Arrondissement of La Rochelle

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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of La Rochelle is the smallest of the arrondissements of the Charente-Maritime department but the one with more people living in it. It has an area of , and a population of 210,151 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

La Rochelle is the northernmost arrondissement of the department. It is formed from the old province of Aunis, with centre in La Rochelle, its historical capital.

It is bordered to the north by the Vendée department, to the east by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the south by the arrondissement of Rochefort, and the Atlantic Ocean 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 La Rochelle, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: the Châtelaillon-Plage and La Jarrie cantons. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of La Rochelle INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Jonzac  Rochefort  La Rochelle  Saintes  Saint-Jean-d'Angély1701 Aytré441703 Châtelaillon-Plage3581705 Île de Ré10101706 La Jarrie212141708 Lagord661709 Marans20201714 La Rochelle-1part of La Rochellepart of La Rochelle1715 La Rochelle-2part of La Rochellepart of La Rochelle1716 La Rochelle-3part of La Rochellepart of La Rochelle

Communes
The arrondissement of La Rochelle has 58 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Andilly (17008)
 Angliers (17009)
 Angoulins (17010)
 Ars-en-Ré (17019)
 Aytré (17028)
 Benon (17041)
 Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré (17051)
 Bourgneuf (17059)
 Charron (17091)
 Châtelaillon-Plage (17094)
 Clavette (17109)
 La Couarde-sur-Mer (17121)
 Courçon (17127)
 Cramchaban (17132)
 Croix-Chapeau (17136)
 Dompierre-sur-Mer (17142)
 Esnandes (17153)
 Ferrières (17158)
 La Flotte (17161)
 La Grève-sur-Mignon (17182)
 Le Gué-d'Alleré (17186)
 L'Houmeau (17190)
 La Jarne (17193)
 La Jarrie (17194)
 Lagord (17200)
 La Laigne (17201)
 Loix (17207)
 Longèves (17208)
 Marans (17218)
 Marsilly (17222)
 Montroy (17245)
 Nieul-sur-Mer (17264)
 Nuaillé-d'Aunis (17267)
 Périgny (17274)
 Les Portes-en-Ré (17286)
 Puilboreau (17291)
 Rivedoux-Plage (17297)
 La Rochelle (17300)
 La Ronde (17303)
 Saint-Christophe (17315)
 Saint-Clément-des-Baleines (17318)
 Saint-Cyr-du-Doret (17322)
 Saint-Jean-de-Liversay (17349)
 Sainte-Marie-de-Ré (17360)
 Saint-Martin-de-Ré (17369)
 Saint-Médard-d'Aunis (17373)
 Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis (17376)
 Saint-Rogatien (17391)
 Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis (17396)
 Sainte-Soulle (17407)
 Saint-Vivien (17413)
 Saint-Xandre (17414)
 Salles-sur-Mer (17420)
 Taugon (17439)
 Thairé (17443)
 Vérines (17466)
 Villedoux (17472)
 Yves (17483) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 17300  La Rochelle  74,998  La Rochelle-1, La Rochelle-2, La Rochelle-3  CA de la Rochelle 17028  Aytré  8,821  Aytré  CA de la Rochelle 17274  Périgny  7,866  Aytré  CA de la Rochelle 17200  Lagord  7,199  Lagord  CA de la Rochelle 17094  Châtelaillon-Plage  6,064  Châtelaillon-Plage  CA de la Rochelle 17291  Puilboreau  5,911  Aytré  CA de la Rochelle 17264  Nieul-sur-Mer  5,761  Lagord  CA de la Rochelle 17142  Dompierre-sur-Mer  5,344  Aytré  CA de la Rochelle 17218  Marans  4,590  Marans  Aunis Atlantique 17414  Saint-Xandre  4,463  Lagord  CA de la Rochelle

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

References

La Rochelle