Arrondissement of Confolens

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

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Confolens is the largest _arrondissement_ of the department with an area of . It has 64,252 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Confolens is in northern Charente and is bordered to the northwest by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the north by the Vienne department, to the east and southeast by the Haute-Vienne department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Angoulême, to the southwest by the _arrondissement_ of Cognac, to the west by the Charente-Maritime department.

It has a small border with the Dordogne department to the southeast.

### 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 Confolens, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Boixe-et-Manslois and Val de Tardoire. 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|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1605|Boixe-et-Manslois|15||26|**41**|
|1606|Charente-Bonnieure|||34|**34**|
|1608|Charente-Nord|||49|**49**|
|1610|Charente-Vienne|||29|**29**|
|1619|Val de Tardoire|28||1|**29**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Confolens has 150 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Abzac <small>(16001)</small>
1. Les Adjots <small>(16002)</small>
1. Aigre <small>(16005)</small>
1. Alloue <small>(16007)</small>
1. Ambérac <small>(16008)</small>
1. Ambernac <small>(16009)</small>
1. Anais <small>(16011)</small>
1. Ansac-sur-Vienne <small>(16016)</small>
1. Aunac-sur-Charente <small>(16023)</small>
1. Aussac-Vadalle <small>(16024)</small>
1. Barbezières <small>(16027)</small>
1. Barro <small>(16031)</small>
1. Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette <small>(16035)</small>
1. Benest <small>(16038)</small>
1. Bernac <small>(16039)</small>
1. Bessé <small>(16042)</small>
1. Bioussac <small>(16044)</small>
1. Le Bouchage <small>(16054)</small>
1. Brettes <small>(16059)</small>
1. Brigueuil <small>(16064)</small>
1. Brillac <small>(16065)</small>
1. Cellefrouin <small>(16068)</small>
1. Cellettes <small>(16069)</small>
1. Chabanais <small>(16070)</small>
1. Chabrac <small>(16071)</small>
1. Champagne-Mouton <small>(16076)</small>
1. La Chapelle <small>(16081)</small>
1. Charmé <small>(16083)</small>
1. Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure <small>(16085)</small>
1. Chassenon <small>(16086)</small>
1. Chassiecq <small>(16087)</small>
1. Chenon <small>(16095)</small>
1. Cherves-Châtelars <small>(16096)</small>
1. La Chèvrerie <small>(16098)</small>
1. Chirac <small>(16100)</small>
1. Condac <small>(16104)</small>
1. Confolens <small>(16106)</small>
1. Coulonges <small>(16108)</small>
1. Courcôme <small>(16110)</small>
1. Couture <small>(16114)</small>
1. Ébréon <small>(16122)</small>
1. Empuré <small>(16127)</small>
1. Épenède <small>(16128)</small>
1. Esse <small>(16131)</small>
1. Étagnac <small>(16132)</small>
1. Exideuil <small>(16134)</small>
1. La Faye <small>(16136)</small>
1. Fontclaireau <small>(16140)</small>
1. Fontenille <small>(16141)</small>
1. La Forêt-de-Tessé <small>(16142)</small>
1. Fouqueure <small>(16144)</small>
1. Genouillac <small>(16149)</small>
1. Les Gours <small>(16155)</small>
1. Le Grand-Madieu <small>(16157)</small>
1. Hiesse <small>(16164)</small>
1. Juillé <small>(16173)</small>
1. Lessac <small>(16181)</small>
1. Lesterps <small>(16182)</small>
1. Lésignac-Durand <small>(16183)</small>
1. Lichères <small>(16184)</small>
1. Ligné <small>(16185)</small>
1. Le Lindois <small>(16188)</small>
1. Londigny <small>(16189)</small>
1. Longré <small>(16190)</small>
1. Lonnes <small>(16191)</small>
1. Roumazières-Loubert <small>(16192)</small>
1. Lupsault <small>(16194)</small>
1. Lussac <small>(16195)</small>
1. Luxé <small>(16196)</small>
1. La Magdeleine <small>(16197)</small>
1. Maine-de-Boixe <small>(16200)</small>
1. Manot <small>(16205)</small>
1. Mansle <small>(16206)</small>
1. Massignac <small>(16212)</small>
1. Mazerolles <small>(16213)</small>
1. Mazières <small>(16214)</small>
