Arrondissement of Montmorillon

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

## History

When the Vienne department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Montmorillon was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Montmorillon is in southern Vienne and is bordered to the north by the other two _arrondissements_ of the departmentː Poitiers to the nortwest and Châtellerault to the northeast. The _arrondissement_ is also surrounded by the Indre department to the east, the Haute-Vienne department to the southeast, the Charente to the south and the Deux-Sèvres department to the west.

It has an area of . It has 74,852 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km². It is the _arrondissement_ of Vienne with fewest people in it but is the one with the largest area.

### 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 Montmorillon, there are 2 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_: Civray and Lussac-les-Châteaux. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8605|Chauvigny|7|8||**15**|
|8606|Civray||30||**30**|
|8609|Lusignan||10|9|**19**|
|8610|Lussac-les-Châteaux||25||**25**|
|8612|Montmorillon|1|25||**26**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Montmorillon has 95 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Adriers <small>(86001)</small>
1. Anché <small>(86003)</small>
1. Antigny <small>(86006)</small>
1. Asnières-sur-Blour <small>(86011)</small>
1. Asnois <small>(86012)</small>
1. Availles-Limouzine <small>(86015)</small>
1. Béthines <small>(86025)</small>
1. Blanzay <small>(86029)</small>
1. Bouresse <small>(86034)</small>
1. Bourg-Archambault <small>(86035)</small>
1. Brigueil-le-Chantre <small>(86037)</small>
1. Brion <small>(86038)</small>
1. Brux <small>(86039)</small>
1. La Bussière <small>(86040)</small>
1. Ceaux-en-Couhé <small>(86043)</small>
1. Champagné-le-Sec <small>(86051)</small>
1. Champagné-Saint-Hilaire <small>(86052)</small>
1. Champniers <small>(86054)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Bâton <small>(86055)</small>
1. Chapelle-Viviers <small>(86059)</small>
1. Charroux <small>(86061)</small>
1. Chatain <small>(86063)</small>
1. Château-Garnier <small>(86064)</small>
1. Châtillon <small>(86067)</small>
1. Chaunay <small>(86068)</small>
1. Civaux <small>(86077)</small>
1. Civray <small>(86078)</small>
1. Couhé <small>(86082)</small>
1. Coulonges <small>(86084)</small>
1. La Ferrière-Airoux <small>(86097)</small>
1. Fleix <small>(86098)</small>
1. Gençay <small>(86103)</small>
1. Genouillé <small>(86104)</small>
1. Gouex <small>(86107)</small>
1. Haims <small>(86110)</small>
1. L'Isle-Jourdain <small>(86112)</small>
1. Jouhet <small>(86117)</small>
1. Journet <small>(86118)</small>
1. Joussé <small>(86119)</small>
1. Lathus-Saint-Rémy <small>(86120)</small>
1. Lauthiers <small>(86122)</small>
1. Leignes-sur-Fontaine <small>(86126)</small>
1. Lhommaizé <small>(86131)</small>
1. Liglet <small>(86132)</small>
1. Linazay <small>(86134)</small>
1. Lizant <small>(86136)</small>
1. Luchapt <small>(86138)</small>
1. Lussac-les-Châteaux <small>(86140)</small>
1. Magné <small>(86141)</small>
1. Mauprévoir <small>(86152)</small>
1. Mazerolles <small>(86153)</small>
1. Millac <small>(86159)</small>
1. Montmorillon <small>(86165)</small>
1. Moulismes <small>(86170)</small>
1. Moussac <small>(86171)</small>
1. Mouterre-sur-Blourde <small>(86172)</small>
1. Nalliers <small>(86175)</small>
1. Nérignac <small>(86176)</small>
1. Paizay-le-Sec <small>(86187)</small>
1. Payré <small>(86188)</small>
1. Payroux <small>(86189)</small>
1. Persac <small>(86190)</small>
1. Pindray <small>(86191)</small>
1. Plaisance <small>(86192)</small>
1. Pressac <small>(86200)</small>
1. Queaux <small>(86203)</small>
1. Romagne <small>(86211)</small>
1. Saint-Gaudent <small>(86220)</small>
1. Saint-Germain <small>(86223)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-de-Jourdes <small>(86228)</small>
1. Saint-Léomer <small>(86230)</small>
1. Saint-Macoux <small>(86231)</small>
1. Valdivienne <small>(86233)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-l'Ars <small>(86234)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère <small>(86235)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé <small>(86236)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil <small>(86237)</small>
1. Saint-Romain <small>(86242)</small>
1. Saint-Savin <small>(86246)</small>
1. Saint-Saviol <small>(86247)</small>
1. Saint-Secondin <small>(86248)</small>
1. Saulgé <small>(86254)</small>
1. Savigné <small>(86255)</small>
1. Sillars <small>(86262)</small>
1. Sommières-du-Clain <small>(86264)</small>
1. Surin <small>(86266)</small>
1. Thollet <small>(86270)</small>
1. La Trimouille <small>(86273)</small>
1. Usson-du-Poitou <small>(86276)</small>
1. Vaux <small>(86278)</small>
1. Verrières <small>(86285)</small>
1. Le Vigeant <small>(86289)</small>
1. Villemort <small>(86291)</small>
1. Voulême <small>(86295)</small>
1. Voulon <small>(86296)</small>

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Vienne department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Montmorillon
- **insee**: 862
- **nbcomm**: 91
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Montmorillon
- **area**: 2876.1
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Montmorillon 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine