Arrondissement of La Rochelle

The **arrondissement of La Rochelle** is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of La Rochelle.

## History

When the Charente-Maritime department was created on 1790, the _arrondissement_ of La Rochelle was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of La Rochelle is the smallest of the _arrondissements_ of the Charente-Maritime department but the one with more people living in it. It has an area of , and a population of 210,151 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

La Rochelle is the northernmost _arrondissement_ of the department. It is formed from the old province of _Aunis_, with centre in La Rochelle, its historical capital.

It is bordered to the north by the Vendée department, to the east by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Rochefort, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west.

### 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 La Rochelle, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: the Châtelaillon-Plage and La Jarrie cantons. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="5" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1701|Aytré|||4|||**4**|
|1703|Châtelaillon-Plage||3|5|||**8**|
|1705|Île de Ré|||10|||**10**|
|1706|La Jarrie||2|12|||**14**|
|1708|Lagord|||6|||**6**|
|1709|Marans|||20|||**20**|
|1714|La Rochelle-1|||part of La Rochelle|||part of La Rochelle|
|1715|La Rochelle-2|||part of La Rochelle|||part of La Rochelle|
|1716|La Rochelle-3|||part of La Rochelle|||part of La Rochelle|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of La Rochelle has 58 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Andilly <small>(17008)</small>
1. Angliers <small>(17009)</small>
1. Angoulins <small>(17010)</small>
1. Ars-en-Ré <small>(17019)</small>
1. Aytré <small>(17028)</small>
1. Benon <small>(17041)</small>
1. Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré <small>(17051)</small>
1. Bourgneuf <small>(17059)</small>
1. Charron <small>(17091)</small>
1. Châtelaillon-Plage <small>(17094)</small>
1. Clavette <small>(17109)</small>
1. La Couarde-sur-Mer <small>(17121)</small>
1. Courçon <small>(17127)</small>
1. Cramchaban <small>(17132)</small>
1. Croix-Chapeau <small>(17136)</small>
1. Dompierre-sur-Mer <small>(17142)</small>
1. Esnandes <small>(17153)</small>
1. Ferrières <small>(17158)</small>
1. La Flotte <small>(17161)</small>
1. La Grève-sur-Mignon <small>(17182)</small>
1. Le Gué-d'Alleré <small>(17186)</small>
1. L'Houmeau <small>(17190)</small>
1. La Jarne <small>(17193)</small>
1. La Jarrie <small>(17194)</small>
1. Lagord <small>(17200)</small>
1. La Laigne <small>(17201)</small>
1. Loix <small>(17207)</small>
1. Longèves <small>(17208)</small>
1. Marans <small>(17218)</small>
1. Marsilly <small>(17222)</small>
1. Montroy <small>(17245)</small>
1. Nieul-sur-Mer <small>(17264)</small>
1. Nuaillé-d'Aunis <small>(17267)</small>
1. Périgny <small>(17274)</small>
1. Les Portes-en-Ré <small>(17286)</small>
1. Puilboreau <small>(17291)</small>
1. Rivedoux-Plage <small>(17297)</small>
1. La Rochelle <small>(17300)</small>
1. La Ronde <small>(17303)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe <small>(17315)</small>
1. Saint-Clément-des-Baleines <small>(17318)</small>
1. Saint-Cyr-du-Doret <small>(17322)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Liversay <small>(17349)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie-de-Ré <small>(17360)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Ré <small>(17369)</small>
1. Saint-Médard-d'Aunis <small>(17373)</small>
1. Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis <small>(17376)</small>
1. Saint-Rogatien <small>(17391)</small>
1. Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis <small>(17396)</small>
1. Sainte-Soulle <small>(17407)</small>
1. Saint-Vivien <small>(17413)</small>
1. Saint-Xandre <small>(17414)</small>
1. Salles-sur-Mer <small>(17420)</small>
1. Taugon <small>(17439)</small>
1. Thairé <small>(17443)</small>
1. Vérines <small>(17466)</small>
1. Villedoux <small>(17472)</small>
1. Yves <small>(17483)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17300|La Rochelle|74,998|La Rochelle-1, La Rochelle-2, La Rochelle-3|CA de la Rochelle|
|17028|Aytré|8,821|Aytré|CA de la Rochelle|
|17274|Périgny|7,866|Aytré|CA de la Rochelle|
|17200|Lagord|7,199|Lagord|CA de la Rochelle|
|17094|Châtelaillon-Plage|6,064|Châtelaillon-Plage|CA de la Rochelle|
|17291|Puilboreau|5,911|Aytré|CA de la Rochelle|
|17264|Nieul-sur-Mer|5,761|Lagord|CA de la Rochelle|
|17142|Dompierre-sur-Mer|5,344|Aytré|CA de la Rochelle|
|17218|Marans|4,590|Marans|Aunis Atlantique|
|17414|Saint-Xandre|4,463|Lagord|CA de la Rochelle|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Charente-Maritime department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: La Rochelle
- **insee**: 173
- **nbcomm**: 58
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: La Rochelle
- **area**: 852.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement La Rochelle 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine