Arrondissement of Poitiers

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

## History

When the Vienne department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Poitiers was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Poitiers is in western Vienne and is bordered to the north and northeast by the _arrondissement_ Châtellerault, to east and south by the _arrondissement_ Montmorillon, and to the west by the Deux-Sèvres department.

It has an area of . It has 246,038 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km². It is the _arrondissement_ of Vienne with more people living in it but is the one with the smallest area.

### 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 Poitiers, there are 8 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_: Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Migné-Auxances, Poitiers-1, Poitiers-2, Poitiers-3, Poitiers-4, Poitiers-5, Vivonne and Vouneuil-sous-Biard. 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|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8601|Chasseneuil-du-Poitou|||13|**13**|
|8607|Jaunay-Clan|1||7|**8**|
|8609|Lusignan||10|9|**19**|
|8611|Migné-Auxances|||19|**19**|
|8613|Poitiers-1|||3|**3**|
|8614|Poitiers-2|||1 + part of Poitiers|**1** + part of Poitiers|
|8615|Poitiers-3|||part of Poitiers|part of Poitiers|
|8616|Poitiers-4|||1 + part of Poitiers|**1** + part of Poitiers|
|8617|Poitiers-5|||2 + part of Poitiers|**2** + part of Poitiers|
|8618|Vivonne|||16|**16**|
|8619|Vouneuil-sous-Biard|||15|**15**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Poitiers has 87 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Amberre <small>(86002)</small>
1. Aslonnes <small>(86010)</small>
1. Avanton <small>(86016)</small>
1. Ayron <small>(86017)</small>
1. Benassay <small>(86021)</small>
1. Biard <small>(86027)</small>
1. Bignoux <small>(86028)</small>
1. Blaslay <small>(86030)</small>
1. Bonnes <small>(86031)</small>
1. Buxerolles <small>(86041)</small>
1. Béruges <small>(86024)</small>
1. Celle-Lévescault <small>(86045)</small>
1. Chabournay <small>(86048)</small>
1. Chalandray <small>(86050)</small>
1. Champigny-le-Sec <small>(86053)</small>
1. Charrais <small>(86060)</small>
1. Chasseneuil-du-Poitou <small>(86062)</small>
1. Cheneché <small>(86071)</small>
1. Cherves <small>(86073)</small>
1. Chiré-en-Montreuil <small>(86074)</small>
1. Château-Larcher <small>(86065)</small>
1. Cissé <small>(86076)</small>
1. Cloué <small>(86080)</small>
1. Coulombiers <small>(86083)</small>
1. Croutelle <small>(86088)</small>
1. Cuhon <small>(86089)</small>
1. Curzay-sur-Vonne <small>(86091)</small>
1. Dienné <small>(86094)</small>
1. Dissay <small>(86095)</small>
1. Fleuré <small>(86099)</small>
1. Fontaine-le-Comte <small>(86100)</small>
1. Frozes <small>(86102)</small>
1. Gizay <small>(86105)</small>
1. Iteuil <small>(86113)</small>
1. Jardres <small>(86114)</small>
1. Jaunay-Clan <small>(86115)</small>
1. Jazeneuil <small>(86116)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Montreuil <small>(86056)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Moulière <small>(86058)</small>
1. La Villedieu-du-Clain <small>(86290)</small>
1. Latillé <small>(86121)</small>
1. Lavausseau <small>(86123)</small>
1. Lavoux <small>(86124)</small>
1. Le Rochereau <small>(86208)</small>
1. Ligugé <small>(86133)</small>
1. Liniers <small>(86135)</small>
1. Lusignan <small>(86139)</small>
1. Maillé <small>(86142)</small>
1. Maisonneuve <small>(86144)</small>
1. Marigny-Brizay <small>(86146)</small>
1. Marigny-Chemereau <small>(86147)</small>
1. Marnay <small>(86148)</small>
1. Marçay <small>(86145)</small>
1. Massognes <small>(86150)</small>
1. Mignaloux-Beauvoir <small>(86157)</small>
1. Migné-Auxances <small>(86158)</small>
1. Mirebeau <small>(86160)</small>
1. Montamisé <small>(86163)</small>
1. Montreuil-Bonnin <small>(86166)</small>
1. Neuville-de-Poitou <small>(86177)</small>
1. Nieuil-l'Espoir <small>(86178)</small>
1. Nouaillé-Maupertuis <small>(86180)</small>
1. Poitiers <small>(86194)</small>
1. Pouillé <small>(86198)</small>
1. Quinçay <small>(86204)</small>
1. Roches-Prémarie-Andillé <small>(86209)</small>
1. Rouillé <small>(86213)</small>
1. Saint-Benoît <small>(86214)</small>
1. Saint-Cyr <small>(86219)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux <small>(86222)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-l'Ars <small>(86226)</small>
1. Saint-Sauvant <small>(86244)</small>
1. Sanxay <small>(86253)</small>
1. Savigny-Lévescault <small>(86256)</small>
1. Smarves <small>(86263)</small>
1. Sèvres-Anxaumont <small>(86261)</small>
1. Tercé <small>(86268)</small>
1. Thurageau <small>(86271)</small>
1. Varennes <small>(86277)</small>
1. Vendeuvre-du-Poitou <small>(86281)</small>
1. Vernon <small>(86284)</small>
1. Villiers <small>(86292)</small>
1. Vivonne <small>(86293)</small>
1. Vouillé <small>(86294)</small>
1. Vouneuil-sous-Biard <small>(86297)</small>
1. Vouzailles <small>(86299)</small>
1. Yversay <small>(86300)</small>

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Poitiers
- **insee**: 863
- **nbcomm**: 83
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Poitiers
- **area**: 2131.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Poitiers 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine