Arrondissement of Blaye

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

## History

When the Gironde department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Blaye was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Blaye is the smallest of the _arrondissements_ of the Gironde department, with an area of . It is in northern part of the department and it has 88,115 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Blaye is bordered to the north and northeast by the Charente-Maritime department, to the southeast by the _arrondissement_ of Libourne, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Bordeaux and to the west by the _arrondissement_ of Lesparre-Médoc. The Gironde estuary is to northwest of the _arrondissement_.

### 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 Blaye, there are only two cantons:

1. L'Estuaire, with 39 _communes_, all in the _arrondissement_ of Blaye;
1. Le Nord-Gironde, with 26 _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ of Blaye and 2 _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ of Bordeaux.

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Blaye has 63 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Anglade <small>(33006)</small>
1. Val-de-Virvée <small>(33018)</small>
1. Bayon-sur-Gironde <small>(33035)</small>
1. Berson <small>(33047)</small>
1. Blaye <small>(33058)</small>
1. Bourg <small>(33067)</small>
1. Braud-et-Saint-Louis <small>(33073)</small>
1. Campugnan <small>(33089)</small>
1. Cars <small>(33100)</small>
1. Cartelègue <small>(33101)</small>
1. Cavignac <small>(33114)</small>
1. Cézac <small>(33123)</small>
1. Civrac-de-Blaye <small>(33126)</small>
1. Comps <small>(33132)</small>
1. Cubnezais <small>(33142)</small>
1. Cubzac-les-Ponts <small>(33143)</small>
1. Donnezac <small>(33151)</small>
1. Étauliers <small>(33159)</small>
1. Eyrans <small>(33161)</small>
1. Fours <small>(33172)</small>
1. Gauriac <small>(33182)</small>
1. Gauriaguet <small>(33183)</small>
1. Générac <small>(33184)</small>
1. Lansac <small>(33228)</small>
1. Laruscade <small>(33233)</small>
1. Marcenais <small>(33266)</small>
1. Marcillac <small>(33267)</small>
1. Marsas <small>(33272)</small>
1. Mazion <small>(33280)</small>
1. Mombrier <small>(33285)</small>
1. Peujard <small>(33321)</small>
1. Plassac <small>(33325)</small>
1. Pleine-Selve <small>(33326)</small>
1. Prignac-et-Marcamps <small>(33339)</small>
1. Pugnac <small>(33341)</small>
1. Reignac <small>(33351)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Cubzac <small>(33366)</small>
1. Saint-Androny <small>(33370)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye <small>(33374)</small>
1. Saint-Caprais-de-Blaye <small>(33380)</small>
1. Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye <small>(33382)</small>
1. Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse <small>(33388)</small>
1. Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde <small>(33389)</small>
1. Saint-Genès-de-Blaye <small>(33405)</small>
1. Saint-Gervais <small>(33415)</small>
1. Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives <small>(33416)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-d'Arce <small>(33425)</small>
1. Saint-Mariens <small>(33439)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-Lacaussade <small>(33441)</small>
1. Saint-Palais <small>(33456)</small>
1. Saint-Paul <small>(33458)</small>
1. Saint-Savin <small>(33473)</small>
1. Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg <small>(33475)</small>
1. Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac <small>(33477)</small>
1. Saint-Trojan <small>(33486)</small>
1. Saint-Vivien-de-Blaye <small>(33489)</small>
1. Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac <small>(33492)</small>
1. Samonac <small>(33500)</small>
1. Saugon <small>(33502)</small>
1. Tauriac <small>(33525)</small>
1. Teuillac <small>(33530)</small>
1. Villeneuve <small>(33551)</small>
1. Virsac <small>(33553)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|33366|Saint-André-de-Cubzac|10,422|Le Nord-Gironde|Le Cubzaguais|
|33058|Blaye|4,769|L'Estuaire|Blaye|
|33018|Val de Virvée|3,366|Le Nord-Gironde|Le Cubzaguais|
|33473|Saint-Savin|3,088|Le Nord-Gironde|Latitude Nord Gironde|
|33389|Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde|3,068|L'Estuaire|L'Estuaire - Canton de Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde|
|33233|Laruscade|2,602|Le Nord-Gironde|Latitude Nord Gironde|
|33123|Cézac|2,503|Le Nord-Gironde|Latitude Nord Gironde|
|33143|Cubzac-les-Ponts|2,346|Le Nord-Gironde|Le Cubzaguais|
|33492|Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac|2,319|Le Nord-Gironde|Latitude Nord Gironde|
|33341|Pugnac|2,297|L'Estuaire|Le Cubzaguais|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Blaye
- **insee**: 331
- **nbcomm**: 62
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Blaye
- **area**: 782.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Blaye 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine