Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc

The **arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Gironde _département_ in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Lesparre-Médoc.

## History

When the Gironde department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Lesparre-Médoc was part of that original department, with the name of _Arrondissement of Lesparre_.

The _arrondissement_ was dissolved on September 1926 but it was again an _arrondissement_ on June 1942 but with the name of _Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc_.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Lesparre-Médoc is in the northwest of Gironde, with an area of , the second largest, after the _arrondissement_ of Langon, of the _arrondissements_ of the department. It has 86,560 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 _arrondissements_ of Blaye, to the southeast by the _arrondissement_ of Bordeaux, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Arcachon and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean (_Gulf of Biscay_).

### 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 Lesparre-Médoc, there are only two cantons:

1. Le Nord-Médoc, with 29 _communes_, all in the _arrondissement_ of Lesparre-Médoc;
1. Le Sud-Médoc, with 22 _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ of Lesparre-Médoc and 1 _commune_ in the _arrondissement_ of Bordeaux

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Lesparre-Médoc has 50 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Arcins <small>(33010)</small>
1. Arsac <small>(33012)</small>
1. Avensan <small>(33022)</small>
1. Bégadan <small>(33038)</small>
1. Blaignan <small>(33055)</small>
1. Brach <small>(33070)</small>
1. Carcans <small>(33097)</small>
1. Castelnau-de-Médoc <small>(33104)</small>
1. Cissac-Médoc <small>(33125)</small>
1. Civrac-en-Médoc <small>(33128)</small>
1. Couquèques <small>(33134)</small>
1. Cussac-Fort-Médoc <small>(33146)</small>
1. Gaillan-en-Médoc <small>(33177)</small>
1. Grayan-et-l'Hôpital <small>(33193)</small>
1. Hourtin <small>(33203)</small>
1. Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac <small>(33208)</small>
1. Labarde <small>(33211)</small>
1. Lacanau <small>(33214)</small>
1. Lamarque <small>(33220)</small>
1. Lesparre-Médoc <small>(33240)</small>
1. Listrac-Médoc <small>(33248)</small>
1. Margaux-Cantenac <small>(33268)</small>
1. Moulis-en-Médoc <small>(33297)</small>
1. Naujac-sur-Mer <small>(33300)</small>
1. Ordonnac <small>(33309)</small>
1. Pauillac <small>(33314)</small>
1. Le Porge <small>(33333)</small>
1. Prignac-en-Médoc <small>(33338)</small>
1. Queyrac <small>(33348)</small>
1. Saint-Christoly-Médoc <small>(33383)</small>
1. Saint-Estèphe <small>(33395)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil <small>(33412)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-Beychevelle <small>(33423)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-Médoc <small>(33424)</small>
1. Saint-Sauveur <small>(33471)</small>
1. Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne <small>(33476)</small>
1. Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc <small>(33490)</small>
1. Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc <small>(33493)</small>
1. Sainte-Hélène <small>(33417)</small>
1. Salaunes <small>(33494)</small>
1. Saumos <small>(33503)</small>
1. Soulac-sur-Mer <small>(33514)</small>
1. Soussans <small>(33517)</small>
1. Talais <small>(33521)</small>
1. Le Temple <small>(33528)</small>
1. Valeyrac <small>(33538)</small>
1. Vendays-Montalivet <small>(33540)</small>
1. Vensac <small>(33541)</small>
1. Le Verdon-sur-Mer <small>(33544)</small>
1. Vertheuil <small>(33545)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|33240|Lesparre-Médoc|5,604|Le Nord-Médoc|Médoc Cœur de Presqu'ile|
|33314|Pauillac|4,924|Le Nord-Médoc|Médoc Cœur de Presqu'ile|
|33214|Lacanau|4,552|Le Sud-Médoc|Médoc Atlantique|
|33424|Saint-Laurent-Médoc|4,517|Le Sud-Médoc|Médoc Cœur de Presqu'ile|
|33104|Castelnau-de-Médoc|4,356|Le Sud-Médoc|Médullienne|
|33203|Hourtin|3,432|Le Sud-Médoc|Médoc Atlantique|
|33012|Arsac|3,347|Le Sud-Médoc|Médoc Estuaire|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Gironde department
- Communes of the Gironde department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Lesparre-Médoc
- **insee**: 334
- **nbcomm**: 49
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Lesparre-Médoc
- **pop**: 89098
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 2274.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Lesparre-Médoc 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine