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

History
When the Charente-Maritime department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Rochefort was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Rochefort has an area of , and a population of 187,843 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

Rochefort is in the northern half of the department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of La Rochelle, to the northeast by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the east by the arrondissements of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and Saintes. To the south is the upper part the Gironde estuary, the largest estuary of France, and the Atlantic Ocean is to the west.

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 Rochefort, there are 12 cantons, some of them only partially. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Rochefort has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis (17003)
 Île-d'Aix (17004)
 Anais (17007)
 Ardillières (17018)
 Arvert (17021)
 Ballon (17032)
 Beaugeay (17036)
 Bouhet (17057)
 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus (17058)
 Breuil-la-Réorte (17063)
 Breuillet (17064)
 Breuil-Magné (17065)
 Cabariot (17075)
 Chaillevette (17079)
 Chambon (17080)
 Champagne (17083)
 Le Château-d'Oléron (17093)
 Chervettes (17103)
 Ciré-d'Aunis (17107)
 Dolus-d'Oléron (17140)
 Échillais (17146)
 L’Éguille (17151)
 Étaules (17155)
 Forges (17166)
 Fouras (17168)
 Genouillé (17174)
 La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien (17184)
 Le Gua (17185)
 Hiers-Brouage (17189)
 Landrais (17203)
 Loire-les-Marais (17205)
 Lussant (17216)
 Marennes (17219)
 Marsais (17221)
 Les Mathes (17225)
 Meschers-sur-Gironde (17230)
 Moëze (17237)
 Moragne (17246)
 Mornac-sur-Seudre (17247)
 Muron (17253)
 Nieulle-sur-Seudre (17265)
 Péré (17272)
 Puyravault (17293)
 Rochefort (17299)
 Royan (17306)
 Saint-Agnant (17308)
 Saint-Augustin (17311)
 Saint-Coutant-le-Grand (17320)
 Saint-Crépin (17321)
 Saint-Denis-d'Oléron (17323)
 Saint-Froult (17329)
 Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (17333)
 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron (17337)
 Saint-Georges-du-Bois (17338)
 Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes (17340)
 Saint-Hippolyte (17346)
 Saint-Jean-d'Angle (17348)
 Saint-Just-Luzac (17351)
 Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière (17352)
 Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée (17353)
 Saint-Mard (17359)
 Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente (17375)
 Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (17380)
 Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly (17382)
 Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (17385)
 Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois (17394)
 Saint-Sornin (17406)
 Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (17409)
 Saint-Trojan-les-Bains (17411)
 Soubise (17429)
 Surgères (17434)
 Le Thou (17447)
 Tonnay-Charente (17449)
 La Tremblade (17452)
 Vandré (17457)
 Vaux-sur-Mer (17461)
 Vergeroux (17463)
 Virson (17480)
 Vouhé (17482)
 Port-des-Barques (17484)
 Le Grand-Village-Plage (17485)
 La Brée-les-Bains (17486) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

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

References

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