Arrondissement of Niort explained

Type:arr
Niort
Insee:792
Nbcomm:121
Prefecture:y
Seat:Niort
Area:2445.1

The Arrondissement of Niort is an arrondissement of France in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 121 communes. Its population is 199,177 (2016), and its area is 2445.1km2.[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Niort, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Aiffres (79003)
  2. Aigondigné (79185)
  3. Alloinay (79136)
  4. Amuré (79009)
  5. Arçais (79010)
  6. Asnières-en-Poitou (79015)
  7. Aubigné (79018)
  8. Augé (79020)
  9. Avon (79023)
  10. Azay-le-Brûlé (79024)
  11. Beaussais-Vitré (79030)
  12. Beauvoir-sur-Niort (79031)
  13. Bessines (79034)
  14. Bougon (79042)
  15. Le Bourdet (79046)
  16. Brieuil-sur-Chizé (79055)
  17. Brioux-sur-Boutonne (79057)
  18. Brûlain (79058)
  19. Caunay (79060)
  20. Celles-sur-Belle (79061)
  21. La Chapelle-Pouilloux (79074)
  22. Chauray (79081)
  23. Chef-Boutonne (79083)
  24. Chenay (79084)
  25. Chérigné (79085)
  26. Cherveux (79086)
  27. Chey (79087)
  28. Chizé (79090)
  29. Clussais-la-Pommeraie (79095)
  30. Coulon (79100)
  31. Couture-d'Argenson (79106)
  32. La Crèche (79048)
  33. Échiré (79109)
  34. Ensigné (79111)
  35. Épannes (79112)
  36. Exireuil (79114)
  37. Exoudun (79115)
  38. Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues (79122)
  39. Fontivillié (79064)
  40. Fors (79125)
  41. Les Fosses (79126)
  42. La Foye-Monjault (79127)
  43. François (79128)
  44. Fressines (79129)
  45. Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan (79130)
  46. Germond-Rouvre (79133)
  47. Granzay-Gript (79137)
  48. Juillé (79142)
  49. Juscorps (79144)
  50. Lezay (79148)
  51. Limalonges (79150)
  52. Lorigné (79152)
  53. Loubigné (79153)
  54. Loubillé (79154)
  55. Luché-sur-Brioux (79158)
  56. Lusseray (79160)
  57. Magné (79162)
  58. Mairé-Levescault (79163)
  59. Maisonnay (79164)
  60. Marcillé (79251)
  61. Marigny (79166)
  62. Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon (79170)
  63. Melle (79174)
  64. Melleran (79175)
  65. Messé (79177)
  66. Montalembert (79180)
  67. La Mothe-Saint-Héray (79184)
  68. Nanteuil (79189)
  69. Niort (79191)
  70. Paizay-le-Chapt (79198)
  71. Pamproux (79201)
  72. Périgné (79204)
  73. Pers (79205)
  74. Plaine-d'Argenson (79078)
  75. Pliboux (79212)
  76. Prahecq (79216)
  77. Prailles-La Couarde (79217)
  78. Prin-Deyrançon (79220)
  79. La Rochénard (79229)
  80. Rom (79230)
  81. Romans (79231)
  82. Saint-Coutant (79243)
  83. Sainte-Eanne (79246)
  84. Sainte-Néomaye (79283)
  85. Sainte-Soline (79297)
  86. Saint-Gelais (79249)
  87. Saint-Georges-de-Rex (79254)
  88. Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud (79257)
  89. Saint-Maixent-l'École (79270)
  90. Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue (79273)
  91. Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent (79276)
  92. Saint-Maxire (79281)
  93. Saint-Rémy (79293)
  94. Saint-Romans-des-Champs (79294)
  95. Saint-Romans-lès-Melle (79295)
  96. Saint-Symphorien (79298)
  97. Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre (79301)
  98. Saivres (79302)
  99. Salles (79303)
  100. Sansais (79304)
  101. Sauzé-Vaussais (79307)
  102. Sciecq (79308)
  103. Secondigné-sur-Belle (79310)
  104. Séligné (79312)
  105. Sepvret (79313)
  106. Soudan (79316)
  107. Souvigné (79319)
  108. Valdelaume (79140)
  109. Val-du-Mignon (79334)
  110. Vallans (79335)
  111. Vançais (79336)
  112. Le Vanneau-Irleau (79337)
  113. Vanzay (79338)
  114. Vernoux-sur-Boutonne (79343)
  115. Le Vert (79346)
  116. Villefollet (79348)
  117. Villemain (79349)
  118. Villiers-en-Bois (79350)
  119. Villiers-en-Plaine (79351)
  120. Villiers-sur-Chizé (79352)
  121. Vouillé (79355)

History

The arrondissement of Niort was created in 1800.[3] At the January 2018 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Deux-Sèvres, it lost 21 communes to the arrondissement of Parthenay.[4]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Niort were, as of January 2015:[5]

  1. Beauvoir-sur-Niort
  2. Brioux-sur-Boutonne
  3. Celles-sur-Belle
  4. Champdeniers-Saint-Denis
  5. Chef-Boutonne
  6. Coulonges-sur-l'Autize
  7. Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
  8. Lezay
  9. Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon
  10. Melle
  11. La Mothe-Saint-Héray
  12. Niort-Est
  13. Niort-Nord
  14. Niort-Ouest
  15. Prahecq
  16. Saint-Maixent-l'École-1
  17. Saint-Maixent-l'École-2
  18. Sauzé-Vaussais

References

46.32°N -0.47°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-04. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement de Niort (792). 2019-10-04. INSEE.
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/79his.html Historique des Deux-Sèvres
  4. Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 7 November 2017. 231–239. 2019-10-27.
  5. Web site: Populations légales 2012: 79 Deux-Sèvres. December 2014. INSEE.

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