Arrondissement of Cognac

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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Cognac is the smallest arrondissement of the department with an area of . It has 92,224 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

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

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 Cognac, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: 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 Cognac INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Angoulême  Cognac  Confolens1607 Charente-Champagne27271609 Charente-Sud1135461611 Cognac-17 + part of Cognac7 + part of Cognac1612 Cognac-26 + part of Cognac6 + part of Cognac1615 Jarnac18181617 Tude-et-Lavalette542 561618 Val de Nouère141630

Communes
The arrondissement of Cognac has 116 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Ambleville (16010)
 Angeac-Champagne (16012)
 Angeac-Charente (16013)
 Angeduc (16014)
 Anville (16017)
 Ars (16018)
 Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde (16025)
 Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire (16028)
 Barret (16030)
 Bassac (16032)
 Bécheresse (16036)
 Berneuil (16040)
 Birac (16045)
 Côteaux du Blanzacais (16046)
 Boisbreteau (16048)
 Bonneuil (16050)
 Bonneville (16051)
 Bors-de-Baignes (16053)
 Bourg-Charente (16056)
 Bouteville (16057)
 Boutiers-Saint-Trojan (16058)
 Bréville (16060)
 Brie-sous-Barbezieux (16062)
 Brossac (16066)
 Challignac (16074)
 Champagne-Vigny (16075)
 Champmillon (16077)
 Chantillac (16079)
 Chassors (16088)
 Châteaubernard (16089)
 Châteauneuf-sur-Charente (16090)
 Cherves-Richemont (16097)
 Chillac (16099)
 Cognac (16102)
 Condéon (16105)
 Courbillac (16109)
 Criteuil-la-Magdeleine (16116)
 Douzat (16121)
 Échallat (16123)
 Étriac (16133)
 Fleurac (16139)
 Foussignac (16145)
 Genac-Bignac (16148)
 Gensac-la-Pallue (16150)
 Genté (16151)
 Gimeux (16152)
 Gondeville (16153)
 Gourville (16156)
 Guimps (16160)
 Guizengeard (16161)
 Hiersac (16163)
 Houlette (16165)
 Jarnac (16167)
 Javrezac (16169)
 Juillac-le-Coq (16171)
 Julienne (16174)
 Val des Vignes (16175)
 Lachaise (16176)
 Ladiville (16177)
 Lagarde-sur-le-Né (16178)
 Lignières-Sonneville (16186)
 Louzac-Saint-André (16193)
 Mainxe (16202)
 Bellevigne (16204)
 Marcillac-Lanville (16207)
 Mareuil (16208)
 Mérignac (16216)
 Merpins (16217)
 Mesnac (16218)
 Les Métairies (16220)
 Mons (16221)
 Montmérac (16224)
 Montigné (16228)
 Mosnac (16233)
 Moulidars (16234)
 Nercillac (16243)
 Oriolles (16251)
 Passirac (16256)
 Pérignac (16258)
 Reignac (16276)
 Réparsac (16277)
 Rouillac (16286)
 Graves-Saint-Amant (16297)
 Saint-Amant-de-Nouère (16298)
 Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle (16301)
 Saint-Bonnet (16303)
 Saint-Brice (16304)
 Saint-Cybardeaux (16312)
 Saint-Félix (16315)
 Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né (16316)
 Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac (16320)
 Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac (16330)
 Saint-Léger (16332)
 Saint-Médard (16338)
 Auge-Saint-Médard (16339)
 Saint-Même-les-Carrières (16340)
 Saint-Palais-du-Né (16342)
 Saint-Preuil (16343)
 Sainte-Sévère (16349)
 Saint-Simeux (16351)
 Saint-Simon (16352)
 Sainte-Souline (16354)
 Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac (16355)
 Saint-Vallier (16357)
 Salles-d'Angles (16359)
 Salles-de-Barbezieux (16360)
 Sauvignac (16365)
 Segonzac (16366)
 Sigogne (16369)
 Le Tâtre (16380)
 Touvérac (16384)
 Triac-Lautrait (16387)
 Vaux-Rouillac (16395)
 Verrières (16399)
 Vibrac (16402)
 Vignolles (16405) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 16102  Cognac  18,717  Cognac-1, Cognac-2  CA du Grand Cognac 16028  Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire  4,730  Charente-Sud  Les 4B Sud Charente 16167  Jarnac  4,448  Jarnac  CA du Grand Cognac 16089  Châteaubernard  3,612  Cognac-2  CA du Grand Cognac 16090  Châteauneuf-sur-Charente  3,474  Charente-Champagne  CA du Grand Cognac 16097  Cherves-Richemont  2,453  Cognac-1  CA du Grand Cognac 16286  Rouillac  2,307  Val de Nouère  Le Rouillacais 16366  Segonzac  2,108  Charente-Champagne  CA du Grand Cognac 16150  Gensac-la-Pallue  1,616  Charente-Champagne  CA du Grand Cognac 16058  Boutiers-Saint-Trojan  1,478  Cognac-1  CA du Grand Cognac

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

References

Cognac