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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Cognac is the smallest arrondissement of the department with an area of . It has 92,224 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

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

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 Cognac, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: 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 Cognac has 116 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Ambleville (16010)
 Angeac-Champagne (16012)
 Angeac-Charente (16013)
 Angeduc (16014)
 Anville (16017)
 Ars (16018)
 Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde (16025)
 Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire (16028)
 Barret (16030)
 Bassac (16032)
 Bécheresse (16036)
 Berneuil (16040)
 Birac (16045)
 Côteaux du Blanzacais (16046)
 Boisbreteau (16048)
 Bonneuil (16050)
 Bonneville (16051)
 Bors-de-Baignes (16053)
 Bourg-Charente (16056)
 Bouteville (16057)
 Boutiers-Saint-Trojan (16058)
 Bréville (16060)
 Brie-sous-Barbezieux (16062)
 Brossac (16066)
 Challignac (16074)
 Champagne-Vigny (16075)
 Champmillon (16077)
 Chantillac (16079)
 Chassors (16088)
 Châteaubernard (16089)
 Châteauneuf-sur-Charente (16090)
 Cherves-Richemont (16097)
 Chillac (16099)
 Cognac (16102)
 Condéon (16105)
 Courbillac (16109)
 Criteuil-la-Magdeleine (16116)
 Douzat (16121)
 Échallat (16123)
 Étriac (16133)
 Fleurac (16139)
 Foussignac (16145)
 Genac-Bignac (16148)
 Gensac-la-Pallue (16150)
 Genté (16151)
 Gimeux (16152)
 Gondeville (16153)
 Gourville (16156)
 Guimps (16160)
 Guizengeard (16161)
 Hiersac (16163)
 Houlette (16165)
 Jarnac (16167)
 Javrezac (16169)
 Juillac-le-Coq (16171)
 Julienne (16174)
 Val des Vignes (16175)
 Lachaise (16176)
 Ladiville (16177)
 Lagarde-sur-le-Né (16178)
 Lignières-Sonneville (16186)
 Louzac-Saint-André (16193)
 Mainxe (16202)
 Bellevigne (16204)
 Marcillac-Lanville (16207)
 Mareuil (16208)
 Mérignac (16216)
 Merpins (16217)
 Mesnac (16218)
 Les Métairies (16220)
 Mons (16221)
 Montmérac (16224)
 Montigné (16228)
 Mosnac (16233)
 Moulidars (16234)
 Nercillac (16243)
 Oriolles (16251)
 Passirac (16256)
 Pérignac (16258)
 Reignac (16276)
 Réparsac (16277)
 Rouillac (16286)
 Graves-Saint-Amant (16297)
 Saint-Amant-de-Nouère (16298)
 Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle (16301)
 Saint-Bonnet (16303)
 Saint-Brice (16304)
 Saint-Cybardeaux (16312)
 Saint-Félix (16315)
 Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né (16316)
 Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac (16320)
 Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac (16330)
 Saint-Léger (16332)
 Saint-Médard (16338)
 Auge-Saint-Médard (16339)
 Saint-Même-les-Carrières (16340)
 Saint-Palais-du-Né (16342)
 Saint-Preuil (16343)
 Sainte-Sévère (16349)
 Saint-Simeux (16351)
 Saint-Simon (16352)
 Sainte-Souline (16354)
 Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac (16355)
 Saint-Vallier (16357)
 Salles-d'Angles (16359)
 Salles-de-Barbezieux (16360)
 Sauvignac (16365)
 Segonzac (16366)
 Sigogne (16369)
 Le Tâtre (16380)
 Touvérac (16384)
 Triac-Lautrait (16387)
 Vaux-Rouillac (16395)
 Verrières (16399)
 Vibrac (16402)
 Vignolles (16405) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

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

References

Cognac