1. Montembœuf <small>(16225)</small>
1. Montignac-Charente <small>(16226)</small>
1. Montjean <small>(16229)</small>
1. Montrollet <small>(16231)</small>
1. Mouton <small>(16237)</small>
1. Moutonneau <small>(16238)</small>
1. Mouzon <small>(16239)</small>
1. Nanclars <small>(16241)</small>
1. Nanteuil-en-Vallée <small>(16242)</small>
1. Nieuil <small>(16245)</small>
1. Oradour <small>(16248)</small>
1. Oradour-Fanais <small>(16249)</small>
1. Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie <small>(16253)</small>
1. Parzac <small>(16255)</small>
1. La Péruse <small>(16259)</small>
1. Les Pins <small>(16261)</small>
1. Pleuville <small>(16264)</small>
1. Poursac <small>(16268)</small>
1. Pressignac <small>(16270)</small>
1. Puyréaux <small>(16272)</small>
1. Raix <small>(16273)</small>
1. Ranville-Breuillaud <small>(16275)</small>
1. Roussines <small>(16289)</small>
1. Ruffec <small>(16292)</small>
1. Saint-Amant-de-Boixe <small>(16295)</small>
1. Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure <small>(16296)</small>
1. Saint-Angeau <small>(16300)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe <small>(16306)</small>
1. Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure <small>(16307)</small>
1. Saint-Claud <small>(16308)</small>
1. Sainte-Colombe <small>(16309)</small>
1. Saint-Coutant <small>(16310)</small>
1. Saint-Fraigne <small>(16317)</small>
1. Saint-Front <small>(16318)</small>
1. Saint-Georges <small>(16321)</small>
1. Saint-Gourson <small>(16325)</small>
1. Saint-Groux <small>(16326)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-de-Céris <small>(16329)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-du-Clocher <small>(16335)</small>
1. Saint-Mary <small>(16336)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-des-Lions <small>(16337)</small>
1. Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente <small>(16345)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec <small>(16356)</small>
1. Salles-de-Villefagnan <small>(16361)</small>
1. Saulgond <small>(16363)</small>
1. Sauvagnac <small>(16364)</small>
1. Souvigné <small>(16373)</small>
1. Suaux <small>(16375)</small>
1. Suris <small>(16376)</small>
1. La Tâche <small>(16377)</small>
1. Taizé-Aizie <small>(16378)</small>
1. Theil-Rabier <small>(16381)</small>
1. Tourriers <small>(16383)</small>
1. Turgon <small>(16389)</small>
1. Tusson <small>(16390)</small>
1. Tuzie <small>(16391)</small>
1. Valence <small>(16392)</small>
1. Vars <small>(16393)</small>
1. Ventouse <small>(16396)</small>
1. Verdille <small>(16397)</small>
1. Verneuil <small>(16398)</small>
1. Verteuil-sur-Charente <small>(16400)</small>
1. Vervant <small>(16401)</small>
1. Le Vieux-Cérier <small>(16403)</small>
1. Vieux-Ruffec <small>(16404)</small>
1. Villefagnan <small>(16409)</small>
1. Villegats <small>(16410)</small>
1. Villejésus <small>(16411)</small>
1. Villejoubert <small>(16412)</small>
1. Villiers-le-Roux <small>(16413)</small>
1. Villognon <small>(16414)</small>
1. Vitrac-Saint-Vincent <small>(16416)</small>
1. Vouharte <small>(16419)</small>
1. Xambes <small>(16423)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|16292|Ruffec|3,477|Charente-Nord|Val de Charente|
|16085|Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure|3,039|Charente-Bonnieure|Charente Limousine|
|16106|Confolens|2,728|Charente-Vienne|Charente Limousine|
|16192|Roumazières-Loubert|2,505|Charente-Bonnieure|Charente Limousine|
|16070|Chabanais|1,693|Charente-Vienne|Charente Limousine|
|16206|Mansle|1,639|Boixe-et-Manslois|Cœur de Charente|
|16242|Nanteuil-en-Vallée|1,365|Charente-Nord|Val de Charente|
|16005|Aigre|1,093|Charente-Nord|Cœur de Charente|
|16308|Saint-Claud|1,091|Charente-Bonnieure|Charente Limousine|
|16064|Brigueuil|1,061|Charente-Vienne|Charente Limousine|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Confolens
- **insee**: 163
- **nbcomm**: 141
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Confolens
- **area**: 2417.6
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Confolens 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine