Arrondissement of Jonzac

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

## History

When the Charente-Maritime department was created on 1790, Jonzac was not one of the original districts but soon, in 1800, it was made one of the _arrondissement_s of the department with the territories of the Monlieu and Pons districts.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Jonzac has an area of , and a population of 56,973 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

Jonzac is the southernmost _arrondissement_ of the department. It is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Saintes, to the east by the Charente department and to the southeast and east by the Gironde department. To the northwest of the department is the southern part the Gironde estuary, the largest estuary of France.

### 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 Jonzac, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: the Thénac canton. 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|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1707|Jonzac|44|||||**44**|
|1712|Pons|39|||||**39**|
|1724|Thénac|4|||21||**25**|
|1727|Les Trois Monts|42|||||**42**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Jonzac has 129 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Agudelle <small>(17002)</small>
1. Allas-Bocage <small>(17005)</small>
1. Allas-Champagne <small>(17006)</small>
1. Archiac <small>(17016)</small>
1. Arthenac <small>(17020)</small>
1. Avy <small>(17027)</small>
1. La Barde <small>(17033)</small>
1. Bedenac <small>(17038)</small>
1. Belluire <small>(17039)</small>
1. Biron <small>(17047)</small>
1. Bois <small>(17050)</small>
1. Boisredon <small>(17052)</small>
1. Boresse-et-Martron <small>(17054)</small>
1. Boscamnant <small>(17055)</small>
1. Bougneau <small>(17056)</small>
1. Bran <small>(17061)</small>
1. Brie-sous-Archiac <small>(17066)</small>
1. Brives-sur-Charente <small>(17069)</small>
1. Bussac-Forêt <small>(17074)</small>
1. Celles <small>(17076)</small>
1. Cercoux <small>(17077)</small>
1. Chadenac <small>(17078)</small>
1. Chamouillac <small>(17081)</small>
1. Champagnac <small>(17082)</small>
1. Champagnolles <small>(17084)</small>
1. Chartuzac <small>(17092)</small>
1. Chatenet <small>(17095)</small>
1. Chaunac <small>(17096)</small>
1. Chepniers <small>(17099)</small>
1. Chevanceaux <small>(17104)</small>
1. Cierzac <small>(17106)</small>
1. Clam <small>(17108)</small>
1. Clérac <small>(17110)</small>
1. Clion <small>(17111)</small>
1. La Clotte <small>(17113)</small>
1. Consac <small>(17116)</small>
1. Corignac <small>(17118)</small>
1. Coulonges <small>(17122)</small>
1. Courpignac <small>(17129)</small>
1. Coux <small>(17130)</small>
1. Échebrune <small>(17145)</small>
1. Expiremont <small>(17156)</small>
1. Fléac-sur-Seugne <small>(17159)</small>
1. Fontaines-d'Ozillac <small>(17163)</small>
1. Le Fouilloux <small>(17167)</small>
1. La Genétouze <small>(17173)</small>
1. Germignac <small>(17175)</small>
1. Givrezac <small>(17178)</small>
1. Guitinières <small>(17187)</small>
1. Jarnac-Champagne <small>(17192)</small>
1. Jonzac <small>(17197)</small>
1. Jussas <small>(17199)</small>
1. Léoville <small>(17204)</small>
1. Lonzac <small>(17209)</small>
1. Lorignac <small>(17210)</small>
1. Lussac <small>(17215)</small>
1. Marignac <small>(17220)</small>
1. Mazerolles <small>(17227)</small>
1. Mérignac <small>(17229)</small>
1. Messac <small>(17231)</small>
1. Meux <small>(17233)</small>
1. Mirambeau <small>(17236)</small>
1. Montendre <small>(17240)</small>
1. Montguyon <small>(17241)</small>
1. Montlieu-la-Garde <small>(17243)</small>
1. Mortiers <small>(17249)</small>
1. Mosnac <small>(17250)</small>
1. Neuillac <small>(17258)</small>
1. Neulles <small>(17259)</small>
1. Neuvicq <small>(17260)</small>
1. Nieul-le-Virouil <small>(17263)</small>
1. Orignolles <small>(17269)</small>
1. Ozillac <small>(17270)</small>
1. Pérignac <small>(17273)</small>
1. Le Pin <small>(17276)</small>
1. Plassac <small>(17279)</small>
1. Polignac <small>(17281)</small>
1. Pommiers-Moulons <small>(17282)</small>
1. Pons <small>(17283)</small>
1. Pouillac <small>(17287)</small>
1. Réaux sur Trèfle <small>(17295)</small>
1. Rouffignac <small>(17305)</small>
1. Saint-Aigulin <small>(17309)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-sur-Gironde <small>(17312)</small>
1. Saint-Ciers-Champagne <small>(17316)</small>
1. Saint-Ciers-du-Taillon <small>(17317)</small>
1. Sainte-Colombe <small>(17319)</small>
1. Saint-Dizant-du-Bois <small>(17324)</small>
1. Saint-Dizant-du-Gua <small>(17325)</small>
1. Saint-Eugène <small>(17326)</small>
1. Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde <small>(17328)</small>
1. Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge <small>(17331)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-Antignac <small>(17332)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-des-Agoûts <small>(17335)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan <small>(17339)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-Vibrac <small>(17341)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-du-Seudre <small>(17342)</small>
1. Saint-Grégoire-d'Ardennes <small>(17343)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois <small>(17345)</small>
1. Saint-Léger <small>(17354)</small>
1. Sainte-Lheurine <small>(17355)</small>
1. Saint-Maigrin <small>(17357)</small>
1. Saint-Martial-de-Mirambeau <small>(17362)</small>
1. Saint-Martial-de-Vitaterne <small>(17363)</small>
1. Saint-Martial-sur-Né <small>(17364)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-d'Ary <small>(17365)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Coux <small>(17366)</small>
1. Saint-Médard <small>(17372)</small>
1. Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac <small>(17378)</small>
1. Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin <small>(17379)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-du-Palais <small>(17386)</small>
1. Saint-Quantin-de-Rançanne <small>(17388)</small>
1. Sainte-Ramée <small>(17390)</small>
1. Saint-Seurin-de-Palenne <small>(17398)</small>
1. Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont <small>(17402)</small>
1. Saint-Simon-de-Bordes <small>(17403)</small>
1. Saint-Sorlin-de-Conac <small>(17405)</small>
1. Saint-Thomas-de-Conac <small>(17410)</small>
1. Salignac-de-Mirambeau <small>(17417)</small>
1. Salignac-sur-Charente <small>(17418)</small>
1. Semillac <small>(17423)</small>
1. Semoussac <small>(17424)</small>
1. Soubran <small>(17430)</small>
1. Souméras <small>(17432)</small>
1. Sousmoulins <small>(17433)</small>
1. Tugéras-Saint-Maurice <small>(17454)</small>
1. Vanzac <small>(17458)</small>
1. Vibrac <small>(17468)</small>
1. Villexavier <small>(17476)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|17283|Pons|4,098|Pons|La Haute-Saintonge|
|17197|Jonzac|3,447|Jonzac|La Haute-Saintonge|
|17240|Montendre|3,218|Les Trois Monts|La Haute-Saintonge|
|17309|Saint-Aigulin|1,898|Les Trois Monts|La Haute-Saintonge|
|17241|Montguyon|1,525|Les Trois Monts|La Haute-Saintonge|
|17236|Mirambeau|1,475|Pons|La Haute-Saintonge|
|17243|Montlieu-la-Garde|1,331|Les Trois Monts|La Haute-Saintonge|
|17339|Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan|1,274|Jonzac|La Haute-Saintonge|
|17331|Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge|1,237|Pons|La Haute-Saintonge|
|17077|Cercoux|1,193|Les Trois Monts|La Haute-Saintonge|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Jonzac
- **insee**: 171
- **nbcomm**: 129
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Jonzac
- **area**: 1740.1
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Jonzac 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine