
  77. Rivières (16280)
  78. La Rochefoucauld (16281)
  79. La Rochette (16282)
  80. Ronsenac (16283)
  81. Rouffiac (16284)
  82. Rougnac (16285)
  83. Roullet-Saint-Estèphe (16287)
  84. Rouzède (16290)
  85. Ruelle-sur-Touvre (16291)
  86. Saint-Adjutory (16293)
  87. Saint-Avit (16302)
  88. Saint-Germain-de-Montbron (16323)
  89. Saint-Laurent-des-Combes (16331)
  90. Saint-Martial (16334)
  91. Saint-Michel (16341)
  92. Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant (16344)
  93. Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais (16346)
  94. Saint-Romain (16347)
  95. Saint-Saturnin (16348)
  96. Saint-Séverin (16350)
  97. Saint-Sornin (16353)
  98. Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (16358)
  99. Salles-Lavalette (16362)
  100. Sers (16368)
  101. Sireuil (16370)
  102. Souffrignac (16372)
  103. Soyaux (16374)
  104. Taponnat-Fleurignac (16379)
  105. Torsac (16382)
  106. Touvre (16385)
  107. Trois-Palis (16388)
  108. Vaux-Lavalette (16394)
  109. Vilhonneur (16406)
  110. Villebois-Lavalette (16408)
  111. Vindelle (16415)
  112. Vœuil-et-Giget (16418)
  113. Voulgézac (16420)
  114. Vouthon (16421)
  115. Vouzan (16422)
  116. Yviers (16424)
  117. Yvrac-et-Malleyrand (16425)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
16015Angoulême41,955Angoulême-1, Angoulême-2
Angoulême-3		CA du Grand Angoulême
16374Soyaux9,322Angoulême-3CA du Grand Angoulême
16113La Couronne7,636La CouronneCA du Grand Angoulême
16291Ruelle-sur-Touvre7,292Touvre-et-BraconneCA du Grand Angoulême
16358Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente7,210Gond-PontouvreCA du Grand Angoulême
16154Gond-Pontouvre5,907Gond-PontouvreCA du Grand Angoulême
16166L’Isle-d'Espagnac5,412Angoulême-2CA du Grand Angoulême
16078Champniers5,251Gond-PontouvreCA du Grand Angoulême
16061Brie4,279Touvre-et-BraconneCA du Grand Angoulême
16287Roullet-Saint-Estèphe4,240Boëme-EchelleCA du Grand Angoulême

References
  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique de la Charente". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. "Arrondissement d'Angoulême (161)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.

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