Arrondissement of Libourne

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

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Libourne is in the northeast of Gironde, with an area of . It has 152,602 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 Dordogne department, to the southeast by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Langon and to the west by the _arrondissements_ of Bordeaux and Blaye.

### 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 Libourne, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Le Nord-Gironde and Le Réolais et Les Bastides. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="6" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3310|Les Coteaux de Dordogne|||||51||**51**|
|3316|Le Libournais-Fronsadais|||||24||**24**|
|3320|Le Nord-Gironde|26||||2||**28**|
|3321|Le Nord-Libournais|||||38||**38**|
|3327|Le Réolais et Les Bastides|||76||14||**90**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Libourne has 129 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Abzac <small>(33001)</small>
1. Arveyres <small>(33015)</small>
1. Asques <small>(33016)</small>
1. Baron <small>(33028)</small>
1. Bayas <small>(33034)</small>
1. Belvès-de-Castillon <small>(33045)</small>
1. Bonzac <small>(33062)</small>
1. Bossugan <small>(33064)</small>
1. Branne <small>(33071)</small>
1. Cabara <small>(33078)</small>
1. Cadarsac <small>(33079)</small>
1. Cadillac-en-Fronsadais <small>(33082)</small>
1. Camiac-et-Saint-Denis <small>(33086)</small>
1. Camps-sur-l'Isle <small>(33088)</small>
1. Caplong <small>(33094)</small>
1. Castillon-la-Bataille <small>(33108)</small>
1. Chamadelle <small>(33124)</small>
1. Civrac-sur-Dordogne <small>(33127)</small>
1. Coubeyrac <small>(33133)</small>
1. Coutras <small>(33138)</small>
1. Daignac <small>(33147)</small>
1. Dardenac <small>(33148)</small>
1. Doulezon <small>(33153)</small>
1. Espiet <small>(33157)</small>
1. Eynesse <small>(33160)</small>
1. Flaujagues <small>(33168)</small>
1. Francs <small>(33173)</small>
1. Fronsac <small>(33174)</small>
1. Galgon <small>(33179)</small>
1. Gardegan-et-Tourtirac <small>(33181)</small>
1. Gensac <small>(33186)</small>
1. Gours <small>(33191)</small>
1. Grézillac <small>(33194)</small>
1. Guillac <small>(33196)</small>
1. Guîtres <small>(33198)</small>
1. Génissac <small>(33185)</small>
1. Izon <small>(33207)</small>
1. Jugazan <small>(33209)</small>
1. Juillac <small>(33210)</small>
1. La Lande-de-Fronsac <small>(33219)</small>
1. La Rivière <small>(33356)</small>
1. La Roquille <small>(33360)</small>
1. Lagorce <small>(33218)</small>
1. Lalande-de-Pomerol <small>(33222)</small>
1. Lapouyade <small>(33230)</small>
1. Le Fieu <small>(33166)</small>
1. Les Artigues-de-Lussac <small>(33014)</small>
1. Les Billaux <small>(33052)</small>
1. Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues <small>(33242)</small>
1. Les Peintures <small>(33315)</small>
1. Les Salles-de-Castillon <small>(33499)</small>
1. Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures <small>(33154)</small>
1. Libourne <small>(33243)</small>
1. Ligueux <small>(33246)</small>
1. Lugaignac <small>(33257)</small>
1. Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay <small>(33259)</small>
1. Lussac <small>(33261)</small>
1. Maransin <small>(33264)</small>
1. Margueron <small>(33269)</small>
1. Montagne <small>(33290)</small>
1. Mouillac <small>(33295)</small>
1. Mouliets-et-Villemartin <small>(33296)</small>
1. Moulon <small>(33298)</small>
1. Naujan-et-Postiac <small>(33301)</small>
1. Néac <small>(33302)</small>
1. Nérigean <small>(33303)</small>
1. Pessac-sur-Dordogne <small>(33319)</small>
1. Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps <small>(33320)</small>
1. Pineuilh <small>(33324)</small>
1. Pomerol <small>(33328)</small>
1. Porchères <small>(33332)</small>
1. Puisseguin <small>(33342)</small>
1. Pujols <small>(33344)</small>
1. Puynormand <small>(33347)</small>
1. Périssac <small>(33317)</small>
1. Rauzan <small>(33350)</small>
