Arrondissement of Rochechouart
The arrondissement of Rochechouart is an arrondissement of France, in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Rochechouart.
 Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| No. of communes | 30 |
| Subprefecture | Rochechouart |
| Area | 795.4 km2 (307.1 sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 873 |
History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800 in France, the arrondissement of Rochechouart was one of those in the Haute-Vienne department.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Rochechouart is the most western arrondissement of the Haute-Vienne department. It is bordered to the west and north by the Charente department, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Bellac, to the east by the arrondissement of Limoges and to the south by the Dordogne department.
The arrondissement of Rochechouart is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with area of only 795.4 square kilometres (307.1 square miles), and it is the one with fewest people living in it with a population of 37,877 inhabitants and a population density of 47.6 inhabitants/km².[2]
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
There are only two cantons in the arrondissement of Rochechouart and both have all their comunes in the arrondissement. These cantons are:
- Rochechouart, with 22 communes; and
- Saint-Junien, with 8 communes.
Communes
The arrondissement of Rochechouart has 30 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
- Chaillac-sur-Vienne (87030)
- Champagnac-la-Rivière (87034)
- Champsac (87036)
- Chéronnac (87044)
- Cognac-la-Forêt (87046)
- Cussac (87054)
- Dournazac (87060)
- Gorre (87073)
- Javerdat (87078)
- La Chapelle-Montbrandeix (87037)
- Les Salles-Lavauguyon (87189)
- Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire (87091)
- Marval (87092)
- Oradour-sur-Glane (87110)
- Oradour-sur-Vayres (87111)
- Pensol (87115)
- Rochechouart (87126)
- Saillat-sur-Vienne (87131)
- Saint-Auvent (87135)
- Saint-Bazile (87137)
- Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne (87140)
- Saint-Cyr (87141)
- Saint-Junien (87154)
- Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre (87158)
- Saint-Martin-de-Jussac (87164)
- Saint-Mathieu (87168)
- Saint-Victurnien (87185)
- Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux (87162)
- Vayres (87199)
- Videix (87204)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[2] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87154 | Saint-Junien | 11,196 | Saint-Junien | Porte Océane du Limousin |
| 87126 | Rochechouart | 3,798 | Rochechouart | Porte Océane du Limousin |
| 87110 | Oradour-sur-Glane | 2,464 | Saint-Junien | Porte Océane du Limousin |
| 87185 | Saint-Victurnien | 1,724 | Saint-Junien | Porte Océane du Limousin |
| 87140 | Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne | 1,650 | Saint-Junien | Porte Océane du Limousin |
| 87111 | Oradour-sur-Vayres | 1,530 | Rochechouart | Les Feuillardiers |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique de la Haute-Vienne". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Décret n° 2014-194 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Vienne
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Rochechouart (873)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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