Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély

The **arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély** is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.

## History

When the Charente-Maritime department was created in 1790, the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Jean-d'Angély was part of that original department.

On 10 September 1926, the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, together with Marennes, was eliminated. In 1943, Saint-Jean-d'Angély was made again an _arrondissement_.

## Geography

Saint-Jean-d'Angély is the _arrondissement_ of the Charente-Maritime department with fewest people living in it. It has an area of , and a population of 53,336 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Saint-Jean-d'Angély is in the northeast of the department, in the historical and geographical region of _Basse Saintonge._

It is bordered to the west by the _arrondissement_ of Rochefort, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Saintes, to the east by the Charente department and to the north and northeast by the Deux-Sèvres 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 Saint-Jean-d'Angély, there are only three cantons. 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|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1702|Chaniers||||17|10|**27**|
|1711|Matha|||||63|**63**|
|1718|Saint-Jean-d'Angély||3||2|37|**42**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Saint-Jean-d'Angély has 111 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Annepont <small>(17011)</small>
1. Annezay <small>(17012)</small>
1. Antezant-la-Chapelle <small>(17013)</small>
1. Archingeay <small>(17017)</small>
1. Asnières-la-Giraud <small>(17022)</small>
1. Aujac <small>(17023)</small>
1. Aulnay <small>(17024)</small>
1. Aumagne <small>(17025)</small>
1. Authon-Ébéon <small>(17026)</small>
1. Bagnizeau <small>(17029)</small>
1. Ballans <small>(17031)</small>
1. Bazauges <small>(17035)</small>
1. Beauvais-sur-Matha <small>(17037)</small>
1. Bercloux <small>(17042)</small>
1. Bernay-Saint-Martin <small>(17043)</small>
1. Bignay <small>(17046)</small>
1. Blanzac-lès-Matha <small>(17048)</small>
1. Blanzay-sur-Boutonne <small>(17049)</small>
1. Bords <small>(17053)</small>
1. Bresdon <small>(17062)</small>
1. Brie-sous-Matha <small>(17067)</small>
1. Brizambourg <small>(17070)</small>
1. La Brousse <small>(17071)</small>
1. Champdolent <small>(17085)</small>
1. Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie <small>(17087)</small>
1. Cherbonnières <small>(17101)</small>
1. Chives <small>(17105)</small>
1. Coivert <small>(17114)</small>
1. Contré <small>(17117)</small>
1. Courant <small>(17124)</small>
1. Courcelles <small>(17125)</small>
1. Courcerac <small>(17126)</small>
1. Cressé <small>(17135)</small>
1. La Croix-Comtesse <small>(17137)</small>
1. Dampierre-sur-Boutonne <small>(17138)</small>
1. Dœuil-sur-le-Mignon <small>(17139)</small>
1. Les Éduts <small>(17149)</small>
1. Les Églises-d'Argenteuil <small>(17150)</small>
1. Fenioux <small>(17157)</small>
1. Fontaine-Chalendray <small>(17162)</small>
1. Fontenet <small>(17165)</small>
1. La Frédière <small>(17169)</small>
1. Gibourne <small>(17176)</small>
1. Le Gicq <small>(17177)</small>
1. Gourvillette <small>(17180)</small>
1. Grandjean <small>(17181)</small>
1. Haimps <small>(17188)</small>
1. La Jarrie-Audouin <small>(17195)</small>
1. Juicq <small>(17198)</small>
1. Landes <small>(17202)</small>
1. Loiré-sur-Nie <small>(17206)</small>
1. Loulay <small>(17211)</small>
1. Louzignac <small>(17212)</small>
1. Lozay <small>(17213)</small>
1. Macqueville <small>(17217)</small>
1. Massac <small>(17223)</small>
1. Matha <small>(17224)</small>
1. Mazeray <small>(17226)</small>
1. Migré <small>(17234)</small>
1. Mons <small>(17239)</small>
1. Le Mung <small>(17252)</small>
1. Nachamps <small>(17254)</small>
1. Nantillé <small>(17256)</small>
1. Néré <small>(17257)</small>
1. Neuvicq-le-Château <small>(17261)</small>
1. Les Nouillers <small>(17266)</small>
1. Nuaillé-sur-Boutonne <small>(17268)</small>
1. Paillé <small>(17271)</small>
1. Essouvert <small>(17277)</small>
1. Poursay-Garnaud <small>(17288)</small>
1. Prignac <small>(17290)</small>
1. Puy-du-Lac <small>(17292)</small>
1. Puyrolland <small>(17294)</small>
1. Romazières <small>(17301)</small>
1. Saint-Félix <small>(17327)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-de-Longuepierre <small>(17334)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche <small>(17344)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-d'Angély <small>(17347)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap <small>(17350)</small>
1. Saint-Loup <small>(17356)</small>
1. Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire <small>(17358)</small>
1. Saint-Martial <small>(17361)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Juillers <small>(17367)</small>
1. Sainte-Même <small>(17374)</small>
1. Saint-Ouen-la-Thène <small>(17377)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoult <small>(17381)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Juillers <small>(17383)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-l'Isle <small>(17384)</small>
1. Saint-Savinien <small>(17397)</small>
1. Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne <small>(17401)</small>
1. Saleignes <small>(17416)</small>
1. Seigné <small>(17422)</small>
1. Siecq <small>(17427)</small>
1. Sonnac <small>(17428)</small>
1. Taillant <small>(17435)</small>
1. Taillebourg <small>(17436)</small>
1. Ternant <small>(17440)</small>
1. Thors <small>(17446)</small>
1. Tonnay-Boutonne <small>(17448)</small>
1. Torxé <small>(17450)</small>
1. Les Touches-de-Périgny <small>(17451)</small>
1. Varaize <small>(17459)</small>
1. Vergné <small>(17464)</small>
1. La Vergne <small>(17465)</small>
1. Vervant <small>(17467)</small>
1. La Villedieu <small>(17471)</small>
1. Villemorin <small>(17473)</small>
1. Villeneuve-la-Comtesse <small>(17474)</small>
1. Villiers-Couture <small>(17477)</small>
1. Vinax <small>(17478)</small>
1. Voissay <small>(17481)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17347|Saint-Jean-d'Angély|7,123|Saint-Jean-d'Angély|Vals de Saintonge|
|17397|Saint-Savinien|2,439|Saint-Jean-d'Angély|Vals de Saintonge|
|17224|Matha|2,196|Matha|Vals de Saintonge|
|17024|Aulnay|1,407|Matha|Vals de Saintonge|
|17053|Bords|1,324|Saint-Jean-d'Angély|Vals de Saintonge|
|17344|Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche|1,210|Chaniers|Vals de Saintonge|
|17277|Essouvert|1,170|Saint-Jean-d'Angély|Vals de Saintonge|
|17448|Tonnay-Boutonne|1,161|Saint-Jean-d'Angély|Vals de Saintonge|
|17022|Asnières-la-Giraud|994|Matha|Vals de Saintonge|
|17350|Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap|887|Matha|Vals de Saintonge|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
- **insee**: 175
- **nbcomm**: 110
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
- **pop**: 52563
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 1416.0
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Saint-Jean-d’Angély 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine