Arrondissement of Châtellerault

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

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Châtellerault is in northern Vienne  and is bordered to the northwest by the Maine-et-Loire department, to the north and east by the Indre-et-Loire department, to the southeast by the Indre department (a small part) and the _arrondissement_ of Montmorillon, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Poitiers and to the west by the  Deux-Sèvres department.

It has an area of . It has 112,313 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

### 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 Châtellerault, there are 4 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_: Châtellerault-1, Châtellerault-2, Châtellerault-3 and Loudun.  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|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8602|Châtellerault-1|7 + part of Châtellerault|||**7** + part of Châtellerault|
|8603|Châtellerault-2|20 + part of Châtellerault|||**20** + part of Châtellerault|
|8604|Châtellerault-3|10 + part of Châtellerault|||**10** + part of Châtellerault|
|8605|Chauvigny|7|8||**15**|
|8607|Jaunay-Clan|1||7|**8**|
|8608|Loudun|49|||**49**|
|8612|Montmorillon|1|25||**26**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Châtellerault has 92 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Angles-sur-l'Anglin <small>(86004)</small>
1. Angliers <small>(86005)</small>
1. Antran <small>(86007)</small>
1. Arçay <small>(86008)</small>
1. Archigny <small>(86009)</small>
1. Aulnay <small>(86013)</small>
1. Availles-en-Châtellerault <small>(86014)</small>
1. Basses <small>(86018)</small>
1. Bellefonds <small>(86020)</small>
1. Berrie <small>(86022)</small>
1. Berthegon <small>(86023)</small>
1. Beuxes <small>(86026)</small>
1. Bonneuil-Matours <small>(86032)</small>
1. Bournand <small>(86036)</small>
1. Buxeuil <small>(86042)</small>
1. Ceaux-en-Loudun <small>(86044)</small>
1. Cenon-sur-Vienne <small>(86046)</small>
1. Cernay <small>(86047)</small>
1. Chalais <small>(86049)</small>
1. Châtellerault <small>(86066)</small>
1. La Chaussée <small>(86069)</small>
1. Chenevelles <small>(86072)</small>
1. La Roche-Rigault <small>(86079)</small>
1. Colombiers <small>(86081)</small>
1. Coussay-les-Bois <small>(86086)</small>
1. Craon <small>(86087)</small>
1. Curçay-sur-Dive <small>(86090)</small>
1. Dangé-Saint-Romain <small>(86092)</small>
1. Dercé <small>(86093)</small>
1. Doussay <small>(86096)</small>
1. Glénouze <small>(86106)</small>
1. La Grimaudière <small>(86108)</small>
1. Guesnes <small>(86109)</small>
1. Ingrandes <small>(86111)</small>
1. Leigné-les-Bois <small>(86125)</small>
1. Leigné-sur-Usseau <small>(86127)</small>
1. Lencloître <small>(86128)</small>
1. Lésigny <small>(86129)</small>
1. Leugny <small>(86130)</small>
1. Loudun <small>(86137)</small>
1. Mairé <small>(86143)</small>
1. Martaizé <small>(86149)</small>
1. Maulay <small>(86151)</small>
1. Mazeuil <small>(86154)</small>
1. Messemé <small>(86156)</small>
1. Moncontour <small>(86161)</small>
1. Mondion <small>(86162)</small>
1. Monthoiron <small>(86164)</small>
1. Monts-sur-Guesnes <small>(86167)</small>
1. Morton <small>(86169)</small>
1. Mouterre-Silly <small>(86173)</small>
1. Naintré <small>(86174)</small>
1. Nueil-sous-Faye <small>(86181)</small>
1. Orches <small>(86182)</small>
1. Les Ormes <small>(86183)</small>
1. Ouzilly <small>(86184)</small>
1. Oyré <small>(86186)</small>
1. Pleumartin <small>(86193)</small>
1. Port-de-Piles <small>(86195)</small>
1. Pouançay <small>(86196)</small>
1. Pouant <small>(86197)</small>
1. Prinçay <small>(86201)</small>
1. Ranton <small>(86205)</small>
1. Raslay <small>(86206)</small>
1. La Roche-Posay <small>(86207)</small>
1. Roiffé <small>(86210)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe <small>(86217)</small>
1. Saint-Clair <small>(86218)</small>
1. Saint-Genest-d'Ambière <small>(86221)</small>
1. Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers <small>(86224)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Sauves <small>(86225)</small>
1. Saint-Laon <small>(86227)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais <small>(86229)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse <small>(86241)</small>
1. Senillé-Saint-Sauveur <small>(86245)</small>
1. Saires <small>(86249)</small>
1. Saix <small>(86250)</small>
1. Sammarçolles <small>(86252)</small>
1. Savigny-sous-Faye <small>(86257)</small>
1. Scorbé-Clairvaux <small>(86258)</small>
1. Sérigny <small>(86260)</small>
1. Sossais <small>(86265)</small>
1. Ternay <small>(86269)</small>
1. Thuré <small>(86272)</small>
1. Les Trois-Moutiers <small>(86274)</small>
1. Usseau <small>(86275)</small>
1. Vaux-sur-Vienne <small>(86279)</small>
1. Vellèches <small>(86280)</small>
1. Verrue <small>(86286)</small>
1. Vézières <small>(86287)</small>
1. Vicq-sur-Gartempe <small>(86288)</small>
1. Vouneuil-sur-Vienne <small>(86298)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|86066|Châtellerault|31,722|Châtellerault-1, Châtellerault-2 Châtellerault-3 || Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais||
|86137|Loudun|6,740|Loudun|Le Pays Loudunais|
|86174|Naintré|5,866|Châtellerault-1|Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais|
|86092|Dangé-Saint-Romain|3,052|Châtellerault-2|Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais|
|86272|Thuré|2,888|Châtellerault-1|Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais|
|86128|Lencloître|2,468|Châtellerault-1|Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais|
|86258|Scorbé-Clairvaux|2,302|Châtellerault-1|Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais|
|86298|Vouneuil-sur-Vienne|2,113|Chauvigny|Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais|
|86032|Bonneuil-Matours|2,112|Chauvigny|Communauté d'agglomération du Pays Châtelleraudais|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Châtellerault
- **insee**: 861
- **nbcomm**: 92
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Châtellerault
- **area**: 1982.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Châtellerault 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine