Arrondissement of Nontron

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

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Nontron is the northernmost and smallest of the _arrondissements_ of the Dordogne department, with an area of . It has 40,508 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Nontron is bordered to the north and northeast by the Haute-Vienne department, to the east by the Corrèze department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Périgueux and to the west by the Charente department.

Several tributaries of the Dordogne river flows through the _arrondissement_; some of them are Isle, Dronne, Lizonne and Loue.

### 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 Nontron, there is only one canton where all its "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Périgord Vert Nontronnais. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="4" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2403|Brantôme||22|11||**33**|
|2406|Isle-Loue-Auvézère||28|1||**29**|
|2413|Périgord Vert Nontronnais||28|||**28**|
|2421|Thiviers||22|1||**23**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Nontron has 100 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Abjat-sur-Bandiat <small>(24001)</small>
1. Angoisse <small>(24008)</small>
1. Anlhiac <small>(24009)</small>
1. Augignac <small>(24016)</small>
1. Biras <small>(24042)</small>
1. Bourdeilles <small>(24055)</small>
1. Le Bourdeix <small>(24056)</small>
1. Brantôme en Périgord <small>(24064)</small>
1. Brouchaud <small>(24066)</small>
1. Bussac <small>(24069)</small>
1. Busserolles <small>(24070)</small>
1. Bussière-Badil <small>(24071)</small>
1. Cantillac <small>(24079)</small>
1. Chalais <small>(24095)</small>
1. Champagnac-de-Belair <small>(24096)</small>
1. Champniers-et-Reilhac <small>(24100)</small>
1. Champs-Romain <small>(24101)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Faucher <small>(24107)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Montmoreau <small>(24111)</small>
1. Cherveix-Cubas <small>(24120)</small>
1. Clermont-d'Excideuil <small>(24124)</small>
1. Condat-sur-Trincou <small>(24129)</small>
1. Connezac <small>(24131)</small>
1. La Coquille <small>(24133)</small>
1. Corgnac-sur-l'Isle <small>(24134)</small>
1. Coulaures <small>(24137)</small>
1. Cubjac-Auvézère-Val d'Ans <small>(24147)</small>
1. Dussac <small>(24158)</small>
1. Étouars <small>(24163)</small>
1. Excideuil <small>(24164)</small>
1. Eyvirat <small>(24170)</small>
1. Eyzerac <small>(24171)</small>
1. Firbeix <small>(24180)</small>
1. Génis <small>(24196)</small>
1. La Gonterie-Boulouneix <small>(24198)</small>
1. Hautefaye <small>(24209)</small>
1. Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert <small>(24214)</small>
1. Jumilhac-le-Grand <small>(24218)</small>
1. Lanouaille <small>(24227)</small>
1. Lempzours <small>(24238)</small>
1. Lussas-et-Nontronneau <small>(24248)</small>
1. Mareuil en Périgord <small>(24253)</small>
1. Mayac <small>(24262)</small>
1. Mialet <small>(24269)</small>
1. Milhac-de-Nontron <small>(24271)</small>
1. Nantheuil <small>(24304)</small>
1. Nanthiat <small>(24305)</small>
1. Négrondes <small>(24308)</small>
1. Nontron <small>(24311)</small>
1. Payzac <small>(24320)</small>
1. Piégut-Pluviers <small>(24328)</small>
1. Preyssac-d'Excideuil <small>(24339)</small>
1. Quinsac <small>(24346)</small>
1. La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine <small>(24353)</small>
1. Rudeau-Ladosse <small>(24221)</small>
1. Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bussière <small>(24381)</small>
1. Saint-Crépin-de-Richemont <small>(24391)</small>
1. Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil <small>(24394)</small>
1. Saint-Cyr-les-Champagnes <small>(24397)</small>
1. Saint-Estèphe <small>(24398)</small>
1. Saint-Félix-de-Bourdeilles <small>(24403)</small>
1. Saint-Front-d'Alemps <small>(24408)</small>
1. Saint-Front-la-Rivière <small>(24410)</small>
1. Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne <small>(24411)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-des-Prés <small>(24417)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Côle <small>(24425)</small>
1. Saint-Jory-de-Chalais <small>(24428)</small>
1. Saint-Jory-las-Bloux <small>(24429)</small>
1. Saint-Martial-d'Albarède <small>(24448)</small>
1. Saint-Martial-de-Valette <small>(24451)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Fressengeas <small>(24453)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-le-Pin <small>(24458)</small>
1. Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil <small>(24463)</small>
1. Saint-Mesmin <small>(24464)</small>
1. Saint-Pancrace <small>(24474)</small>
1. Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil <small>(24476)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière <small>(24479)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-la-Roche <small>(24481)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Côle <small>(24485)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie <small>(24486)</small>
1. Saint-Priest-les-Fougères <small>(24489)</small>
1. Saint-Raphaël <small>(24493)</small>
1. Saint-Romain-et-Saint-Clément <small>(24496)</small>
1. Saint-Saud-Lacoussière <small>(24498)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil <small>(24505)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle <small>(24513)</small>
1. Salagnac <small>(24515)</small>
1. Sarlande <small>(24519)</small>
1. Sarrazac <small>(24522)</small>
1. Savignac-de-Nontron <small>(24525)</small>
1. Savignac-Lédrier <small>(24526)</small>
1. Sceau-Saint-Angel <small>(24528)</small>
1. Sencenac-Puy-de-Fourches <small>(24530)</small>
1. Soudat <small>(24541)</small>
1. Teyjat <small>(24548)</small>
1. Thiviers <small>(24551)</small>
1. Valeuil <small>(24561)</small>
1. Varaignes <small>(24565)</small>
1. Vaunac <small>(24567)</small>
1. Villars <small>(24582)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24311|Nontron|3,151|Périgord Vert Nontronnais|Périgord Vert Nontronnais|
|24551|Thiviers|2,962|Thiviers|Le Pays Thibérien|
|24133|La Coquille|1,343|Thiviers|Le Pays de Jumilhac-le-Grand|
|24218|Jumilhac-le-Grand|1,243|Thiviers|Le Pays de Jumilhac-le-Grand|
|24328|Piégut-Pluviers|1,204|Périgord Vert Nontronnais|Le Haut Périgord|
|24479|Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière|1,204|Périgord Vert Nontronnais|Périgord Vert Nontronnais|
|24253|Mareuil en Périgord|1,083|Brantôme|Dronne et Belle|
|24227|Lanouaille|1,011|Lalinde|Les Bastides Dordogne-Périgord|
|24320|Payzac|996|Isle-Loue-Auvézère|Le Pays de Lanouaille|
|24305|Nantheuil|958|Thiviers|Le Pays Thibérien|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Dordogne department
- Communes of the Dordogne department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Nontron
- **insee**: 242
- **nbcomm**: 94
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Nontron
- **area**: 2097.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Nontron 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine