Arrondissement of Rochefort

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

History
When the Charente-Maritime department was created on 1790, the arrondissement of Rochefort was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Rochefort has an area of , and a population of 187,843 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

Rochefort is in the northern half of the department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of La Rochelle, to the northeast by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the east by the arrondissements of Saint-Jean-d'Angély and Saintes. To the south is the upper part the Gironde estuary, the largest estuary of France, and the Atlantic Ocean is to the west.

Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,Décret n° 2014-269 du 27 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Charente-Maritime cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Rochefort, there are 12 cantons, some of them only partially. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Rochefort INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Jonzac  Rochefort  La Rochelle  Saintes  Saint-Jean-d'Angély1703 Châtelaillon-Plage3581704 Île d'Oléron881706 La Jarrie212141710 Marennes14141713 Rochefort111717 Royan331718 Saint-Jean-d'Angély3237421721 Saintonge Estuaire123241722 Saujon2791723 Surgères21211725 Tonnay-Charente15151726 La Tremblade99

Communes
The arrondissement of Rochefort has 82 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis (17003)
 Île-d'Aix (17004)
 Anais (17007)
 Ardillières (17018)
 Arvert (17021)
 Ballon (17032)
 Beaugeay (17036)
 Bouhet (17057)
 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus (17058)
 Breuil-la-Réorte (17063)
 Breuillet (17064)
 Breuil-Magné (17065)
 Cabariot (17075)
 Chaillevette (17079)
 Chambon (17080)
 Champagne (17083)
 Le Château-d'Oléron (17093)
 Chervettes (17103)
 Ciré-d'Aunis (17107)
 Dolus-d'Oléron (17140)
 Échillais (17146)
 L’Éguille (17151)
 Étaules (17155)
 Forges (17166)
 Fouras (17168)
 Genouillé (17174)
 La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien (17184)
 Le Gua (17185)
 Hiers-Brouage (17189)
 Landrais (17203)
 Loire-les-Marais (17205)
 Lussant (17216)
 Marennes (17219)
 Marsais (17221)
 Les Mathes (17225)
 Meschers-sur-Gironde (17230)
 Moëze (17237)
 Moragne (17246)
 Mornac-sur-Seudre (17247)
 Muron (17253)
 Nieulle-sur-Seudre (17265)
 Péré (17272)
 Puyravault (17293)
 Rochefort (17299)
 Royan (17306)
 Saint-Agnant (17308)
 Saint-Augustin (17311)
 Saint-Coutant-le-Grand (17320)
 Saint-Crépin (17321)
 Saint-Denis-d'Oléron (17323)
 Saint-Froult (17329)
 Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (17333)
 Saint-Georges-d'Oléron (17337)
 Saint-Georges-du-Bois (17338)
 Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes (17340)
 Saint-Hippolyte (17346)
 Saint-Jean-d'Angle (17348)
 Saint-Just-Luzac (17351)
 Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière (17352)
 Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée (17353)
 Saint-Mard (17359)
 Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente (17375)
 Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (17380)
 Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly (17382)
 Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (17385)
 Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois (17394)
 Saint-Sornin (17406)
 Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (17409)
 Saint-Trojan-les-Bains (17411)
 Soubise (17429)
 Surgères (17434)
 Le Thou (17447)
 Tonnay-Charente (17449)
 La Tremblade (17452)
 Vandré (17457)
 Vaux-sur-Mer (17461)
 Vergeroux (17463)
 Virson (17480)
 Vouhé (17482)
 Port-des-Barques (17484)
 Le Grand-Village-Plage (17485)
 La Brée-les-Bains (17486) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 17299  Rochefort  24,300  Rochefort  CA Rochefort Océan 17306  Royan  18,388  Royan  CA Royan Atlantique 17449  Tonnay-Charente  7,926  Tonnay-Charente  CA Rochefort Océan 17434  Surgères  6,713  Surgères  Aunis Sud 17385  Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron  6,694  L’Île d'Oléron  L’Île d'Oléron 17219  Marennes  5,672  Marennes  Bassin de Marennes 17333  Saint-Georges-de-Didonne  5,181  Royan  CA Royan Atlantique 17452  La Tremblade  4,792  La Tremblade  CA Royan Atlantique 17093  Le Château-d'Oléron  4,063  L’Île d'Oléron  L’Île d'Oléron 17168  Fouras  4,047  Châtelaillon-Plage  CA Rochefort Océan

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

References

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