Arrondissement of Libourne

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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Libourne is in the northeast of Gironde, with an area of . It has 152,602 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Charente-Maritime department, to the east by the Dordogne department, to the southeast by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Langon and to the west by the arrondissements of Bordeaux and Blaye.

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 Libourne, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Le Nord-Gironde and Le Réolais et Les Bastides. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Libourne has 129 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Abzac (33001)
 Arveyres (33015)
 Asques (33016)
 Baron (33028)
 Bayas (33034)
 Belvès-de-Castillon (33045)
 Bonzac (33062)
 Bossugan (33064)
 Branne (33071)
 Cabara (33078)
 Cadarsac (33079)
 Cadillac-en-Fronsadais (33082)
 Camiac-et-Saint-Denis (33086)
 Camps-sur-l'Isle (33088)
 Caplong (33094)
 Castillon-la-Bataille (33108)
 Chamadelle (33124)
 Civrac-sur-Dordogne (33127)
 Coubeyrac (33133)
 Coutras (33138)
 Daignac (33147)
 Dardenac (33148)
 Doulezon (33153)
 Espiet (33157)
 Eynesse (33160)
 Flaujagues (33168)
 Francs (33173)
 Fronsac (33174)
 Galgon (33179)
 Gardegan-et-Tourtirac (33181)
 Gensac (33186)
 Gours (33191)
 Grézillac (33194)
 Guillac (33196)
 Guîtres (33198)
 Génissac (33185)
 Izon (33207)
 Jugazan (33209)
 Juillac (33210)
 La Lande-de-Fronsac (33219)
 La Rivière (33356)
 La Roquille (33360)
 Lagorce (33218)
 Lalande-de-Pomerol (33222)
 Lapouyade (33230)
 Le Fieu (33166)
 Les Artigues-de-Lussac (33014)
 Les Billaux (33052)
 Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues (33242)
 Les Peintures (33315)
 Les Salles-de-Castillon (33499)
 Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures (33154)
 Libourne (33243)
 Ligueux (33246)
 Lugaignac (33257)
 Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay (33259)
 Lussac (33261)
 Maransin (33264)
 Margueron (33269)
 Montagne (33290)
 Mouillac (33295)
 Mouliets-et-Villemartin (33296)
 Moulon (33298)
 Naujan-et-Postiac (33301)
 Néac (33302)
 Nérigean (33303)
 Pessac-sur-Dordogne (33319)
 Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps (33320)
 Pineuilh (33324)
 Pomerol (33328)
 Porchères (33332)
 Puisseguin (33342)
 Pujols (33344)
 Puynormand (33347)
 Périssac (33317)
 Rauzan (33350)
 Riocaud (33354)
 Sablons (33362)
 Saillans (33364)
 Saint-Aignan (33365)
 Saint-André-et-Appelles (33369)
 Saint-Antoine-sur-l'Isle (33373)
 Saint-Aubin-de-Branne (33375)
 Saint-Avit-Saint-Nazaire (33378)
 Saint-Avit-de-Soulège (33377)
 Saint-Christophe-de-Double (33385)
 Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes (33384)
 Saint-Cibard (33386)
 Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac (33387)
 Saint-Denis-de-Pile (33393)
 Saint-Genès-de-Castillon (33406)
 Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac (33407)
 Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière (33414)
 Saint-Germain-du-Puch (33413)
 Saint-Hippolyte (33420)
 Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac (33421)
 Saint-Laurent-des-Combes (33426)
 Saint-Magne-de-Castillon (33437)
 Saint-Martin-de-Laye (33442)
 Saint-Martin-du-Bois (33445)
 Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac (33451)
 Saint-Médard-de-Guizières (33447)
 Saint-Pey-d'Armens (33459)
 Saint-Pey-de-Castets (33460)
 Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguille (33461)
 Saint-Philippe-du-Seignal (33462)
 Saint-Quentin-de-Baron (33466)
 Saint-Quentin-de-Caplong (33467)
 Saint-Romain-la-Virvée (33470)
 Saint-Sauveur-de-Puynormand (33472)
 Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle (33478)
 Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens (33480)
 Saint-Vincent-de-Pertignas (33488)
 Saint-Émilion (33394)
 Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse (33396)
 Sainte-Colombe (33390)
 Sainte-Florence (33401)
 Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (33402)
 Sainte-Radegonde (33468)
 Sainte-Terre (33485)
 Savignac-de-l'Isle (33509)
 Tarnès (33524)
 Tayac (33526)
 Tizac-de-Curton (33531)
 Tizac-de-Lapouyade (33532)
 Vayres (33539)
 Vignonet (33546)
 Villegouge (33548)
 Vérac (33542)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Gironde department
 Communes of the Gironde department

References

Libourne