Arrondissement of Saintes

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

Saintes
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente-Maritime
No. of communes88
SubprefectureSaintes
Area
1,320.4 km2 (509.8 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
117,287
INSEE code174

History

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

It was the centre of the old province of Saintonge.

Geography

It is the largest of the arrondissements of the Charente-Maritime department but the third by population. It has an area of 1,546.5 square kilometres (597.1 square miles),[3] and a population of 128,786 inhabitants for a density of 83.3 inhabitants/km².[4]

Saintes is in the central part of the department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, to the east by the arrondissement of Cognac (Charente department), to the south by the arrondissement of Jonzac, to the southwest by the Gironde department (through the Gironde estuary), to the west and northwest by the arrondissement of Rochefort.

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 Saintes, there are only two cantons where all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: the Saint-Porchaire and Saintes cantons. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Saintes
INSEE
Code		CantonArrondissementsTotal
JonzacRochefortLa RochelleSaintesSaint-Jean-d'Angély
1702Chaniers171027
1718Saint-Jean-d'Angély323641
1719Saint-Porchaire2020
1720Saintes11
1721Saintonge Estuaire12324
1722Saujon279
1724Thénac42125

Communes

The arrondissement of Saintes has 89 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]

  1. Arces (17015)
  2. Balanzac (17030)
  3. Barzan (17034)
  4. Berneuil (17044)
  5. Beurlay (17045)
  6. Boutenac-Touvent (17060)
  7. Brie-sous-Mortagne (17068)
  8. Burie (17072)
  9. Bussac-sur-Charente (17073)
  10. Chaniers (17086)
  11. La Chapelle-des-Pots (17089)
  12. Le Chay (17097)
  13. Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet (17098)
  14. Chérac (17100)
  15. Chermignac (17102)
  16. La Clisse (17112)
  17. Colombiers (17115)
  18. Corme-Écluse (17119)
  19. Corme-Royal (17120)
  20. Courcoury (17128)
  21. Cozes (17131)
  22. Cravans (17133)
  23. Crazannes (17134)
  24. Dompierre-sur-Charente (17141)
  25. Le Douhet (17143)
  26. Écoyeux (17147)
  27. Écurat (17148)
  28. Épargnes (17152)
  29. Les Essards (17154)
  30. Floirac (17160)
  31. Fontcouverte (17164)
  32. Geay (17171)
  33. Gémozac (17172)
  34. Les Gonds (17179)
  35. Grézac (17183)
  36. La Jard (17191)
  37. Jazennes (17196)
  38. Luchat (17214)
  39. Médis (17228)
  40. Meursac (17232)
  41. Migron (17235)
  42. Montils (17242)
  43. Montpellier-de-Médillan (17244)
  44. Mortagne-sur-Gironde (17248)
  45. Nancras (17255)
  46. Nieul-lès-Saintes (17262)
  47. Pessines (17275)
  48. Pisany (17278)
  49. Plassay (17280)
  50. Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult (17284)
  51. Port-d'Envaux (17285)
  52. Préguillac (17289)
  53. Rétaud (17296)
  54. Rioux (17298)
  55. Romegoux (17302)
  56. Rouffiac (17304)
  57. Sablonceaux (17307)
  58. Saint-André-de-Lidon (17310)
  59. Saint-Bris-des-Bois (17313)
  60. Saint-Césaire (17314)
  61. Sainte-Gemme (17330)
  62. Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux (17336)
  63. Saint-Porchaire (17387)
  64. Sainte-Radegonde (17389)
  65. Saint-Romain-sur-Gironde (17392)
  66. Saint-Romain-de-Benet (17393)
  67. Saint-Sauvant (17395)
  68. Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge (17400)
  69. Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille (17404)
  70. Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult (17408)
  71. Saint-Vaize (17412)
  72. Saintes (17415)
  73. Saujon (17421)
  74. Semussac (17425)
  75. Le Seure (17426)
  76. Soulignonne (17431)
  77. Talmont-sur-Gironde (17437)
  78. Tanzac (17438)
  79. Tesson (17441)
  80. Thaims (17442)
  81. Thénac (17444)
  82. Thézac (17445)
  83. Trizay (17453)
  84. La Vallée (17455)
  85. Varzay (17460)
  86. Vénérand (17462)
  87. Villars-en-Pons (17469)
  88. Villars-les-Bois (17470)
  89. Virollet (17479)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[4]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
17415Saintes25,149SaintesCA de Saintes
17421Saujon7,221SaujonCA Royan Atlantique
17086Chaniers3,543ChaniersCA de Saintes
17228Médis2,855SaujonCA Royan Atlantique
17172Gémozac2,818Saintonge EstuaireGémozac et de la Saintonge Viticole
17336Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux2,650Saint-PorchaireCA de Saintes
17164Fontcouverte2,400ChaniersCA de Saintes
17425Semussac2,335SaujonCA Royan Atlantique
17131Cozes2,090Saintonge EstuaireCA Royan Atlantique
17387Saint-Porchaire1,818Saint-PorchaireCharente-Arnoult-Cœur de Saintonge

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 Saintes (174)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 28 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 Saintes (174)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 28 May 2017.

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