1. Riocaud <small>(33354)</small>
1. Sablons <small>(33362)</small>
1. Saillans <small>(33364)</small>
1. Saint-Aignan <small>(33365)</small>
1. Saint-André-et-Appelles <small>(33369)</small>
1. Saint-Antoine-sur-l'Isle <small>(33373)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin-de-Branne <small>(33375)</small>
1. Saint-Avit-Saint-Nazaire <small>(33378)</small>
1. Saint-Avit-de-Soulège <small>(33377)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe-de-Double <small>(33385)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes <small>(33384)</small>
1. Saint-Cibard <small>(33386)</small>
1. Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac <small>(33387)</small>
1. Saint-Denis-de-Pile <small>(33393)</small>
1. Saint-Genès-de-Castillon <small>(33406)</small>
1. Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac <small>(33407)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière <small>(33414)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-du-Puch <small>(33413)</small>
1. Saint-Hippolyte <small>(33420)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac <small>(33421)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-des-Combes <small>(33426)</small>
1. Saint-Magne-de-Castillon <small>(33437)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Laye <small>(33442)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-du-Bois <small>(33445)</small>
1. Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac <small>(33451)</small>
1. Saint-Médard-de-Guizières <small>(33447)</small>
1. Saint-Pey-d'Armens <small>(33459)</small>
1. Saint-Pey-de-Castets <small>(33460)</small>
1. Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguille <small>(33461)</small>
1. Saint-Philippe-du-Seignal <small>(33462)</small>
1. Saint-Quentin-de-Baron <small>(33466)</small>
1. Saint-Quentin-de-Caplong <small>(33467)</small>
1. Saint-Romain-la-Virvée <small>(33470)</small>
1. Saint-Sauveur-de-Puynormand <small>(33472)</small>
1. Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle <small>(33478)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens <small>(33480)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-de-Pertignas <small>(33488)</small>
1. Saint-Émilion <small>(33394)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse <small>(33396)</small>
1. Sainte-Colombe <small>(33390)</small>
1. Sainte-Florence <small>(33401)</small>
1. Sainte-Foy-la-Grande <small>(33402)</small>
1. Sainte-Radegonde <small>(33468)</small>
1. Sainte-Terre <small>(33485)</small>
1. Savignac-de-l'Isle <small>(33509)</small>
1. Tarnès <small>(33524)</small>
1. Tayac <small>(33526)</small>
1. Tizac-de-Curton <small>(33531)</small>
1. Tizac-de-Lapouyade <small>(33532)</small>
1. Vayres <small>(33539)</small>
1. Vignonet <small>(33546)</small>
1. Villegouge <small>(33548)</small>
1. Vérac <small>(33542)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|33243|Libourne|24,595|Le Libournais-Fronsadais|Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais|
|33138|Coutras|8,410|Le Nord-Libournais|Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais|
|33207|Izon|5,466|Le Libournais-Fronsadais|Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais|
|33393|Saint-Denis-de-Pile|5,277|Le Nord-Libournais|Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais|
|33324|Pineuilh|4,307|Le Réolais et Les Bastides|Le Pays Foyen|
|33539|Vayres|3,711|Le Libournais-Fronsadais|Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais|
|33478|Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle|3,129|Le Nord-Libournais|Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais|
|33179|Galgon|3,029|Le Libournais-Fronsadais|Le Fronsadais|
|33108|Castillon-la-Bataille|2,979|Les Coteaux de Dordogne|Castillon – Pujols|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Libourne
- **insee**: 335
- **nbcomm**: 129
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Libourne
- **area**: 1282.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Libourne 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine