Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély
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The arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.
Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Charente-Maritime |
| No. of communes | 110 |
| Subprefecture | Saint-Jean-d'Angély |
| Area | 1,416.0 km2 (546.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | 52,563 |
| INSEE code | 175 |
When the Charente-Maritime department was created in 1790, the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély was part of that original department.[1]
On 10 September 1926, the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, together with Marennes, was eliminated. In 1943, Saint-Jean-d'Angély was made again an arrondissement.[1]
Saint-Jean-d'Angély is the arrondissement of the Charente-Maritime department with fewest people living in it. It has an area of 1,442.2 km2 (556.8 sq mi),[2] and a population of 53,336 inhabitants for a density of 37.0 inhabitants/km².[3]
The arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély is in the northeast of the department, in the historical and geographical region of Basse Saintonge.
It is bordered to the west by the arrondissement of Rochefort, to the south by the arrondissement of Saintes, to the east by the Charente department and to the north and northeast by the Deux-Sèvres department.
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, there are only three cantons. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code | Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonzac | Rochefort | La Rochelle | Saintes | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | |||
| 1702 | Chaniers | 17 | 10 | 27 | |||
| 1711 | Matha | 63 | 63 | ||||
| 1718 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 3 | 2 | 37 | 42 | ||
Communes
The arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély has 111 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]
- Annepont (17011)
- Annezay (17012)
- Antezant-la-Chapelle (17013)
- Archingeay (17017)
- Asnières-la-Giraud (17022)
- Aujac (17023)
- Aulnay (17024)
- Aumagne (17025)
- Authon-Ébéon (17026)
- Bagnizeau (17029)
- Ballans (17031)
- Bazauges (17035)
- Beauvais-sur-Matha (17037)
- Bercloux (17042)
- Bernay-Saint-Martin (17043)
- Bignay (17046)
- Blanzac-lès-Matha (17048)
- Blanzay-sur-Boutonne (17049)
- Bords (17053)
- Bresdon (17062)
- Brie-sous-Matha (17067)
- Brizambourg (17070)
- La Brousse (17071)
- Champdolent (17085)
- Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie (17087)
- Cherbonnières (17101)
- Chives (17105)
- Coivert (17114)
- Contré (17117)
- Courant (17124)
- Courcelles (17125)
- Courcerac (17126)
- Cressé (17135)
- La Croix-Comtesse (17137)
- Dampierre-sur-Boutonne (17138)
- Dœuil-sur-le-Mignon (17139)
- Les Éduts (17149)
- Les Églises-d'Argenteuil (17150)
- Fenioux (17157)
- Fontaine-Chalendray (17162)
- Fontenet (17165)
- La Frédière (17169)
- Gibourne (17176)
- Le Gicq (17177)
- Gourvillette (17180)
- Grandjean (17181)
- Haimps (17188)
- La Jarrie-Audouin (17195)
- Juicq (17198)
- Landes (17202)
- Loiré-sur-Nie (17206)
- Loulay (17211)
- Louzignac (17212)
- Lozay (17213)
- Macqueville (17217)
- Massac (17223)
- Matha (17224)
- Mazeray (17226)
- Migré (17234)
- Mons (17239)
- Le Mung (17252)
- Nachamps (17254)
- Nantillé (17256)
- Néré (17257)
- Neuvicq-le-Château (17261)
- Les Nouillers (17266)
- Nuaillé-sur-Boutonne (17268)
- Paillé (17271)
- Essouvert (17277)
- Poursay-Garnaud (17288)
- Prignac (17290)
- Puy-du-Lac (17292)
- Puyrolland (17294)
- Romazières (17301)
- Saint-Félix (17327)
- Saint-Georges-de-Longuepierre (17334)
- Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche (17344)
- Saint-Jean-d'Angély (17347)
- Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap (17350)
- Saint-Loup (17356)
- Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire (17358)
- Saint-Martial (17361)
- Saint-Martin-de-Juillers (17367)
- Sainte-Même (17374)
- Saint-Ouen-la-Thène (17377)
- Saint-Pardoult (17381)
- Saint-Pierre-de-Juillers (17383)
- Saint-Pierre-de-l'Isle (17384)
- Saint-Savinien (17397)
- Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne (17401)
- Saleignes (17416)
- Seigné (17422)
- Siecq (17427)
- Sonnac (17428)
- Taillant (17435)
- Taillebourg (17436)
- Ternant (17440)
- Thors (17446)
- Tonnay-Boutonne (17448)
- Torxé (17450)
- Les Touches-de-Périgny (17451)
- Varaize (17459)
- Vergné (17464)
- La Vergne (17465)
- Vervant (17467)
- La Villedieu (17471)
- Villemorin (17473)
- Villeneuve-la-Comtesse (17474)
- Villiers-Couture (17477)
- Vinax (17478)
- Voissay (17481)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code | Commune | Population[3] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17347 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 7,123 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | Vals de Saintonge |
| 17397 | Saint-Savinien | 2,439 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | Vals de Saintonge |
| 17224 | Matha | 2,196 | Matha | Vals de Saintonge |
| 17024 | Aulnay | 1,407 | Matha | Vals de Saintonge |
| 17053 | Bords | 1,324 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | Vals de Saintonge |
| 17344 | Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche | 1,210 | Chaniers | Vals de Saintonge |
| 17277 | Essouvert | 1,170 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | Vals de Saintonge |
| 17448 | Tonnay-Boutonne | 1,161 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély | Vals de Saintonge |
| 17022 | Asnières-la-Giraud | 994 | Matha | Vals de Saintonge |
| 17350 | Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap | 887 | Matha | Vals de Saintonge |
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