Arrondissement of Rochechouart

The arrondissement of Rochechouart is an arrondissement of France, in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Rochechouart.

History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800 in France, the arrondissement of Rochechouart was one of those in the Haute-Vienne department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Rochechouart is the most western arrondissement of the Haute-Vienne department. It is bordered to the west and north by the Charente department, to the northeast by the arrondissement of  Bellac, to the east by the arrondissement of  Limoges and to the south by the Dordogne department.

The arrondissement of Rochechouart is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with area of only , and it is the one with fewest people living in it with a population of 37,877 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,Décret n° 2014-194 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Vienne cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are only two cantons in the arrondissement of Rochechouart and both have all their comunes in the arrondissement. These cantons are:
 Rochechouart, with 22 communes; and
 Saint-Junien, with 8 communes.

Communes
The arrondissement of Rochechouart has 30 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Chaillac-sur-Vienne (87030)
 Champagnac-la-Rivière (87034)
 Champsac (87036)
 Chéronnac (87044)
 Cognac-la-Forêt (87046)
 Cussac (87054)
 Dournazac (87060)
 Gorre (87073)
 Javerdat (87078)
 La Chapelle-Montbrandeix (87037)
 Les Salles-Lavauguyon (87189)
 Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire (87091)
 Marval (87092)
 Oradour-sur-Glane (87110)
 Oradour-sur-Vayres (87111)
 Pensol (87115)
 Rochechouart (87126)
 Saillat-sur-Vienne (87131)
 Saint-Auvent (87135)
Saint-Bazile (87137)
 Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne (87140)
 Saint-Cyr (87141)
 Saint-Junien (87154)
 Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre (87158)
 Saint-Martin-de-Jussac (87164)
Saint-Mathieu (87168)
 Saint-Victurnien (87185)
 Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux (87162)
 Vayres (87199)
 Videix (87204)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 87154  Saint-Junien  11,196  Saint-Junien  Porte Océane du Limousin 87126  Rochechouart  3,798  Rochechouart  Porte Océane du Limousin 87110  Oradour-sur-Glane  2,464  Saint-Junien  Porte Océane du Limousin 87185  Saint-Victurnien  1,724 Saint-Junien  Porte Océane du Limousin 87140  Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne  1,650  Saint-Junien  Porte Océane du Limousin 87111  Oradour-sur-Vayres  1,530  Rochechouart  Les Feuillardiers

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Rochechouart