Arrondissement of Angoulême

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

## History

When the Charente department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Angoulême was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Angoulême is the second largest _arrondissement_ of the department with an area of . It has 197,377 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Angoulême is in southeastern Charente and is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Confolens, to the east and south by the Dordogne department, and to the west by the _arrondissement_ of Cognac.

### 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 Angoulême, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Boixe-et-Manslois, Charente-Sud, Tude-et-Lavalette and Val de Nouère. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1601|Angoulême-1|1 + part of Angoulême|||**1** + part of Angoulême|
|1602|Angoulême-2|1 + part of Angoulême|||**1** + part of Angoulême|
|1603|Angoulême-3|1 + part of Angoulême|||**1** + part of Angoulême|
|1604|Boëme-Échelle|13|||**13**|
|1605|Boixe-et-Manslois|15||26|**41**|
|1609|Charente-Sud|11|35||**46**|
|1613|La Couronne|4|||**4**|
|1614|Gond-Pontouvre|4|||**4**|
|1616|Touvre-et-Braconne|6|||**6**|
|1617|Tude-et-Lavalette|54|2||**56**|
|1618|Val de Nouère|14|16||**30**|
|1619|Val de Tardoire|28||1|**29**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Angoulême has 117 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Agris <small>(16003)</small>
1. Angoulême <small>(16015)</small>
1. Asnières-sur-Nouère <small>(16019)</small>
1. Aubeterre-sur-Dronne <small>(16020)</small>
1. Balzac <small>(16026)</small>
1. Bardenac <small>(16029)</small>
1. Bazac <small>(16034)</small>
1. Bellon <small>(16037)</small>
1. Bessac <small>(16041)</small>
1. Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard <small>(16047)</small>
1. Bonnes <small>(16049)</small>
1. Bors <small>(16052)</small>
1. Bouëx <small>(16055)</small>
1. Brie <small>(16061)</small>
1. Brie-sous-Chalais <small>(16063)</small>
1. Bunzac <small>(16067)</small>
1. Chadurie <small>(16072)</small>
1. Chalais <small>(16073)</small>
1. Champniers <small>(16078)</small>
1. Boisné-La Tude <small>(16082)</small>
1. Charras <small>(16084)</small>
1. Châtignac <small>(16091)</small>
1. Chazelles <small>(16093)</small>
1. Claix <small>(16101)</small>
1. Combiers <small>(16103)</small>
1. Coulgens <small>(16107)</small>
1. Courgeac <small>(16111)</small>
1. Courlac <small>(16112)</small>
1. La Couronne <small>(16113)</small>
1. Curac <small>(16117)</small>
1. Deviat <small>(16118)</small>
1. Dignac <small>(16119)</small>
1. Dirac <small>(16120)</small>
1. Écuras <small>(16124)</small>
1. Édon <small>(16125)</small>
1. Les Essards <small>(16130)</small>
1. Eymouthiers <small>(16135)</small>
1. Feuillade <small>(16137)</small>
1. Fléac <small>(16138)</small>
1. Fouquebrune <small>(16143)</small>
1. Garat <small>(16146)</small>
1. Gardes-le-Pontaroux <small>(16147)</small>
1. Gond-Pontouvre <small>(16154)</small>
1. Grassac <small>(16158)</small>
1. Gurat <small>(16162)</small>
1. L’Isle-d'Espagnac <small>(16166)</small>
1. Jauldes <small>(16168)</small>
1. Juignac <small>(16170)</small>
1. Laprade <small>(16180)</small>
1. Linars <small>(16187)</small>
1. Magnac-Lavalette-Villars <small>(16198)</small>
1. Magnac-sur-Touvre <small>(16199)</small>
1. Mainzac <small>(16203)</small>
1. Marillac-le-Franc <small>(16209)</small>
1. Marsac <small>(16210)</small>
1. Marthon <small>(16211)</small>
1. Médillac <small>(16215)</small>
1. Montboyer <small>(16222)</small>
1. Montbron <small>(16223)</small>
1. Montignac-le-Coq <small>(16227)</small>
1. Montmoreau <small>(16230)</small>
1. Mornac <small>(16232)</small>
1. Mouthiers-sur-Boëme <small>(16236)</small>
1. Nabinaud <small>(16240)</small>
1. Nersac <small>(16244)</small>
1. Nonac <small>(16246)</small>
1. Orgedeuil <small>(16250)</small>
1. Orival <small>(16252)</small>
1. Palluaud <small>(16254)</small>
1. Pillac <small>(16260)</small>
1. Plassac-Rouffiac <small>(16263)</small>
1. Poullignac <small>(16267)</small>
1. Pranzac <small>(16269)</small>
1. Puymoyen <small>(16271)</small>
1. Rancogne <small>(16274)</small>
1. Rioux-Martin <small>(16279)</small>
1. Rivières <small>(16280)</small>
1. La Rochefoucauld <small>(16281)</small>
1. La Rochette <small>(16282)</small>
1. Ronsenac <small>(16283)</small>
1. Rouffiac <small>(16284)</small>
1. Rougnac <small>(16285)</small>
1. Roullet-Saint-Estèphe <small>(16287)</small>
1. Rouzède <small>(16290)</small>
1. Ruelle-sur-Touvre <small>(16291)</small>
1. Saint-Adjutory <small>(16293)</small>
1. Saint-Avit <small>(16302)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-Montbron <small>(16323)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-des-Combes <small>(16331)</small>
1. Saint-Martial <small>(16334)</small>
1. Saint-Michel <small>(16341)</small>
1. Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant <small>(16344)</small>
1. Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais <small>(16346)</small>
1. Saint-Romain <small>(16347)</small>
1. Saint-Saturnin <small>(16348)</small>
1. Saint-Séverin <small>(16350)</small>
1. Saint-Sornin <small>(16353)</small>
1. Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente <small>(16358)</small>
1. Salles-Lavalette <small>(16362)</small>
1. Sers <small>(16368)</small>
1. Sireuil <small>(16370)</small>
1. Souffrignac <small>(16372)</small>
1. Soyaux <small>(16374)</small>
1. Taponnat-Fleurignac <small>(16379)</small>
1. Torsac <small>(16382)</small>
1. Touvre <small>(16385)</small>
1. Trois-Palis <small>(16388)</small>
1. Vaux-Lavalette <small>(16394)</small>
1. Vilhonneur <small>(16406)</small>
1. Villebois-Lavalette <small>(16408)</small>
1. Vindelle <small>(16415)</small>
1. Vœuil-et-Giget <small>(16418)</small>
1. Voulgézac <small>(16420)</small>
1. Vouthon <small>(16421)</small>
1. Vouzan <small>(16422)</small>
1. Yviers <small>(16424)</small>
1. Yvrac-et-Malleyrand <small>(16425)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16015|Angoulême|41,955|Angoulême-1, Angoulême-2 Angoulême-3 || CA du Grand Angoulême||
|16374|Soyaux|9,322|Angoulême-3|CA du Grand Angoulême|
|16113|La Couronne|7,636|La Couronne|CA du Grand Angoulême|
|16291|Ruelle-sur-Touvre|7,292|Touvre-et-Braconne|CA du Grand Angoulême|
|16358|Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente|7,210|Gond-Pontouvre|CA du Grand Angoulême|
|16154|Gond-Pontouvre|5,907|Gond-Pontouvre|CA du Grand Angoulême|
|16166|L’Isle-d'Espagnac|5,412|Angoulême-2|CA du Grand Angoulême|
|16078|Champniers|5,251|Gond-Pontouvre|CA du Grand Angoulême|
|16061|Brie|4,279|Touvre-et-Braconne|CA du Grand Angoulême|
|16287|Roullet-Saint-Estèphe|4,240|Boëme-Echelle|CA du Grand Angoulême|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Charente department
- Communes of the Charente department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Angoulême
- **insee**: 161
- **nbcomm**: 115
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Angoulême
- **area**: 1867.6
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Angoulême 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine