Arrondissement of Poitiers explained

Type:arr
Poitiers
Insee:863
Nbcomm:83
Prefecture:y
Seat:Poitiers
Area:2131.5

The arrondissement of Poitiers is an arrondissement of France in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 83 communes. Its population is 259,699 (2016), and its area is 2131.5km2.[1]

Composition

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

  1. Amberre (86002)
  2. Aslonnes (86010)
  3. Avanton (86016)
  4. Ayron (86017)
  5. Beaumont Saint-Cyr (86019)
  6. Béruges (86024)
  7. Biard (86027)
  8. Bignoux (86028)
  9. Boivre-la-Vallée (86123)
  10. Bonnes (86031)
  11. Buxerolles (86041)
  12. Celle-Lévescault (86045)
  13. Chabournay (86048)
  14. Chalandray (86050)
  15. Champigny en Rochereau (86053)
  16. La Chapelle-Moulière (86058)
  17. Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (86062)
  18. Château-Larcher (86065)
  19. Chauvigny (86070)
  20. Cherves (86073)
  21. Chiré-en-Montreuil (86074)
  22. Chouppes (86075)
  23. Cissé (86076)
  24. Cloué (86080)
  25. Coulombiers (86083)
  26. Coussay (86085)
  27. Croutelle (86088)
  28. Cuhon (86089)
  29. Curzay-sur-Vonne (86091)
  30. Dienné (86094)
  31. Dissay (86095)
  32. Fleuré (86099)
  33. Fontaine-le-Comte (86100)
  34. Frozes (86102)
  35. Gizay (86105)
  36. Iteuil (86113)
  37. Jardres (86114)
  38. Jaunay-Marigny (86115)
  39. Jazeneuil (86116)
  40. Latillé (86121)
  41. Lavoux (86124)
  42. Ligugé (86133)
  43. Liniers (86135)
  44. Lusignan (86139)
  45. Maillé (86142)
  46. Maisonneuve (86144)
  47. Marçay (86145)
  48. Marigny-Chemereau (86147)
  49. Marnay (86148)
  50. Massognes (86150)
  51. Mignaloux-Beauvoir (86157)
  52. Migné-Auxances (86158)
  53. Mirebeau (86160)
  54. Montamisé (86163)
  55. Neuville-de-Poitou (86177)
  56. Nieuil-l'Espoir (86178)
  57. Nouaillé-Maupertuis (86180)
  58. Poitiers (86194)
  59. Pouillé (86198)
  60. La Puye (86202)
  61. Quinçay (86204)
  62. Roches-Prémarie-Andillé (86209)
  63. Rouillé (86213)
  64. Saint-Benoît (86214)
  65. Sainte-Radégonde (86239)
  66. Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux (86222)
  67. Saint-Julien-l'Ars (86226)
  68. Saint-Martin-la-Pallu (86281)
  69. Saint-Sauvant (86244)
  70. Sanxay (86253)
  71. Savigny-Lévescault (86256)
  72. Sèvres-Anxaumont (86261)
  73. Smarves (86263)
  74. Tercé (86268)
  75. Thurageau (86271)
  76. Vernon (86284)
  77. La Villedieu-du-Clain (86290)
  78. Villiers (86292)
  79. Vivonne (86293)
  80. Vouillé (86294)
  81. Vouneuil-sous-Biard (86297)
  82. Vouzailles (86299)
  83. Yversay (86300)

History

The arrondissement of Poitiers was created in 1800.[3] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Vienne, it received four communes from the arrondissement of Châtellerault and two communes from the arrondissement of Montmorillon.[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 Poitiers were, as of January 2015:[5]

  1. Lusignan
  2. Mirebeau
  3. Neuville-de-Poitou
  4. Poitiers-1
  5. Poitiers-2
  6. Poitiers-3
  7. Poitiers-4
  8. Poitiers-5
  9. Poitiers-6
  10. Poitiers-7
  11. Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux
  12. Saint-Julien-l'Ars
  13. La Villedieu-du-Clain
  14. Vivonne
  15. Vouillé

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-04. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement de Poitiers (863). 2019-10-04. INSEE.
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/86his.html Historique de la Vienne
  4. Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016. 142–147. 2019-10-28.
  5. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep86.pdf Populations légales 2012: 86 Vienne

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