The arrondissement of Nontron is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Dordogne département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Nontron.

History
When the Dordogne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Nontron was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Nontron is the northernmost and smallest of the arrondissements of the Dordogne department, with an area of . It has 40,508 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Nontron is bordered to the north and northeast by the Haute-Vienne department, to the east by the Corrèze department, to the south by the arrondissement of Périgueux and to the west by the Charente department.

Several tributaries of the Dordogne river flows through the arrondissement; some of them are Isle, Dronne, Lizonne and Loue.

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 Nontron, there is only one canton where all its "communes" are in the arrondissement: Périgord Vert Nontronnais. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Nontron has 100 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Abjat-sur-Bandiat (24001)
 Angoisse (24008)
 Anlhiac (24009)
 Augignac (24016)
 Biras (24042)
 Bourdeilles (24055)
 Le Bourdeix (24056)
 Brantôme en Périgord (24064)
 Brouchaud (24066)
 Bussac (24069)
 Busserolles (24070)
 Bussière-Badil (24071)
 Cantillac (24079)
 Chalais (24095)
 Champagnac-de-Belair (24096)
 Champniers-et-Reilhac (24100)
 Champs-Romain (24101)
 La Chapelle-Faucher (24107)
 La Chapelle-Montmoreau (24111)
 Cherveix-Cubas (24120)
 Clermont-d'Excideuil (24124)
 Condat-sur-Trincou (24129)
 Connezac (24131)
 La Coquille (24133)
 Corgnac-sur-l'Isle (24134)
 Coulaures (24137)
 Cubjac-Auvézère-Val d'Ans (24147)
 Dussac (24158)
 Étouars (24163)
 Excideuil (24164)
 Eyvirat (24170)
 Eyzerac (24171)
 Firbeix (24180)
 Génis (24196)
 La Gonterie-Boulouneix (24198)
 Hautefaye (24209)
 Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert (24214)
 Jumilhac-le-Grand (24218)
 Lanouaille (24227)
 Lempzours (24238)
 Lussas-et-Nontronneau (24248)
 Mareuil en Périgord (24253)
 Mayac (24262)
 Mialet (24269)
 Milhac-de-Nontron (24271)
 Nantheuil (24304)
 Nanthiat (24305)
 Négrondes (24308)
 Nontron (24311)
 Payzac (24320)
 Piégut-Pluviers (24328)
 Preyssac-d'Excideuil (24339)
 Quinsac (24346)
 La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine (24353)
 Rudeau-Ladosse (24221)
 Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bussière (24381)
 Saint-Crépin-de-Richemont (24391)
 Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil (24394)
 Saint-Cyr-les-Champagnes (24397)
 Saint-Estèphe (24398)
 Saint-Félix-de-Bourdeilles (24403)
 Saint-Front-d'Alemps (24408)
 Saint-Front-la-Rivière (24410)
 Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne (24411)
 Saint-Germain-des-Prés (24417)
 Saint-Jean-de-Côle (24425)
 Saint-Jory-de-Chalais (24428)
 Saint-Jory-las-Bloux (24429)
 Saint-Martial-d'Albarède (24448)
 Saint-Martial-de-Valette (24451)
 Saint-Martin-de-Fressengeas (24453)
 Saint-Martin-le-Pin (24458)
 Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil (24463)
 Saint-Mesmin (24464)
 Saint-Pancrace (24474)
 Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil (24476)
 Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière (24479)
 Saint-Paul-la-Roche (24481)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Côle (24485)
 Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie (24486)
 Saint-Priest-les-Fougères (24489)
 Saint-Raphaël (24493)
 Saint-Romain-et-Saint-Clément (24496)
 Saint-Saud-Lacoussière (24498)
 Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil (24505)
 Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle (24513)
 Salagnac (24515)
 Sarlande (24519)
 Sarrazac (24522)
 Savignac-de-Nontron (24525)
 Savignac-Lédrier (24526)
 Sceau-Saint-Angel (24528)
 Sencenac-Puy-de-Fourches (24530)
 Soudat (24541)
 Teyjat (24548)
 Thiviers (24551)
 Valeuil (24561)
 Varaignes (24565)
 Vaunac (24567)
 Villars (24582)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Dordogne department
 Communes of the Dordogne department

References

Nontron