Arrondissement of La Rochelle

The arrondissement of La Rochelle is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of La Rochelle.

La Rochelle
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
No. of communes58
PrefectureLa Rochelle
Area
852.8 km2 (329.3 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
222,349
INSEE code173

History

When the Charente-Maritime department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of La Rochelle was part of that original department.[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of La Rochelle is the smallest of the arrondissements of the Charente-Maritime department but the one with more people living in it. It has an area of 817.7 km2 (315.7 sq mi),[3] and a population of 210,151 inhabitants for a density of 257.0 inhabitants/km².[4]

La Rochelle is the northernmost arrondissement of the department. It is formed from the old province of Aunis, with centre in La Rochelle, its historical capital.

It is bordered to the north by the Vendée department, to the east by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the south by the arrondissement of Rochefort, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

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 La Rochelle, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: the Châtelaillon-Plage and La Jarrie cantons. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of La Rochelle
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
JonzacRochefortLa RochelleSaintesSaint-Jean-d'Angély
1701Aytré44
1703Châtelaillon-Plage358
1705Île de Ré1010
1706La Jarrie21214
1708Lagord66
1709Marans2020
1714La Rochelle-1part of La Rochellepart of La Rochelle
1715La Rochelle-2part of La Rochellepart of La Rochelle
1716La Rochelle-3part of La Rochellepart of La Rochelle

Communes

The arrondissement of La Rochelle has 58 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Andilly (17008)
  2. Angliers (17009)
  3. Angoulins (17010)
  4. Ars-en-Ré (17019)
  5. Aytré (17028)
  6. Benon (17041)
  7. Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré (17051)
  8. Bourgneuf (17059)
  9. Charron (17091)
  10. Châtelaillon-Plage (17094)
  11. Clavette (17109)
  12. La Couarde-sur-Mer (17121)
  13. Courçon (17127)
  14. Cramchaban (17132)
  15. Croix-Chapeau (17136)
  16. Dompierre-sur-Mer (17142)
  17. Esnandes (17153)
  18. Ferrières (17158)
  19. La Flotte (17161)
  20. La Grève-sur-Mignon (17182)
  21. Le Gué-d'Alleré (17186)
  22. L'Houmeau (17190)
  23. La Jarne (17193)
  24. La Jarrie (17194)
  25. Lagord (17200)
  26. La Laigne (17201)
  27. Loix (17207)
  28. Longèves (17208)
  29. Marans (17218)
  30. Marsilly (17222)
  31. Montroy (17245)
  32. Nieul-sur-Mer (17264)
  33. Nuaillé-d'Aunis (17267)
  34. Périgny (17274)
  35. Les Portes-en-Ré (17286)
  36. Puilboreau (17291)
  37. Rivedoux-Plage (17297)
  38. La Rochelle (17300)
  39. La Ronde (17303)
  40. Saint-Christophe (17315)
  41. Saint-Clément-des-Baleines (17318)
  42. Saint-Cyr-du-Doret (17322)
  43. Saint-Jean-de-Liversay (17349)
  44. Sainte-Marie-de-Ré (17360)
  45. Saint-Martin-de-Ré (17369)
  46. Saint-Médard-d'Aunis (17373)
  47. Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis (17376)
  48. Saint-Rogatien (17391)
  49. Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis (17396)
  50. Sainte-Soulle (17407)
  51. Saint-Vivien (17413)
  52. Saint-Xandre (17414)
  53. Salles-sur-Mer (17420)
  54. Taugon (17439)
  55. Thairé (17443)
  56. Vérines (17466)
  57. Villedoux (17472)
  58. Yves (17483)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
17300La Rochelle74,998La Rochelle-1, La Rochelle-2, La Rochelle-3CA de la Rochelle
17028Aytré8,821AytréCA de la Rochelle
17274Périgny7,866AytréCA de la Rochelle
17200Lagord7,199LagordCA de la Rochelle
17094Châtelaillon-Plage6,064Châtelaillon-PlageCA de la Rochelle
17291Puilboreau5,911AytréCA de la Rochelle
17264Nieul-sur-Mer5,761LagordCA de la Rochelle
17142Dompierre-sur-Mer5,344AytréCA de la Rochelle
17218Marans4,590MaransAunis Atlantique
17414Saint-Xandre4,463LagordCA de la Rochelle

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-Maritime". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. "Arrondissement de la Rochelle (173)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 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 27 May 2017.
  5. Décret n° 2014-269 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente-Maritime
  6. "Arrondissement de la Rochelle (173)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 May 2017.

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