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

History
When the Charente department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Confolens was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Confolens is the largest arrondissement of the department with an area of . It has 64,252 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Confolens is in northern Charente and is bordered to the northwest by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the north by the Vienne department, to the east and southeast by the Haute-Vienne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Angoulême, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Cognac, to the west by the Charente-Maritime department.

It has a small border with the Dordogne department to the southeast.

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 Confolens, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Boixe-et-Manslois and Val de Tardoire. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Confolens has 150 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Abzac (16001)
 Les Adjots (16002)
 Aigre (16005)
 Alloue (16007)
 Ambérac (16008)
 Ambernac (16009)
 Anais (16011)
 Ansac-sur-Vienne (16016)
 Aunac-sur-Charente (16023)
 Aussac-Vadalle (16024)
 Barbezières (16027)
 Barro (16031)
 Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette (16035)
 Benest (16038)
 Bernac (16039)
 Bessé (16042)
 Bioussac (16044)
 Le Bouchage (16054)
 Brettes (16059)
 Brigueuil (16064)
 Brillac (16065)
 Cellefrouin (16068)
 Cellettes (16069)
 Chabanais (16070)
 Chabrac (16071)
 Champagne-Mouton (16076)
 La Chapelle (16081)
 Charmé (16083)
 Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure (16085)
 Chassenon (16086)
 Chassiecq (16087)
 Chenon (16095)
 Cherves-Châtelars (16096)
 La Chèvrerie (16098)
 Chirac (16100)
 Condac (16104)
 Confolens (16106)
 Coulonges (16108)
 Courcôme (16110)
 Couture (16114)
 Ébréon (16122)
 Empuré (16127)
 Épenède (16128)
 Esse (16131)
 Étagnac (16132)
 Exideuil (16134)
 La Faye (16136)
 Fontclaireau (16140)
 Fontenille (16141)
 La Forêt-de-Tessé (16142)
 Fouqueure (16144)
 Genouillac (16149)
 Les Gours (16155)
 Le Grand-Madieu (16157)
 Hiesse (16164)
 Juillé (16173)
 Lessac (16181)
 Lesterps (16182)
 Lésignac-Durand (16183)
 Lichères (16184)
 Ligné (16185)
 Le Lindois (16188)
 Londigny (16189)
 Longré (16190)
 Lonnes (16191)
 Roumazières-Loubert (16192)
 Lupsault (16194)
 Lussac (16195)
 Luxé (16196)
 La Magdeleine (16197)
 Maine-de-Boixe (16200)
 Manot (16205)
 Mansle (16206)
 Massignac (16212)
 Mazerolles (16213)
 Mazières (16214)
 Montembœuf (16225)
 Montignac-Charente (16226)
 Montjean (16229)
 Montrollet (16231)
 Mouton (16237)
 Moutonneau (16238)
 Mouzon (16239)
 Nanclars (16241)
 Nanteuil-en-Vallée (16242)
 Nieuil (16245)
 Oradour (16248)
 Oradour-Fanais (16249)
 Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie (16253)
 Parzac (16255)
 La Péruse (16259)
 Les Pins (16261)
 Pleuville (16264)
 Poursac (16268)
 Pressignac (16270)
 Puyréaux (16272)
 Raix (16273)
 Ranville-Breuillaud (16275)
 Roussines (16289)
 Ruffec (16292)
 Saint-Amant-de-Boixe (16295)
 Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure (16296)
 Saint-Angeau (16300)
 Saint-Christophe (16306)
 Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure (16307)
 Saint-Claud (16308)
 Sainte-Colombe (16309)
 Saint-Coutant (16310)
 Saint-Fraigne (16317)
 Saint-Front (16318)
 Saint-Georges (16321)
 Saint-Gourson (16325)
 Saint-Groux (16326)
 Saint-Laurent-de-Céris (16329)
 Saint-Martin-du-Clocher (16335)
 Saint-Mary (16336)
 Saint-Maurice-des-Lions (16337)
 Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente (16345)
 Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec (16356)
 Salles-de-Villefagnan (16361)
 Saulgond (16363)
 Sauvagnac (16364)
 Souvigné (16373)
 Suaux (16375)
 Suris (16376)
 La Tâche (16377)
 Taizé-Aizie (16378)
 Theil-Rabier (16381)
 Tourriers (16383)
 Turgon (16389)
 Tusson (16390)
 Tuzie (16391)
 Valence (16392)
 Vars (16393)
 Ventouse (16396)
 Verdille (16397)
 Verneuil (16398)
 Verteuil-sur-Charente (16400)
 Vervant (16401)
 Le Vieux-Cérier (16403)
 Vieux-Ruffec (16404)
 Villefagnan (16409)
 Villegats (16410)
 Villejésus (16411)
 Villejoubert (16412)
 Villiers-le-Roux (16413)
 Villognon (16414)
 Vitrac-Saint-Vincent (16416)
 Vouharte (16419)
 Xambes (16423) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

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

References

Confolens