Arrondissement of Parthenay

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

## History

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

## Geography

The territory of the present _arrondissement_ of Parthenay is the historical region of **Gâtine vendéenne**; several _communes_ are named after this region:  La Boissière-en-Gâtine, Mazières-en-Gâtine, Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine, Vernoux-en-Gâtine.

Parthenay is the central _arrondissement_ of the department. It is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Bressuire, to the east by the  Vienne department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Niort and to the west by the Vendée department.

It has an area of , and a population of 64,425 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 _arrondissement_ of Parthenay, there are 2 cantons with all their _communes_  in the _arrondissement_: La Gâtine and Parthenay. 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|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|7904|Cerizay|10||13|**23**|
|7906|La Gâtine|||40|**40**|
|7913|Parthenay|||11|**11**|
|7917|Le Val de Thouet|22||13|**35**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Parthenay has 77 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Adilly <small>(79002)</small>
1. Airvault <small>(79005)</small>
1. Allonne <small>(79007)</small>
1. Amailloux <small>(79008)</small>
1. Assais-les-Jumeaux <small>(79016)</small>
1. Aubigny <small>(79019)</small>
1. Availles-Thouarsais <small>(79022)</small>
1. Azay-sur-Thouet <small>(79025)</small>
1. Beaulieu-sous-Parthenay <small>(79029)</small>
1. Boussais <small>(79047)</small>
1. Chantecorps <small>(79068)</small>
1. Chanteloup <small>(79069)</small>
1. Châtillon-sur-Thouet <small>(79080)</small>
1. Clavé <small>(79092)</small>
1. Clessé <small>(79094)</small>
1. Coutières <small>(79105)</small>
1. Doux <small>(79108)</small>
1. Fomperron <small>(79121)</small>
1. Fénery <small>(79118)</small>
1. Gourgé <small>(79135)</small>
1. Irais <small>(79141)</small>
1. L'Absie <small>(79001)</small>
1. La Boissière-en-Gâtine <small>(79040)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Bertrand <small>(79071)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent <small>(79076)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Saint-Étienne <small>(79075)</small>
1. La Ferrière-en-Parthenay <small>(79120)</small>
1. La Peyratte <small>(79208)</small>
1. Lageon <small>(79145)</small>
1. Largeasse <small>(79147)</small>
1. Le Breuil-Bernard <small>(79051)</small>
1. Le Chillou <small>(79089)</small>
1. Le Retail <small>(79226)</small>
1. Le Tallud <small>(79322)</small>
1. Les Forges <small>(79124)</small>
1. Les Groseillers <small>(79139)</small>
1. Lhoumois <small>(79149)</small>
1. Louin <small>(79156)</small>
1. Maisontiers <small>(79165)</small>
1. Marnes <small>(79167)</small>
1. Mazières-en-Gâtine <small>(79172)</small>
1. Moncoutant <small>(79179)</small>
1. Moutiers-sous-Chantemerle <small>(79188)</small>
1. Ménigoute <small>(79176)</small>
1. Neuvy-Bouin <small>(79190)</small>
1. Oroux <small>(79197)</small>
1. Parthenay <small>(79202)</small>
1. Pompaire <small>(79213)</small>
1. Pougne-Hérisson <small>(79215)</small>
1. Pressigny <small>(79218)</small>
1. Pugny <small>(79222)</small>
1. Reffannes <small>(79225)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin-le-Cloud <small>(79239)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-de-Noisné <small>(79253)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-Longue-Chaume <small>(79255)</small>
1. Saint-Germier <small>(79256)</small>
1. Saint-Généroux <small>(79252)</small>
1. Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes <small>(79260)</small>
1. Saint-Lin <small>(79267)</small>
1. Saint-Loup-Lamairé <small>(79268)</small>
1. Saint-Marc-la-Lande <small>(79271)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux <small>(79278)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux <small>(79285)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-en-Gâtine <small>(79286)</small>
1. Saurais <small>(79306)</small>
1. Secondigny <small>(79311)</small>
1. Soutiers <small>(79318)</small>
1. Tessonnière <small>(79325)</small>
1. Thénezay <small>(79326)</small>
1. Trayes <small>(79332)</small>
1. Vasles <small>(79339)</small>
1. Vausseroux <small>(79340)</small>
1. Vautebis <small>(79341)</small>
1. Vernoux-en-Gâtine <small>(79342)</small>
1. Verruyes <small>(79345)</small>
1. Viennay <small>(79347)</small>
1. Vouhé <small>(79354)</small>

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Parthenay
- **insee**: 793
- **nbcomm**: 78
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Parthenay
- **area**: 1615.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Parthenay 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine