Arrondissement of La Rochelle explained

Type:arr
La Rochelle
Insee:173
Nbcomm:58
Prefecture:y
Seat:La Rochelle
Area:852.8

The Arrondissement of La Rochelle (French: arrondissement de La Rochelle|link=no) is an arrondissement of France, located in the Charente-Maritime department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It has 58 communes. Its population is 215,707 (2016), and its area is 852.8km2.[1]

Composition

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

  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 (17340)
  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. Sainte-Marie-de-Ré (17360)
  44. Sainte-Soulle (17407)
  45. Saint-Jean-de-Liversay (17349)
  46. Saint-Martin-de-Ré (17369)
  47. Saint-Médard-d'Aunis (17373)
  48. Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis (17376)
  49. Saint-Rogatien (17391)
  50. Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis (17396)
  51. Saint-Vivien (17290)
  52. Saint-Xandre (17414)
  53. Salles-sur-Mer (17420)
  54. Taugon (17439)
  55. Thairé (17443)
  56. Vérines (17466)
  57. Villedoux (17472)
  58. Yves (17340)

History

The arrondissement of La Rochelle was created in 1800.[3] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Charente-Maritime, it gained two communes from the arrondissement of Rochefort, and it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Rochefort.[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 La Rochelle were, as of January 2015:[5]

  1. Ars-en-Ré
  2. Aytré
  3. Courçon
  4. La Jarrie
  5. Marans
  6. La Rochelle-1
  7. La Rochelle-2
  8. La Rochelle-3
  9. La Rochelle-4
  10. La Rochelle-5
  11. La Rochelle-6
  12. La Rochelle-7
  13. La Rochelle-8
  14. La Rochelle-9
  15. Saint-Martin-de-Ré

References

46.1667°N -11°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-09-28. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement de la Rochelle (173). 2019-09-28. INSEE.
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/17his.html Historique de la Charente-Maritime
  4. Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016. 110–120. 2019-10-08.
  5. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep17.pdf Populations légales 2012: 17 Charente-Maritime

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