Arrondissement of Rochefort

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

## History

When the Charente-Maritime department was created on 1790, the _arrondissement_ of Rochefort was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Rochefort has an area of , and a population of 187,843 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

Rochefort is in the northern half of the department. It is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of La Rochelle, to the northeast by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the east by the _arrondissements_ of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and Saintes. To the south is the upper part the Gironde estuary, the largest estuary of France, and the Atlantic Ocean is to the west.

### 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 Rochefort, there are 12 cantons, some of them only partially. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="5" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1703|Châtelaillon-Plage||3|5|||**8**|
|1704|Île d'Oléron||8||||**8**|
|1706|La Jarrie||2|12|||**14**|
|1710|Marennes||14||||**14**|
|1713|Rochefort||1||||**1**|
|1717|Royan||3||||**3**|
|1718|Saint-Jean-d'Angély||3||2|37|**42**|
|1721|Saintonge Estuaire||1||23||**24**|
|1722|Saujon||2||7||**9**|
|1723|Surgères||21||||**21**|
|1725|Tonnay-Charente||15||||**15**|
|1726|La Tremblade||9||||**9**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Rochefort has 82 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis <small>(17003)</small>
1. Île-d'Aix <small>(17004)</small>
1. Anais <small>(17007)</small>
1. Ardillières <small>(17018)</small>
1. Arvert <small>(17021)</small>
1. Ballon <small>(17032)</small>
1. Beaugeay <small>(17036)</small>
1. Bouhet <small>(17057)</small>
1. Bourcefranc-le-Chapus <small>(17058)</small>
1. Breuil-la-Réorte <small>(17063)</small>
1. Breuillet <small>(17064)</small>
1. Breuil-Magné <small>(17065)</small>
1. Cabariot <small>(17075)</small>
1. Chaillevette <small>(17079)</small>
1. Chambon <small>(17080)</small>
1. Champagne <small>(17083)</small>
1. Le Château-d'Oléron <small>(17093)</small>
1. Chervettes <small>(17103)</small>
1. Ciré-d'Aunis <small>(17107)</small>
1. Dolus-d'Oléron <small>(17140)</small>
1. Échillais <small>(17146)</small>
1. L’Éguille <small>(17151)</small>
1. Étaules <small>(17155)</small>
1. Forges <small>(17166)</small>
1. Fouras <small>(17168)</small>
1. Genouillé <small>(17174)</small>
1. La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien <small>(17184)</small>
1. Le Gua <small>(17185)</small>
1. Hiers-Brouage <small>(17189)</small>
1. Landrais <small>(17203)</small>
1. Loire-les-Marais <small>(17205)</small>
1. Lussant <small>(17216)</small>
1. Marennes <small>(17219)</small>
1. Marsais <small>(17221)</small>
1. Les Mathes <small>(17225)</small>
1. Meschers-sur-Gironde <small>(17230)</small>
1. Moëze <small>(17237)</small>
1. Moragne <small>(17246)</small>
1. Mornac-sur-Seudre <small>(17247)</small>
1. Muron <small>(17253)</small>
1. Nieulle-sur-Seudre <small>(17265)</small>
1. Péré <small>(17272)</small>
1. Puyravault <small>(17293)</small>
1. Rochefort <small>(17299)</small>
1. Royan <small>(17306)</small>
1. Saint-Agnant <small>(17308)</small>
1. Saint-Augustin <small>(17311)</small>
1. Saint-Coutant-le-Grand <small>(17320)</small>
1. Saint-Crépin <small>(17321)</small>
1. Saint-Denis-d'Oléron <small>(17323)</small>
1. Saint-Froult <small>(17329)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-de-Didonne <small>(17333)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-d'Oléron <small>(17337)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-du-Bois <small>(17338)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes <small>(17340)</small>
1. Saint-Hippolyte <small>(17346)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-d'Angle <small>(17348)</small>
1. Saint-Just-Luzac <small>(17351)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière <small>(17352)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée <small>(17353)</small>
1. Saint-Mard <small>(17359)</small>
1. Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente <small>(17375)</small>
1. Saint-Palais-sur-Mer <small>(17380)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly <small>(17382)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron <small>(17385)</small>
1. Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois <small>(17394)</small>
1. Saint-Sornin <small>(17406)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan <small>(17409)</small>
1. Saint-Trojan-les-Bains <small>(17411)</small>
1. Soubise <small>(17429)</small>
1. Surgères <small>(17434)</small>
1. Le Thou <small>(17447)</small>
1. Tonnay-Charente <small>(17449)</small>
1. La Tremblade <small>(17452)</small>
1. Vandré <small>(17457)</small>
1. Vaux-sur-Mer <small>(17461)</small>
1. Vergeroux <small>(17463)</small>
1. Virson <small>(17480)</small>
1. Vouhé <small>(17482)</small>
1. Port-des-Barques <small>(17484)</small>
1. Le Grand-Village-Plage <small>(17485)</small>
1. La Brée-les-Bains <small>(17486)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17299|Rochefort|24,300|Rochefort|CA Rochefort Océan|
|17306|Royan|18,388|Royan|CA Royan Atlantique|
|17449|Tonnay-Charente|7,926|Tonnay-Charente|CA Rochefort Océan|
|17434|Surgères|6,713|Surgères|Aunis Sud|
|17385|Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron|6,694|L’Île d'Oléron|L’Île d'Oléron|
|17219|Marennes|5,672|Marennes|Bassin de Marennes|
|17333|Saint-Georges-de-Didonne|5,181|Royan|CA Royan Atlantique|
|17452|La Tremblade|4,792|La Tremblade|CA Royan Atlantique|
|17093|Le Château-d'Oléron|4,063|L’Île d'Oléron|L’Île d'Oléron|
|17168|Fouras|4,047|Châtelaillon-Plage|CA Rochefort Océan|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Rochefort
- **insee**: 172
- **nbcomm**: 78
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort
- **area**: 1534.6
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Rochefort 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine