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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Châtellerault is in northern Vienne  and is bordered to the northwest by the Maine-et-Loire department, to the north and east by the Indre-et-Loire department, to the southeast by the Indre department (a small part) and the arrondissement of Montmorillon, to the south by the arrondissement of Poitiers and to the west by the  Deux-Sèvres department.

It has an area of . It has 112,313 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

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 Châtellerault, there are 4 cantons whose communes are in the arrondissement: Châtellerault-1, Châtellerault-2, Châtellerault-3 and Loudun.  The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Châtellerault has 92 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Angles-sur-l'Anglin (86004)
 Angliers (86005)
 Antran (86007)
 Arçay (86008)
 Archigny (86009)
 Aulnay (86013)
 Availles-en-Châtellerault (86014)
 Basses (86018)
 Bellefonds (86020)
 Berrie (86022)
 Berthegon (86023)
 Beuxes (86026)
 Bonneuil-Matours (86032)
 Bournand (86036)
 Buxeuil (86042)
 Ceaux-en-Loudun (86044)
 Cenon-sur-Vienne (86046)
 Cernay (86047)
 Chalais (86049)
 Châtellerault (86066)
 La Chaussée (86069)
 Chenevelles (86072)
 La Roche-Rigault (86079)
 Colombiers (86081)
 Coussay-les-Bois (86086)
 Craon (86087)
 Curçay-sur-Dive (86090)
 Dangé-Saint-Romain (86092)
 Dercé (86093)
 Doussay (86096)
 Glénouze (86106)
 La Grimaudière (86108)
 Guesnes (86109)
 Ingrandes (86111)
 Leigné-les-Bois (86125)
 Leigné-sur-Usseau (86127)
 Lencloître (86128)
 Lésigny (86129)
 Leugny (86130)
 Loudun (86137)
 Mairé (86143)
 Martaizé (86149)
 Maulay (86151)
 Mazeuil (86154)
 Messemé (86156)
 Moncontour (86161)
 Mondion (86162)
 Monthoiron (86164)
 Monts-sur-Guesnes (86167)
 Morton (86169)
 Mouterre-Silly (86173)
 Naintré (86174)
 Nueil-sous-Faye (86181)
 Orches (86182)
 Les Ormes (86183)
 Ouzilly (86184)
 Oyré (86186)
 Pleumartin (86193)
 Port-de-Piles (86195)
 Pouançay (86196)
 Pouant (86197)
 Prinçay (86201)
 Ranton (86205)
 Raslay (86206)
 La Roche-Posay (86207)
 Roiffé (86210)
 Saint-Christophe (86217)
 Saint-Clair (86218)
 Saint-Genest-d'Ambière (86221)
 Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers (86224)
 Saint-Jean-de-Sauves (86225)
 Saint-Laon (86227)
 Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais (86229)
 Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse (86241)
 Senillé-Saint-Sauveur (86245)
 Saires (86249)
 Saix (86250)
 Sammarçolles (86252)
 Savigny-sous-Faye (86257)
 Scorbé-Clairvaux (86258)
 Sérigny (86260)
 Sossais (86265)
 Ternay (86269)
 Thuré (86272)
 Les Trois-Moutiers (86274)
 Usseau (86275)
 Vaux-sur-Vienne (86279)
 Vellèches (86280)
 Verrue (86286)
 Vézières (86287)
 Vicq-sur-Gartempe (86288)
 Vouneuil-sur-Vienne (86298)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

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

References

Chatellerault