# Arrondissement of Niort

The Arrondissement of Niort is an arrondissement of France in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 117 communes. Its population is 199,565 (2021), and its area is 2,445.1 km$^2$ (944.1 sq mi).

## Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Niort, and their INSEE codes, are:
* Aiffres (79003)
* Aigondigné (79185)
* Alloinay (79136)
* Amuré (79009)
* Arçais (79010)
* Asnières-en-Poitou (79015)
* Aubigné (79018)
* Augé (79020)
* Avon (79023)
* Azay-le-Brûlé (79024)
* Beaussais-Vitré (79030)
* Beauvoir-sur-Niort (79031)
* Bessines (79034)
* Bougon (79042)
* Le Bourdet (79046)
* Brieuil-sur-Chizé (79055)
* Brioux-sur-Boutonne (79057)
* Brûlain (79058)
* Celles-sur-Belle (79061)
* La Chapelle-Pouilloux (79074)
* Chauray (79081)
* Chef-Boutonne (79083)
* Chenay (79084)
* Chérigné (79085)
* Cherveux (79086)
* Chey (79087)
* Chizé (79090)
* Clussais-la-Pommeraie (79095)
* Coulon (79100)
* Couture-d'Argenson (79106)
* La Crèche (79048)
* Échiré (79109)
* Ensigné (79111)
* Épannes (79112)
* Exireuil (79114)
* Exoudun (79115)
* Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues (79122)
* Fontivillié (79064)
* Fors (79125)
* Les Fosses (79126)
* La Foye-Monjault (79127)
* François (79128)
* Fressines (79129)
* Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan (79130)
* Germond-Rouvre (79133)
* Granzay-Gript (79137)
* Juillé (79142)
* Juscorps (79144)
* Lezay (79148)
* Limalonges (79150)
* Lorigné (79152)
* Loubigné (79153)
* Loubillé (79154)
* Luché-sur-Brioux (79158)
* Lusseray (79160)
* Magné (79162)
* Mairé-Levescault (79163)
* Maisonnay (79164)
* Marcillé (79251)
* Marigny (79166)
* Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon (79170)
* Melle (79174)
* Melleran (79175)
* Messé (79177)
* La Mothe-Saint-Héray (79184)
* Nanteuil (79189)
* Niort (79191)
* Paizay-le-Chapt (79198)
* Pamproux (79201)
* Périgné (79204)
* Plaine-d'Argenson (79078)
* Prahecq (79216)
* Prailles-La Couarde (79217)
* Prin-Deyrançon (79220)
* La Rochénard (79229)
* Rom (79230)
* Romans (79231)
* Saint-Coutant (79243)
* Sainte-Eanne (79246)
* Sainte-Néomaye (79283)
* Sainte-Soline (79297)
* Saint-Gelais (79249)
* Saint-Georges-de-Rex (79254)
* Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud (79257)
* Saint-Maixent-l'École (79270)
* Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue (79273)
* Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent (79276)
* Saint-Maxire (79281)
* Saint-Rémy (79293)
* Saint-Romans-des-Champs (79294)
* Saint-Romans-lès-Melle (79295)
* Saint-Symphorien (79298)
* Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre (79301)
* Saivres (79302)
* Salles (79303)
* Sansais (79304)
* Sauzé-entre-Bois (79307)
* Sciecq (79308)
* Secondigné-sur-Belle (79310)
* Séligné (79312)
* Sepvret (79313)
* Soudan (79316)
* Souvigné (79319)
* Valdelaume (79140)
* Val-du-Mignon (79334)
* Vallans (79335)
* Vançais (79336)
* Le Vanneau-Irleau (79337)
* Vanzay (79338)
* Vernoux-sur-Boutonne (79343)
* Le Vert (79346)
* Villefollet (79348)
* Villemain (79349)
* Villiers-en-Bois (79350)
* Villiers-en-Plaine (79351)
* Villiers-sur-Chizé (79352)
* Vouillé (79355)

## History

The arrondissement of Niort was created in 1800. At the January 2018 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Deux-Sèvres, it lost 21 communes to the arrondissement of Parthenay.
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 Niort were, as of January 2015:
* Beauvoir-sur-Niort
* Brioux-sur-Boutonne
* Celles-sur-Belle
* Champdeniers-Saint-Denis
* Chef-Boutonne
* Coulonges-sur-l'Autize
* Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
* Lezay
* Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon
* Melle
* La Mothe-Saint-Héray
* Niort-Est
* Niort-Nord
* Niort-Ouest
* Prahecq
* Saint-Maixent-l'École-1
* Saint-Maixent-l'École-2
* Sauzé-Vaussais