Arrondissement of Angoulême

The arrondissement of Angoulême is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Angoulême.

History
When the Charente department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Angoulême was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Angoulême is the second largest arrondissement of the department with an area of . It has 197,377 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Angoulême is in southeastern Charente and is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Confolens, to the east and south by the Dordogne department, and to the west by the arrondissement of Cognac.

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 Angoulême, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Boixe-et-Manslois, Charente-Sud, Tude-et-Lavalette and Val de Nouère. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Angoulême INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Angoulême  Cognac  Confolens1601 Angoulême-11 + part of Angoulême1 + part of Angoulême1602 Angoulême-21 + part of Angoulême1 + part of Angoulême1603 Angoulême-31 + part of Angoulême1 + part of Angoulême1604 Boëme-Échelle13131605 Boixe-et-Manslois1526411609 Charente-Sud1135461613 La Couronne441614 Gond-Pontouvre441616 Touvre-et-Braconne661617 Tude-et-Lavalette542 561618 Val de Nouère1416301619 Val de Tardoire28129

Communes
The arrondissement of Angoulême has 117 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Agris (16003)
 Angoulême (16015)
 Asnières-sur-Nouère (16019)
 Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (16020)
 Balzac (16026)
 Bardenac (16029)
 Bazac (16034)
 Bellon (16037)
 Bessac (16041)
 Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard (16047)
 Bonnes (16049)
 Bors (16052)
 Bouëx (16055)
 Brie (16061)
 Brie-sous-Chalais (16063)
 Bunzac (16067)
 Chadurie (16072)
 Chalais (16073)
 Champniers (16078)
 Boisné-La Tude (16082)
 Charras (16084)
 Châtignac (16091)
 Chazelles (16093)
 Claix (16101)
 Combiers (16103)
 Coulgens (16107)
 Courgeac (16111)
 Courlac (16112)
 La Couronne (16113)
 Curac (16117)
 Deviat (16118)
 Dignac (16119)
 Dirac (16120)
 Écuras (16124)
 Édon (16125)
 Les Essards (16130)
 Eymouthiers (16135)
 Feuillade (16137)
 Fléac (16138)
 Fouquebrune (16143)
 Garat (16146)
 Gardes-le-Pontaroux (16147)
 Gond-Pontouvre (16154)
 Grassac (16158)
 Gurat (16162)
 L’Isle-d'Espagnac (16166)
 Jauldes (16168)
 Juignac (16170)
 Laprade (16180)
 Linars (16187)
 Magnac-Lavalette-Villars (16198)
 Magnac-sur-Touvre (16199)
 Mainzac (16203)
 Marillac-le-Franc (16209)
 Marsac (16210)
 Marthon (16211)
 Médillac (16215)
 Montboyer (16222)
 Montbron (16223)
 Montignac-le-Coq (16227)
 Montmoreau (16230)
 Mornac (16232)
 Mouthiers-sur-Boëme (16236)
 Nabinaud (16240)
 Nersac (16244)
 Nonac (16246)
 Orgedeuil (16250)
 Orival (16252)
 Palluaud (16254)
 Pillac (16260)
 Plassac-Rouffiac (16263)
 Poullignac (16267)
 Pranzac (16269)
 Puymoyen (16271)
 Rancogne (16274)
 Rioux-Martin (16279)
 Rivières (16280)
 La Rochefoucauld (16281)
 La Rochette (16282)
 Ronsenac (16283)
 Rouffiac (16284)
 Rougnac (16285)
 Roullet-Saint-Estèphe (16287)
 Rouzède (16290)
 Ruelle-sur-Touvre (16291)
 Saint-Adjutory (16293)
 Saint-Avit (16302)
 Saint-Germain-de-Montbron (16323)
 Saint-Laurent-des-Combes (16331)
 Saint-Martial (16334)
 Saint-Michel (16341)
 Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant (16344)
 Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais (16346)
 Saint-Romain (16347)
 Saint-Saturnin (16348)
 Saint-Séverin (16350)
 Saint-Sornin (16353)
 Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (16358)
 Salles-Lavalette (16362)
 Sers (16368)
 Sireuil (16370)
 Souffrignac (16372)
 Soyaux (16374)
 Taponnat-Fleurignac (16379)
 Torsac (16382)
 Touvre (16385)
 Trois-Palis (16388)
 Vaux-Lavalette (16394)
 Vilhonneur (16406)
 Villebois-Lavalette (16408)
 Vindelle (16415)
 Vœuil-et-Giget (16418)
 Voulgézac (16420)
 Vouthon (16421)
 Vouzan (16422)
 Yviers (16424)
 Yvrac-et-Malleyrand (16425)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 16015  Angoulême  41,955  Angoulême-1, Angoulême-2Angoulême-3  CA du Grand Angoulême 16374  Soyaux  9,322  Angoulême-3  CA du Grand Angoulême 16113  La Couronne  7,636  La Couronne  CA du Grand Angoulême 16291  Ruelle-sur-Touvre  7,292  Touvre-et-Braconne  CA du Grand Angoulême 16358  Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente  7,210  Gond-Pontouvre  CA du Grand Angoulême 16154  Gond-Pontouvre  5,907  Gond-Pontouvre  CA du Grand Angoulême 16166  L’Isle-d'Espagnac  5,412  Angoulême-2  CA du Grand Angoulême 16078  Champniers  5,251  Gond-Pontouvre  CA du Grand Angoulême 16061  Brie  4,279  Touvre-et-Braconne  CA du Grand Angoulême 16287  Roullet-Saint-Estèphe  4,240  Boëme-Echelle  CA du Grand Angoulême

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Charente department
 Communes of the Charente department

References

Angouleme