Arrondissement of Bressuire

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

## History

When the Deux-Sèvres department was created on 1790, Bressuire was not one of the original districts but, in 1804, it was made one of the _arrondissements_ of the department when the subprefecture of Thouars was moved to Bressuire.

## Geography

Bressuire is the northernmost _arrondissement_ of the department. It is bordered to the north by the Maine-et-Loire department, to the east by the Vienne department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Parthenay and to the west by the Vendée department.

It has an area of , and a population of 96,703 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

### 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 Bressuire, there are 3 cantons with all their _communes_  in the _arrondissement_: Bressuire, Mauléon and Thouars,

The following table shows the distribution of the _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ of  Bressuire:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7902|Bressuire|6|||**6**|
|7904|Cerizay|10||13|**23**|
|7907|Mauléon|15|||**15**|
|7916|Thouars|8|||**8**|
|7917|Le Val de Thouet|22||13|**35**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Bressuire has 53 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Argentonnay <small>(79013)</small>
1. Argenton-l'Église <small>(79014)</small>
1. Boismé <small>(79038)</small>
1. Bouillé-Loretz <small>(79043)</small>
1. Bressuire <small>(79049)</small>
1. Bretignolles <small>(79050)</small>
1. Brie <small>(79054)</small>
1. Brion-près-Thouet <small>(79056)</small>
1. Cerizay <small>(79062)</small>
1. Chiché <small>(79088)</small>
1. Cirières <small>(79091)</small>
1. Combrand <small>(79096)</small>
1. Coulonges-Thouarsais <small>(79102)</small>
1. Courlay <small>(79103)</small>
1. Faye-l'Abbesse <small>(79116)</small>
1. La Forêt-sur-Sèvre <small>(79123)</small>
1. Geay <small>(79131)</small>
1. Genneton <small>(79132)</small>
1. Glénay <small>(79134)</small>
1. Louzy <small>(79157)</small>
1. Luché-Thouarsais <small>(79159)</small>
1. Luzay <small>(79161)</small>
1. Mauléon <small>(79079)</small>
1. Mauzé-Thouarsais <small>(79171)</small>
1. Missé <small>(79178)</small>
1. Montravers <small>(79183)</small>
1. Nueil-les-Aubiers <small>(79195)</small>
1. Oiron <small>(79196)</small>
1. Pas-de-Jeu <small>(79203)</small>
1. La Petite-Boissière <small>(79207)</small>
1. Pierrefitte <small>(79209)</small>
1. Le Pin <small>(79210)</small>
1. Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre <small>(79235)</small>
1. Saint-André-sur-Sèvre <small>(79236)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin-du-Plain <small>(79238)</small>
1. Saint-Cyr-la-Lande <small>(79244)</small>
1. Sainte-Gemme <small>(79250)</small>
1. Sainte-Radegonde <small>(79292)</small>
1. Sainte-Verge <small>(79300)</small>
1. Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars <small>(79258)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Thouars <small>(79259)</small>
1. Saint-Jouin-de-Milly <small>(79261)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun <small>(79265)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon <small>(79274)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay <small>(79277)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-Étusson <small>(79280)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes <small>(79289)</small>
1. Saint-Varent <small>(79299)</small>
1. Taizé <small>(79321)</small>
1. Thouars <small>(79329)</small>
1. Tourtenay <small>(79331)</small>
1. Val en Vignes <small>(79063)</small>
1. Voulmentin <small>(79242)</small>

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Bressuire
- **insee**: 791
- **nbcomm**: 57
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Bressuire
- **area**: 1938.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Bressuire 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine