Title: Arrondissement of Parthenay Content: The arrondissement of Parthenay is an arrondissement of France, in the Deux- Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Parthenay. ==History== When the Deux-Sèvres department was created on 1790, Parthenay was one of the original districts. ==Geography== The territory of the present arrondissement of Parthenay is the historical region of Gâtine vendéenne; several communes are named after this region: La Boissière-en- Gâtine, Mazières-en-Gâtine, Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine, Vernoux-en-Gâtine. Parthenay is the central arrondissement of the department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Bressuire, to the east by the Vienne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Niort and to the west by the Vendée department. It has an area of , and a population of 64,425 inhabitants for a density of inhabitants/km². ==Composition== ===Cantons=== After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements. In the arrondissement of Parthenay, there are 2 cantons with all their communes in the arrondissement: La Gâtine and Parthenay. The following table shows the distribution of the communes in the arrondissement:  ===Communes=== The arrondissement of Parthenay has 77 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː # Adilly (79002) # Airvault (79005) # Allonne (79007) # Amailloux (79008) # Assais-les-Jumeaux (79016) # Aubigny (79019) # Availles-Thouarsais (79022) # Azay-sur-Thouet (79025) # Beaulieu-sous-Parthenay (79029) # Boussais (79047) # Chantecorps (79068) # Chanteloup (79069) # Châtillon-sur-Thouet (79080) # Clavé (79092) # Clessé (79094) # Coutières (79105) # Doux (79108) # Fomperron (79121) # Fénery (79118) # Gourgé (79135) # Irais (79141) # L'Absie (79001) # La Boissière-en- Gâtine (79040) # La Chapelle-Bertrand (79071) # La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent (79076) # La Chapelle-Saint-Étienne (79075) # La Ferrière-en-Parthenay (79120) # La Peyratte (79208) # Lageon (79145) # Largeasse (79147) # Le Breuil-Bernard (79051) # Le Chillou (79089) # Le Retail (79226) # Le Tallud (79322) # Les Forges (79124) # Les Groseillers (79139) # Lhoumois (79149) # Louin (79156) # Maisontiers (79165) # Marnes (79167) # Mazières-en-Gâtine (79172) # Moncoutant (79179) # Moutiers-sous-Chantemerle (79188) # Ménigoute (79176) # Neuvy-Bouin (79190) # Oroux (79197) # Parthenay (79202) # Pompaire (79213) # Pougne- Hérisson (79215) # Pressigny (79218) # Pugny (79222) # Reffannes (79225) # Saint-Aubin-le-Cloud (79239) # Saint-Georges-de-Noisné (79253) # Saint- Germain-de-Longue-Chaume (79255) # Saint-Germier (79256) # Saint-Généroux (79252) # Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes (79260) # Saint-Lin (79267) # Saint-Loup- Lamairé (79268) # Saint-Marc-la-Lande (79271) # Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux (79278) # Saint-Pardoux (79285) # Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine (79286) # Saurais (79306) # Secondigny (79311) # Soutiers (79318) # Tessonnière (79325) # Thénezay (79326) # Trayes (79332) # Vasles (79339) # Vausseroux (79340) # Vautebis (79341) # Vernoux-en-Gâtine (79342) # Verruyes (79345) # Viennay (79347) # Vouhé (79354) ==Related pages== * Arrondissements of the Deux-Sèvres department * List of arrondissements of France