Arrondissement of Blaye
The arrondissement of Blaye is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gironde département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Blaye.
Country | France |
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Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
No. of communes | 62 |
Subprefecture | Blaye |
Area | 782.4 km2 (302.1 sq mi) |
INSEE code | 331 |
History
When the Gironde department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Blaye was part of that original department.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Blaye is the smallest of the arrondissements of the Gironde department, with an area of 782.4 km2 (302 sq mi).[2] It is in northern part of the department and it has 88,115 inhabitants and a population density of 112.6 inhabitants/km².[3]
The arrondissement of Blaye is bordered to the north and northeast by the Charente-Maritime department, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Libourne, to the south by the arrondissement of Bordeaux and to the west by the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc. The Gironde estuary is to northwest of the arrondissement.
Composition
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 Blaye, there are only two cantons:
- L'Estuaire, with 39 communes, all in the arrondissement of Blaye;
- Le Nord-Gironde, with 26 communes in the arrondissement of Blaye and 2 communes in the arrondissement of Bordeaux.
Communes
The arrondissement of Blaye has 63 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]
- Anglade (33006)
- Val-de-Virvée (33018)
- Bayon-sur-Gironde (33035)
- Berson (33047)
- Blaye (33058)
- Bourg (33067)
- Braud-et-Saint-Louis (33073)
- Campugnan (33089)
- Cars (33100)
- Cartelègue (33101)
- Cavignac (33114)
- Cézac (33123)
- Civrac-de-Blaye (33126)
- Comps (33132)
- Cubnezais (33142)
- Cubzac-les-Ponts (33143)
- Donnezac (33151)
- Étauliers (33159)
- Eyrans (33161)
- Fours (33172)
- Gauriac (33182)
- Gauriaguet (33183)
- Générac (33184)
- Lansac (33228)
- Laruscade (33233)
- Marcenais (33266)
- Marcillac (33267)
- Marsas (33272)
- Mazion (33280)
- Mombrier (33285)
- Peujard (33321)
- Plassac (33325)
- Pleine-Selve (33326)
- Prignac-et-Marcamps (33339)
- Pugnac (33341)
- Reignac (33351)
- Saint-André-de-Cubzac (33366)
- Saint-Androny (33370)
- Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye (33374)
- Saint-Caprais-de-Blaye (33380)
- Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye (33382)
- Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse (33388)
- Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde (33389)
- Saint-Genès-de-Blaye (33405)
- Saint-Gervais (33415)
- Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives (33416)
- Saint-Laurent-d'Arce (33425)
- Saint-Mariens (33439)
- Saint-Martin-Lacaussade (33441)
- Saint-Palais (33456)
- Saint-Paul (33458)
- Saint-Savin (33473)
- Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg (33475)
- Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac (33477)
- Saint-Trojan (33486)
- Saint-Vivien-de-Blaye (33489)
- Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac (33492)
- Samonac (33500)
- Saugon (33502)
- Tauriac (33525)
- Teuillac (33530)
- Villeneuve (33551)
- Virsac (33553)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
33366 | Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 10,422 | Le Nord-Gironde | Le Cubzaguais |
33058 | Blaye | 4,769 | L'Estuaire | Blaye |
33018 | Val de Virvée | 3,366 | Le Nord-Gironde | Le Cubzaguais |
33473 | Saint-Savin | 3,088 | Le Nord-Gironde | Latitude Nord Gironde |
33389 | Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde | 3,068 | L'Estuaire | L'Estuaire - Canton de Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde |
33233 | Laruscade | 2,602 | Le Nord-Gironde | Latitude Nord Gironde |
33123 | Cézac | 2,503 | Le Nord-Gironde | Latitude Nord Gironde |
33143 | Cubzac-les-Ponts | 2,346 | Le Nord-Gironde | Le Cubzaguais |
33492 | Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac | 2,319 | Le Nord-Gironde | Latitude Nord Gironde |
33341 | Pugnac | 2,297 | L'Estuaire | Le Cubzaguais |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique de la Gironde". Le SPLAF (in français). Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Blaye (331)". Comparateur de territoire (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-192 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Gironde" (in français). Légifrance.gouv.fr. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Blaye (331)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.