Arrondissement of Parthenay

The arrondissement of Parthenay is an arrondissement of France, in the Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Parthenay.

History
When the Deux-Sèvres department was created on 1790, Parthenay was one of the original districts.

Geography
The territory of the present arrondissement of Parthenay is the historical region of Gâtine vendéenne; several communes are named after this region:  La Boissière-en-Gâtine, Mazières-en-Gâtine, Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine, Vernoux-en-Gâtine.

Parthenay is the central arrondissement of the department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Bressuire, to the east by the  Vienne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Niort and to the west by the Vendée department.

It has an area of , and a population of 64,425 inhabitants for 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 Parthenay, there are 2 cantons with all their communes  in the arrondissement: La Gâtine and Parthenay. The following table shows the distribution of the communes in the arrondissement:

Communes
The arrondissement of Parthenay has 77 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Adilly (79002)
 Airvault (79005)
 Allonne (79007)
 Amailloux (79008)
 Assais-les-Jumeaux (79016)
 Aubigny (79019)
 Availles-Thouarsais (79022)
 Azay-sur-Thouet (79025)
 Beaulieu-sous-Parthenay (79029)
 Boussais (79047)
 Chantecorps (79068)
 Chanteloup (79069)
 Châtillon-sur-Thouet (79080)
 Clavé (79092)
 Clessé (79094)
 Coutières (79105)
 Doux (79108)
 Fomperron (79121)
 Fénery (79118)
 Gourgé (79135)
 Irais (79141)
 L'Absie (79001)
 La Boissière-en-Gâtine (79040)
 La Chapelle-Bertrand (79071)
 La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent (79076)
 La Chapelle-Saint-Étienne (79075)
 La Ferrière-en-Parthenay (79120)
 La Peyratte (79208)
 Lageon (79145)
 Largeasse (79147)
 Le Breuil-Bernard (79051)
 Le Chillou (79089)
 Le Retail (79226)
 Le Tallud (79322)
 Les Forges (79124)
 Les Groseillers (79139)
 Lhoumois (79149)
 Louin (79156)
 Maisontiers (79165)
 Marnes (79167)
 Mazières-en-Gâtine (79172)
 Moncoutant (79179)
 Moutiers-sous-Chantemerle (79188)
 Ménigoute (79176)
 Neuvy-Bouin (79190)
 Oroux (79197)
 Parthenay (79202)
 Pompaire (79213)
 Pougne-Hérisson (79215)
 Pressigny (79218)
 Pugny (79222)
 Reffannes (79225)
 Saint-Aubin-le-Cloud (79239)
 Saint-Georges-de-Noisné (79253)
 Saint-Germain-de-Longue-Chaume (79255)
 Saint-Germier (79256)
 Saint-Généroux (79252)
 Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes (79260)
 Saint-Lin (79267)
 Saint-Loup-Lamairé (79268)
 Saint-Marc-la-Lande (79271)
 Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux (79278)
 Saint-Pardoux (79285)
 Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine (79286)
 Saurais (79306)
 Secondigny (79311)
 Soutiers (79318)
 Tessonnière (79325)
 Thénezay (79326)
 Trayes (79332)
 Vasles (79339)
 Vausseroux (79340)
 Vautebis (79341)
 Vernoux-en-Gâtine (79342)
 Verruyes (79345)
 Viennay (79347)
 Vouhé (79354)

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Deux-Sèvres department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Parthenay