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
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
No. of communes78
SubprefectureRochefort
Area
1,534.6 km2 (592.5 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
191,475
INSEE code172

History

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

Geography

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

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 Rochefort, there are 12 cantons, some of them only partially. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Rochefort
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
JonzacRochefortLa RochelleSaintesSaint-Jean-d'Angély
1703Châtelaillon-Plage358
1704Île d'Oléron88
1706La Jarrie21214
1710Marennes1414
1713Rochefort11
1717Royan33
1718Saint-Jean-d'Angély323742
1721Saintonge Estuaire12324
1722Saujon279
1723Surgères2121
1725Tonnay-Charente1515
1726La Tremblade99

Communes

The arrondissement of Rochefort has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis (17003)
  2. Île-d'Aix (17004)
  3. Anais (17007)
  4. Ardillières (17018)
  5. Arvert (17021)
  6. Ballon (17032)
  7. Beaugeay (17036)
  8. Bouhet (17057)
  9. Bourcefranc-le-Chapus (17058)
  10. Breuil-la-Réorte (17063)
  11. Breuillet (17064)
  12. Breuil-Magné (17065)
  13. Cabariot (17075)
  14. Chaillevette (17079)
  15. Chambon (17080)
  16. Champagne (17083)
  17. Le Château-d'Oléron (17093)
  18. Chervettes (17103)
  19. Ciré-d'Aunis (17107)
  20. Dolus-d'Oléron (17140)
  21. Échillais (17146)
  22. L’Éguille (17151)
  23. Étaules (17155)
  24. Forges (17166)
  25. Fouras (17168)
  26. Genouillé (17174)
  27. La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien (17184)
  28. Le Gua (17185)
  29. Hiers-Brouage (17189)
  30. Landrais (17203)
  31. Loire-les-Marais (17205)
  32. Lussant (17216)
  33. Marennes (17219)
  34. Marsais (17221)
  35. Les Mathes (17225)
  36. Meschers-sur-Gironde (17230)
  37. Moëze (17237)
  38. Moragne (17246)
  39. Mornac-sur-Seudre (17247)
  40. Muron (17253)
  41. Nieulle-sur-Seudre (17265)
  42. Péré (17272)
  43. Puyravault (17293)
  44. Rochefort (17299)
  45. Royan (17306)
  46. Saint-Agnant (17308)
  47. Saint-Augustin (17311)
  48. Saint-Coutant-le-Grand (17320)
  49. Saint-Crépin (17321)
  50. Saint-Denis-d'Oléron (17323)
  51. Saint-Froult (17329)
  52. Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (17333)
  53. Saint-Georges-d'Oléron (17337)
  54. Saint-Georges-du-Bois (17338)
  55. Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes (17340)
  56. Saint-Hippolyte (17346)
  57. Saint-Jean-d'Angle (17348)
  58. Saint-Just-Luzac (17351)
  59. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière (17352)
  60. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée (17353)
  61. Saint-Mard (17359)
  62. Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente (17375)
  63. Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (17380)
  64. Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly (17382)
  65. Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (17385)
  66. Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois (17394)
  67. Saint-Sornin (17406)
  68. Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (17409)
  69. Saint-Trojan-les-Bains (17411)
  70. Soubise (17429)
  71. Surgères (17434)
  72. Le Thou (17447)
  73. Tonnay-Charente (17449)
  74. La Tremblade (17452)
  75. Vandré (17457)
  76. Vaux-sur-Mer (17461)
  77. Vergeroux (17463)
  78. Virson (17480)
  79. Vouhé (17482)
  80. Port-des-Barques (17484)
  81. Le Grand-Village-Plage (17485)
  82. La Brée-les-Bains (17486)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
17299Rochefort24,300RochefortCA Rochefort Océan
17306Royan18,388RoyanCA Royan Atlantique
17449Tonnay-Charente7,926Tonnay-CharenteCA Rochefort Océan
17434Surgères6,713SurgèresAunis Sud
17385Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron6,694L’Île d'OléronL’Île d'Oléron
17219Marennes5,672MarennesBassin de Marennes
17333Saint-Georges-de-Didonne5,181RoyanCA Royan Atlantique
17452La Tremblade4,792La TrembladeCA Royan Atlantique
17093Le Château-d'Oléron4,063L’Île d'OléronL’Île d'Oléron
17168Fouras4,047Châtelaillon-PlageCA Rochefort Océan

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 Rochefort (172)". 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 Rochefort (172)". 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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