Arrondissement of Blaye

The arrondissement of Blaye is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Gironde département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Blaye.

History
When the Gironde department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Blaye was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Blaye is the smallest of the arrondissements of the Gironde department, with an area of . It is in northern part of the department and it has 88,115 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Blaye is bordered to the north and northeast by the Charente-Maritime department, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Libourne, to the south by the arrondissement of Bordeaux and to the west by the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc. The Gironde estuary is to northwest of the arrondissement.

Composition
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 Blaye, there are only two cantons: 

 L'Estuaire, with 39 communes, all in the arrondissement of Blaye;
 Le Nord-Gironde, with 26 communes in the arrondissement of Blaye and 2 communes in the arrondissement of Bordeaux.

Communes
The arrondissement of Blaye has 63 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Anglade (33006)
 Val-de-Virvée (33018)
 Bayon-sur-Gironde (33035)
 Berson (33047)
 Blaye (33058)
 Bourg (33067)
 Braud-et-Saint-Louis (33073)
 Campugnan (33089)
 Cars (33100)
 Cartelègue (33101)
 Cavignac (33114)
 Cézac (33123)
 Civrac-de-Blaye (33126)
 Comps (33132)
 Cubnezais (33142)
 Cubzac-les-Ponts (33143)
 Donnezac (33151)
 Étauliers (33159)
 Eyrans (33161)
 Fours (33172)
 Gauriac (33182)
 Gauriaguet (33183)
 Générac (33184)
 Lansac (33228)
 Laruscade (33233)
 Marcenais (33266)
 Marcillac (33267)
 Marsas (33272)
 Mazion (33280)
 Mombrier (33285)
 Peujard (33321)
 Plassac (33325)
 Pleine-Selve (33326)
 Prignac-et-Marcamps (33339)
 Pugnac (33341)
 Reignac (33351)
 Saint-André-de-Cubzac (33366)
 Saint-Androny (33370)
 Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye (33374)
 Saint-Caprais-de-Blaye (33380)
 Saint-Christoly-de-Blaye (33382)
 Saint-Ciers-de-Canesse (33388)
 Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde (33389)
 Saint-Genès-de-Blaye (33405)
 Saint-Gervais (33415)
 Saint-Girons-d'Aiguevives (33416)
 Saint-Laurent-d'Arce (33425)
 Saint-Mariens (33439)
 Saint-Martin-Lacaussade (33441)
 Saint-Palais (33456)
 Saint-Paul (33458)
 Saint-Savin (33473)
 Saint-Seurin-de-Bourg (33475)
 Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac (33477)
 Saint-Trojan (33486)
 Saint-Vivien-de-Blaye (33489)
 Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac (33492)
 Samonac (33500)
 Saugon (33502)
 Tauriac (33525)
 Teuillac (33530)
 Villeneuve (33551)
 Virsac (33553)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 33366  Saint-André-de-Cubzac  10,422  Le Nord-Gironde  Le Cubzaguais 33058  Blaye  4,769  L'Estuaire  Blaye 33018  Val de Virvée  3,366  Le Nord-Gironde  Le Cubzaguais 33473  Saint-Savin  3,088  Le Nord-Gironde  Latitude Nord Gironde 33389  Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde  3,068  L'Estuaire  L'Estuaire - Canton de Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 33233  Laruscade  2,602  Le Nord-Gironde  Latitude Nord Gironde 33123  Cézac  2,503  Le Nord-Gironde  Latitude Nord Gironde 33143  Cubzac-les-Ponts  2,346  Le Nord-Gironde  Le Cubzaguais 33492  Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac  2,319  Le Nord-Gironde  Latitude Nord Gironde 33341  Pugnac  2,297  L'Estuaire  Le Cubzaguais

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Gironde department
 Communes of the Gironde department

References

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