Arrondissement of Cognac

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

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Cognac is the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department with an area of . It has 92,224 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

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

### 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 Cognac, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: 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|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1607|Charente-Champagne||27||**27**|
|1609|Charente-Sud|11|35||**46**|
|1611|Cognac-1||7 + part of Cognac||**7** + part of Cognac|
|1612|Cognac-2||6 + part of Cognac||**6** + part of Cognac|
|1615|Jarnac||18||**18**|
|1617|Tude-et-Lavalette|54|2||**56**|
|1618|Val de Nouère|14|16||**30**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Cognac has 116 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Ambleville <small>(16010)</small>
1. Angeac-Champagne <small>(16012)</small>
1. Angeac-Charente <small>(16013)</small>
1. Angeduc <small>(16014)</small>
1. Anville <small>(16017)</small>
1. Ars <small>(16018)</small>
1. Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde <small>(16025)</small>
1. Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire <small>(16028)</small>
1. Barret <small>(16030)</small>
1. Bassac <small>(16032)</small>
1. Bécheresse <small>(16036)</small>
1. Berneuil <small>(16040)</small>
1. Birac <small>(16045)</small>
1. Côteaux du Blanzacais <small>(16046)</small>
1. Boisbreteau <small>(16048)</small>
1. Bonneuil <small>(16050)</small>
1. Bonneville <small>(16051)</small>
1. Bors-de-Baignes <small>(16053)</small>
1. Bourg-Charente <small>(16056)</small>
1. Bouteville <small>(16057)</small>
1. Boutiers-Saint-Trojan <small>(16058)</small>
1. Bréville <small>(16060)</small>
1. Brie-sous-Barbezieux <small>(16062)</small>
1. Brossac <small>(16066)</small>
1. Challignac <small>(16074)</small>
1. Champagne-Vigny <small>(16075)</small>
1. Champmillon <small>(16077)</small>
1. Chantillac <small>(16079)</small>
1. Chassors <small>(16088)</small>
1. Châteaubernard <small>(16089)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-sur-Charente <small>(16090)</small>
1. Cherves-Richemont <small>(16097)</small>
1. Chillac <small>(16099)</small>
1. Cognac <small>(16102)</small>
1. Condéon <small>(16105)</small>
1. Courbillac <small>(16109)</small>
1. Criteuil-la-Magdeleine <small>(16116)</small>
1. Douzat <small>(16121)</small>
1. Échallat <small>(16123)</small>
1. Étriac <small>(16133)</small>
1. Fleurac <small>(16139)</small>
1. Foussignac <small>(16145)</small>
1. Genac-Bignac <small>(16148)</small>
1. Gensac-la-Pallue <small>(16150)</small>
1. Genté <small>(16151)</small>
1. Gimeux <small>(16152)</small>
1. Gondeville <small>(16153)</small>
1. Gourville <small>(16156)</small>
1. Guimps <small>(16160)</small>
1. Guizengeard <small>(16161)</small>
1. Hiersac <small>(16163)</small>
1. Houlette <small>(16165)</small>
1. Jarnac <small>(16167)</small>
1. Javrezac <small>(16169)</small>
1. Juillac-le-Coq <small>(16171)</small>
1. Julienne <small>(16174)</small>
1. Val des Vignes <small>(16175)</small>
1. Lachaise <small>(16176)</small>
1. Ladiville <small>(16177)</small>
1. Lagarde-sur-le-Né <small>(16178)</small>
1. Lignières-Sonneville <small>(16186)</small>
1. Louzac-Saint-André <small>(16193)</small>
1. Mainxe <small>(16202)</small>
1. Bellevigne <small>(16204)</small>
1. Marcillac-Lanville <small>(16207)</small>
1. Mareuil <small>(16208)</small>
1. Mérignac <small>(16216)</small>
1. Merpins <small>(16217)</small>
1. Mesnac <small>(16218)</small>
1. Les Métairies <small>(16220)</small>
1. Mons <small>(16221)</small>
1. Montmérac <small>(16224)</small>
1. Montigné <small>(16228)</small>
1. Mosnac <small>(16233)</small>
1. Moulidars <small>(16234)</small>
1. Nercillac <small>(16243)</small>
1. Oriolles <small>(16251)</small>
1. Passirac <small>(16256)</small>
1. Pérignac <small>(16258)</small>
1. Reignac <small>(16276)</small>
1. Réparsac <small>(16277)</small>
1. Rouillac <small>(16286)</small>
1. Graves-Saint-Amant <small>(16297)</small>
1. Saint-Amant-de-Nouère <small>(16298)</small>
1. Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle <small>(16301)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet <small>(16303)</small>
1. Saint-Brice <small>(16304)</small>
1. Saint-Cybardeaux <small>(16312)</small>
1. Saint-Félix <small>(16315)</small>
1. Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né <small>(16316)</small>
1. Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac <small>(16320)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac <small>(16330)</small>
1. Saint-Léger <small>(16332)</small>
1. Saint-Médard <small>(16338)</small>
1. Auge-Saint-Médard <small>(16339)</small>
1. Saint-Même-les-Carrières <small>(16340)</small>
1. Saint-Palais-du-Né <small>(16342)</small>
1. Saint-Preuil <small>(16343)</small>
1. Sainte-Sévère <small>(16349)</small>
1. Saint-Simeux <small>(16351)</small>
1. Saint-Simon <small>(16352)</small>
1. Sainte-Souline <small>(16354)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac <small>(16355)</small>
1. Saint-Vallier <small>(16357)</small>
1. Salles-d'Angles <small>(16359)</small>
1. Salles-de-Barbezieux <small>(16360)</small>
1. Sauvignac <small>(16365)</small>
1. Segonzac <small>(16366)</small>
1. Sigogne <small>(16369)</small>
1. Le Tâtre <small>(16380)</small>
1. Touvérac <small>(16384)</small>
1. Triac-Lautrait <small>(16387)</small>
1. Vaux-Rouillac <small>(16395)</small>
1. Verrières <small>(16399)</small>
1. Vibrac <small>(16402)</small>
1. Vignolles <small>(16405)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16102|Cognac|18,717|Cognac-1, Cognac-2|CA du Grand Cognac|
|16028|Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire|4,730|Charente-Sud|Les 4B Sud Charente|
|16167|Jarnac|4,448|Jarnac|CA du Grand Cognac|
|16089|Châteaubernard|3,612|Cognac-2|CA du Grand Cognac|
|16090|Châteauneuf-sur-Charente|3,474|Charente-Champagne|CA du Grand Cognac|
|16097|Cherves-Richemont|2,453|Cognac-1|CA du Grand Cognac|
|16286|Rouillac|2,307|Val de Nouère|Le Rouillacais|
|16366|Segonzac|2,108|Charente-Champagne|CA du Grand Cognac|
|16150|Gensac-la-Pallue|1,616|Charente-Champagne|CA du Grand Cognac|
|16058|Boutiers-Saint-Trojan|1,478|Cognac-1|CA du Grand Cognac|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Cognac
- **insee**: 162
- **nbcomm**: 109
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Cognac, France, Cognac
- **area**: 1670.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Cognac 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine