Arrondissement of Niort

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

## History

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

## Geography

Niort is the southernmost _arrondissement_ of the department. It is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Parthenay,  to the east by the  Vienne department,  to the south by the  Charente-Maritime department and to the west by the Vendée department.

It has an area of , and a population of 212,425 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 case of the _arrondissement_ of Niort, all its cantons have their _communes_ within the _arrondissement_. The following table shows the distribution of the _communes_ in the _arrondissement_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7901|Autize-Égray||27||**27**|
|7903|Celles-sur-Belle||27||**27**|
|7905|Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan||13||**13**|
|7908|Melle||39||**39**|
|7909|Mignon-et-Boutonne||35||**35**|
|7910|Niort-1||part of Niort||part of Niort|
|7911|Niort-2||part of Niort||part of Niort|
|7912|Niort-3||part of Niort||part of Niort|
|7914|La Plaine Niortaise||10||**10**|
|7915|Saint-Maixent-l'École||13||**13**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Niort has 163 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aiffres <small>(79003)</small>
1. Aigonnay <small>(79004)</small>
1. Alloinay <small>(79136)</small>
1. Amuré <small>(79009)</small>
1. Arçais <small>(79010)</small>
1. Ardilleux <small>(79011)</small>
1. Ardin <small>(79012)</small>
1. Asnières-en-Poitou <small>(79015)</small>
1. Aubigné <small>(79018)</small>
1. Augé <small>(79020)</small>
1. Avon <small>(79023)</small>
1. Azay-le-Brûlé <small>(79024)</small>
1. La Bataille <small>(79027)</small>
1. Beaussais-Vitré <small>(79030)</small>
1. Beauvoir-sur-Niort <small>(79031)</small>
1. Béceleuf <small>(79032)</small>
1. Belleville <small>(79033)</small>
1. Bessines <small>(79034)</small>
1. Le Beugnon <small>(79035)</small>
1. Boisserolles <small>(79039)</small>
1. Bougon <small>(79042)</small>
1. Bouin <small>(79045)</small>
1. Le Bourdet <small>(79046)</small>
1. Brieuil-sur-Chizé <small>(79055)</small>
1. Brioux-sur-Boutonne <small>(79057)</small>
1. Brûlain <small>(79058)</small>
1. Le Busseau <small>(79059)</small>
1. Caunay <small>(79060)</small>
1. Celles-sur-Belle <small>(79061)</small>
1. Chail <small>(79064)</small>
1. Champdeniers-Saint-Denis <small>(79066)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Bâton <small>(79070)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Pouilloux <small>(79074)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Thireuil <small>(79077)</small>
1. Chauray <small>(79081)</small>
1. Chef-Boutonne <small>(79083)</small>
1. Chenay <small>(79084)</small>
1. Chérigné <small>(79085)</small>
1. Cherveux <small>(79086)</small>
1. Chey <small>(79087)</small>
1. Chizé <small>(79090)</small>
1. Clussais-la-Pommeraie <small>(79095)</small>
1. La Couarde <small>(79098)</small>
1. Coulon <small>(79100)</small>
1. Coulonges-sur-l'Autize <small>(79101)</small>
1. Cours <small>(79104)</small>
1. Couture-d'Argenson <small>(79106)</small>
1. La Crèche <small>(79048)</small>
1. Crézières <small>(79107)</small>
1. Échiré <small>(79109)</small>
1. Ensigné <small>(79111)</small>
1. Épannes <small>(79112)</small>
1. Exireuil <small>(79114)</small>
1. Exoudun <small>(79115)</small>
1. Faye-sur-Ardin <small>(79117)</small>
1. Fenioux <small>(79119)</small>
1. Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues <small>(79122)</small>
1. Fors <small>(79125)</small>
1. Les Fosses <small>(79126)</small>
1. La Foye-Monjault <small>(79127)</small>
1. François <small>(79128)</small>
1. Fressines <small>(79129)</small>
1. Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan <small>(79130)</small>
1. Germond-Rouvre <small>(79133)</small>
1. Granzay-Gript <small>(79137)</small>
1. Hanc <small>(79140)</small>
1. Juillé <small>(79142)</small>
1. Juscorps <small>(79144)</small>
1. Lezay <small>(79148)</small>
1. Limalonges <small>(79150)</small>
1. Lorigné <small>(79152)</small>
1. Loubigné <small>(79153)</small>
1. Loubillé <small>(79154)</small>
1. Luché-sur-Brioux <small>(79158)</small>
1. Lusseray <small>(79160)</small>
1. Magné <small>(79162)</small>
1. Mairé-Levescault <small>(79163)</small>
1. Maisonnay <small>(79164)</small>
1. Marigny <small>(79166)</small>
1. Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon <small>(79170)</small>
1. Mazières-sur-Béronne <small>(79173)</small>
1. Melle <small>(79174)</small>
1. Melleran <small>(79175)</small>
1. Messé <small>(79177)</small>
1. Montalembert <small>(79180)</small>
1. La Mothe-Saint-Héray <small>(79184)</small>
1. Mougon-Thorigné <small>(79185)</small>
1. Nanteuil <small>(79189)</small>
1. Niort <small>(79191)</small>
1. Paizay-le-Chapt <small>(79198)</small>
1. Paizay-le-Tort <small>(79199)</small>
1. Pamplie <small>(79200)</small>
1. Pamproux <small>(79201)</small>
1. Périgné <small>(79204)</small>
1. Pers <small>(79205)</small>
1. Pioussay <small>(79211)</small>
1. Pliboux <small>(79212)</small>
1. Pouffonds <small>(79214)</small>
1. Prahecq <small>(79216)</small>
1. Prailles <small>(79217)</small>
1. Priaires <small>(79219)</small>
1. Prin-Deyrançon <small>(79220)</small>
1. Prissé-la-Charrière <small>(79078)</small>
1. Puihardy <small>(79223)</small>
1. La Rochénard <small>(79229)</small>
1. Rom <small>(79230)</small>
1. Romans <small>(79231)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc <small>(79241)</small>
1. Saint-Coutant <small>(79243)</small>
1. Sainte-Blandine <small>(79240)</small>
1. Sainte-Eanne <small>(79246)</small>
1. Sainte-Néomaye <small>(79283)</small>
1. Sainte-Ouenne <small>(79284)</small>
1. Sainte-Soline <small>(79297)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-la-Cigogne <small>(79247)</small>
1. Saint-Gelais <small>(79249)</small>
1. Saint-Génard <small>(79251)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-de-Rex <small>(79254)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud <small>(79257)</small>
1. Saint-Laurs <small>(79263)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-de-la-Martinière <small>(79264)</small>
1. Saint-Maixent-de-Beugné <small>(79269)</small>
1. Saint-Maixent-l'École <small>(79270)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue <small>(79273)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent <small>(79276)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-lès-Melle <small>(79279)</small>
1. Saint-Maxire <small>(79281)</small>
1. Saint-Médard <small>(79282)</small>
1. Saint-Pompain <small>(79290)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy <small>(79293)</small>
1. Saint-Romans-des-Champs <small>(79294)</small>
1. Saint-Romans-lès-Melle <small>(79295)</small>
1. Saint-Symphorien <small>(79298)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre <small>(79301)</small>
1. Saivres <small>(79302)</small>
1. Salles <small>(79303)</small>
1. Sansais <small>(79304)</small>
1. Sauzé-Vaussais <small>(79307)</small>
1. Sciecq <small>(79308)</small>
1. Scillé <small>(79309)</small>
1. Secondigné-sur-Belle <small>(79310)</small>
1. Séligné <small>(79312)</small>
1. Sepvret <small>(79313)</small>
1. Sompt <small>(79314)</small>
1. Soudan <small>(79316)</small>
1. Souvigné <small>(79319)</small>
1. Surin <small>(79320)</small>
1. Thorigny-sur-le-Mignon <small>(79328)</small>
1. Tillou <small>(79330)</small>
1. Usseau <small>(79334)</small>
1. Vallans <small>(79335)</small>
1. Vançais <small>(79336)</small>
1. Le Vanneau-Irleau <small>(79337)</small>
1. Vanzay <small>(79338)</small>
1. Vernoux-sur-Boutonne <small>(79343)</small>
1. Le Vert <small>(79346)</small>
1. Villefollet <small>(79348)</small>
1. Villemain <small>(79349)</small>
1. Villiers-en-Bois <small>(79350)</small>
1. Villiers-en-Plaine <small>(79351)</small>
1. Villiers-sur-Chizé <small>(79352)</small>
1. Vouillé <small>(79355)</small>
1. Xaintray <small>(79357)</small>

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Niort
- **insee**: 792
- **nbcomm**: 121
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Niort
- **area**: 2445.1
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Niort 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine