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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Angoulême is the second largest arrondissement of the department with an area of . It has 197,377 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Angoulême is in southeastern Charente and is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Confolens, to the east and south by the Dordogne department, and to the west by the arrondissement of Cognac.

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 Angoulême, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Boixe-et-Manslois, Charente-Sud, Tude-et-Lavalette and Val de Nouère. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Angoulême has 117 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Agris (16003)
 Angoulême (16015)
 Asnières-sur-Nouère (16019)
 Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (16020)
 Balzac (16026)
 Bardenac (16029)
 Bazac (16034)
 Bellon (16037)
 Bessac (16041)
 Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard (16047)
 Bonnes (16049)
 Bors (16052)
 Bouëx (16055)
 Brie (16061)
 Brie-sous-Chalais (16063)
 Bunzac (16067)
 Chadurie (16072)
 Chalais (16073)
 Champniers (16078)
 Boisné-La Tude (16082)
 Charras (16084)
 Châtignac (16091)
 Chazelles (16093)
 Claix (16101)
 Combiers (16103)
 Coulgens (16107)
 Courgeac (16111)
 Courlac (16112)
 La Couronne (16113)
 Curac (16117)
 Deviat (16118)
 Dignac (16119)
 Dirac (16120)
 Écuras (16124)
 Édon (16125)
 Les Essards (16130)
 Eymouthiers (16135)
 Feuillade (16137)
 Fléac (16138)
 Fouquebrune (16143)
 Garat (16146)
 Gardes-le-Pontaroux (16147)
 Gond-Pontouvre (16154)
 Grassac (16158)
 Gurat (16162)
 L’Isle-d'Espagnac (16166)
 Jauldes (16168)
 Juignac (16170)
 Laprade (16180)
 Linars (16187)
 Magnac-Lavalette-Villars (16198)
 Magnac-sur-Touvre (16199)
 Mainzac (16203)
 Marillac-le-Franc (16209)
 Marsac (16210)
 Marthon (16211)
 Médillac (16215)
 Montboyer (16222)
 Montbron (16223)
 Montignac-le-Coq (16227)
 Montmoreau (16230)
 Mornac (16232)
 Mouthiers-sur-Boëme (16236)
 Nabinaud (16240)
 Nersac (16244)
 Nonac (16246)
 Orgedeuil (16250)
 Orival (16252)
 Palluaud (16254)
 Pillac (16260)
 Plassac-Rouffiac (16263)
 Poullignac (16267)
 Pranzac (16269)
 Puymoyen (16271)
 Rancogne (16274)
 Rioux-Martin (16279)
 Rivières (16280)
 La Rochefoucauld (16281)
 La Rochette (16282)
 Ronsenac (16283)
 Rouffiac (16284)
 Rougnac (16285)
 Roullet-Saint-Estèphe (16287)
 Rouzède (16290)
 Ruelle-sur-Touvre (16291)
 Saint-Adjutory (16293)
 Saint-Avit (16302)
 Saint-Germain-de-Montbron (16323)
 Saint-Laurent-des-Combes (16331)
 Saint-Martial (16334)
 Saint-Michel (16341)
 Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant (16344)
 Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais (16346)
 Saint-Romain (16347)
 Saint-Saturnin (16348)
 Saint-Séverin (16350)
 Saint-Sornin (16353)
 Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (16358)
 Salles-Lavalette (16362)
 Sers (16368)
 Sireuil (16370)
 Souffrignac (16372)
 Soyaux (16374)
 Taponnat-Fleurignac (16379)
 Torsac (16382)
 Touvre (16385)
 Trois-Palis (16388)
 Vaux-Lavalette (16394)
 Vilhonneur (16406)
 Villebois-Lavalette (16408)
 Vindelle (16415)
 Vœuil-et-Giget (16418)
 Voulgézac (16420)
 Vouthon (16421)
 Vouzan (16422)
 Yviers (16424)
 Yvrac-et-Malleyrand (16425)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Charente department
 Communes of the Charente department

References

Angouleme