The arrondissement of Montmorillon is an arrondissement of France, in the Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Montmorillon.

History
When the Vienne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Montmorillon was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Montmorillon is in southern Vienne and is bordered to the north by the other two arrondissements of the departmentː Poitiers to the nortwest and Châtellerault to the northeast. The arrondissement is also surrounded by the Indre department to the east, the Haute-Vienne department to the southeast, the Charente to the south and the Deux-Sèvres department to the west.

It has an area of . It has 74,852 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km². It is the arrondissement of Vienne with fewest people in it but is the one with the largest area.

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 Montmorillon, there are 2 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Civray and Lussac-les-Châteaux. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Montmorillon has 95 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Adriers (86001)
 Anché (86003)
 Antigny (86006)
 Asnières-sur-Blour (86011)
 Asnois (86012)
 Availles-Limouzine (86015)
 Béthines (86025)
 Blanzay (86029)
 Bouresse (86034)
 Bourg-Archambault (86035)
 Brigueil-le-Chantre (86037)
 Brion (86038)
 Brux (86039)
 La Bussière (86040)
 Ceaux-en-Couhé (86043)
 Champagné-le-Sec (86051)
 Champagné-Saint-Hilaire (86052)
 Champniers (86054)
 La Chapelle-Bâton (86055)
 Chapelle-Viviers (86059)
 Charroux (86061)
 Chatain (86063)
 Château-Garnier (86064)
 Châtillon (86067)
 Chaunay (86068)
 Civaux (86077)
 Civray (86078)
 Couhé (86082)
 Coulonges (86084)
 La Ferrière-Airoux (86097)
 Fleix (86098)
 Gençay (86103)
 Genouillé (86104)
 Gouex (86107)
 Haims (86110)
 L'Isle-Jourdain (86112)
 Jouhet (86117)
 Journet (86118)
 Joussé (86119)
 Lathus-Saint-Rémy (86120)
 Lauthiers (86122)
 Leignes-sur-Fontaine (86126)
 Lhommaizé (86131)
 Liglet (86132)
 Linazay (86134)
 Lizant (86136)
 Luchapt (86138)
 Lussac-les-Châteaux (86140)
 Magné (86141)
 Mauprévoir (86152)
 Mazerolles (86153)
 Millac (86159)
 Montmorillon (86165)
 Moulismes (86170)
 Moussac (86171)
 Mouterre-sur-Blourde (86172)
 Nalliers (86175)
 Nérignac (86176)
 Paizay-le-Sec (86187)
 Payré (86188)
 Payroux (86189)
 Persac (86190)
 Pindray (86191)
 Plaisance (86192)
 Pressac (86200)
 Queaux (86203)
 Romagne (86211)
 Saint-Gaudent (86220)
 Saint-Germain (86223)
 Saint-Laurent-de-Jourdes (86228)
 Saint-Léomer (86230)
 Saint-Macoux (86231)
 Valdivienne (86233)
 Saint-Martin-l'Ars (86234)
 Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère (86235)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé (86236)
 Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil (86237)
 Saint-Romain (86242)
 Saint-Savin (86246)
 Saint-Saviol (86247)
 Saint-Secondin (86248)
 Saulgé (86254)
 Savigné (86255)
 Sillars (86262)
 Sommières-du-Clain (86264)
 Surin (86266)
 Thollet (86270)
 La Trimouille (86273)
 Usson-du-Poitou (86276)
 Vaux (86278)
 Verrières (86285)
 Le Vigeant (86289)
 Villemort (86291)
 Voulême (86295)
 Voulon (86296)

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Vienne department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Montmorillon