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.

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 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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Châtellerault INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Châtellerault  Montmorillon  Poitiers8602 Châtellerault-17 + part of Châtellerault 7 + part of Châtellerault8603 Châtellerault-220 + part of Châtellerault 20 + part of Châtellerault8604 Châtellerault-310 + part of Châtellerault 10 + part of Châtellerault8605 Chauvigny78158607 Jaunay-Clan1788608 Loudun49498612 Montmorillon12526

Communes
The arrondissement of Châtellerault has 92 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 86066  Châtellerault  31,722  Châtellerault-1, Châtellerault-2Châtellerault-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

References

Chatellerault