Arrondissement of Jonzac

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

History
When the Charente-Maritime department was created on 1790, Jonzac was not one of the original districts but soon, in 1800, it was made one of the arrondissements of the department with the territories of the Monlieu and Pons districts.

Geography
The arrondissement of Jonzac has an area of , and a population of 56,973 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

Jonzac is the southernmost arrondissement of the department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Saintes, to the east by the Charente department and to the southeast and east by the Gironde department. To the northwest of the department is the southern part the Gironde estuary, the largest estuary of France.

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 Jonzac, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: the Thénac canton. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Jonzac INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Jonzac  Rochefort  La Rochelle  Saintes  Saint-Jean-d'Angély1707 Jonzac44441712 Pons39391724 Thénac421251727 Les Trois Monts4242

Communes
The arrondissement of Jonzac has 129 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Agudelle (17002)
 Allas-Bocage (17005)
 Allas-Champagne (17006)
 Archiac (17016)
 Arthenac (17020)
 Avy (17027)
 La Barde (17033)
 Bedenac (17038)
 Belluire (17039)
 Biron (17047)
 Bois (17050)
 Boisredon (17052)
 Boresse-et-Martron (17054)
 Boscamnant (17055)
 Bougneau (17056)
 Bran (17061)
 Brie-sous-Archiac (17066)
 Brives-sur-Charente (17069)
 Bussac-Forêt (17074)
 Celles (17076)
 Cercoux (17077)
 Chadenac (17078)
 Chamouillac (17081)
 Champagnac (17082)
 Champagnolles (17084)
 Chartuzac (17092)
 Chatenet (17095)
 Chaunac (17096)
 Chepniers (17099)
 Chevanceaux (17104)
 Cierzac (17106)
 Clam (17108)
 Clérac (17110)
 Clion (17111)
 La Clotte (17113)
 Consac (17116)
 Corignac (17118)
 Coulonges (17122)
 Courpignac (17129)
 Coux (17130)
 Échebrune (17145)
 Expiremont (17156)
 Fléac-sur-Seugne (17159)
 Fontaines-d'Ozillac (17163)
 Le Fouilloux (17167)
 La Genétouze (17173)
 Germignac (17175)
 Givrezac (17178)
 Guitinières (17187)
 Jarnac-Champagne (17192)
 Jonzac (17197)
 Jussas (17199)
 Léoville (17204)
 Lonzac (17209)
 Lorignac (17210)
 Lussac (17215)
 Marignac (17220)
 Mazerolles (17227)
 Mérignac (17229)
 Messac (17231)
 Meux (17233)
 Mirambeau (17236)
 Montendre (17240)
 Montguyon (17241)
 Montlieu-la-Garde (17243)
 Mortiers (17249)
 Mosnac (17250)
 Neuillac (17258)
 Neulles (17259)
 Neuvicq (17260)
 Nieul-le-Virouil (17263)
 Orignolles (17269)
 Ozillac (17270)
 Pérignac (17273)
 Le Pin (17276)
 Plassac (17279)
 Polignac (17281)
 Pommiers-Moulons (17282)
 Pons (17283)
 Pouillac (17287)
 Réaux sur Trèfle (17295)
 Rouffignac (17305)
 Saint-Aigulin (17309)
 Saint-Bonnet-sur-Gironde (17312)
 Saint-Ciers-Champagne (17316)
 Saint-Ciers-du-Taillon (17317)
 Sainte-Colombe (17319)
 Saint-Dizant-du-Bois (17324)
 Saint-Dizant-du-Gua (17325)
 Saint-Eugène (17326)
 Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde (17328)
 Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge (17331)
 Saint-Georges-Antignac (17332)
 Saint-Georges-des-Agoûts (17335)
 Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan (17339)
 Saint-Germain-de-Vibrac (17341)
 Saint-Germain-du-Seudre (17342)
 Saint-Grégoire-d'Ardennes (17343)
 Saint-Hilaire-du-Bois (17345)
 Saint-Léger (17354)
 Sainte-Lheurine (17355)
 Saint-Maigrin (17357)
 Saint-Martial-de-Mirambeau (17362)
 Saint-Martial-de-Vitaterne (17363)
 Saint-Martial-sur-Né (17364)
 Saint-Martin-d'Ary (17365)
 Saint-Martin-de-Coux (17366)
 Saint-Médard (17372)
 Saint-Palais-de-Négrignac (17378)
 Saint-Palais-de-Phiolin (17379)
 Saint-Pierre-du-Palais (17386)
 Saint-Quantin-de-Rançanne (17388)
 Sainte-Ramée (17390)
 Saint-Seurin-de-Palenne (17398)
 Saint-Sigismond-de-Clermont (17402)
 Saint-Simon-de-Bordes (17403)
 Saint-Sorlin-de-Conac (17405)
 Saint-Thomas-de-Conac (17410)
 Salignac-de-Mirambeau (17417)
 Salignac-sur-Charente (17418)
 Semillac (17423)
 Semoussac (17424)
 Soubran (17430)
 Souméras (17432)
 Sousmoulins (17433)
 Tugéras-Saint-Maurice (17454)
 Vanzac (17458)
 Vibrac (17468)
 Villexavier (17476) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 17283  Pons  4,098  Pons  La Haute-Saintonge 17197  Jonzac  3,447  Jonzac  La Haute-Saintonge 17240  Montendre  3,218  Les Trois Monts  La Haute-Saintonge 17309  Saint-Aigulin  1,898  Les Trois Monts  La Haute-Saintonge 17241  Montguyon  1,525  Les Trois Monts  La Haute-Saintonge 17236  Mirambeau  1,475  Pons  La Haute-Saintonge 17243  Montlieu-la-Garde  1,331  Les Trois Monts  La Haute-Saintonge 17339  Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan  1,274  Jonzac  La Haute-Saintonge 17331  Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge  1,237  Pons  La Haute-Saintonge 17077  Cercoux  1,193  Les Trois Monts  La Haute-Saintonge

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

References

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