Arrondissement of Bressuire

The arrondissement of Bressuire is an arrondissement of France, in the Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Bressuire.

History
When the Deux-Sèvres department was created on 1790, Bressuire was not one of the original districts but, in 1804, it was made one of the arrondissements of the department when the subprefecture of Thouars was moved to Bressuire.

Geography
Bressuire is the northernmost arrondissement of the department. It is bordered to the north by the Maine-et-Loire department, to the east by the Vienne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Parthenay and to the west by the Vendée department.

It has an area of , and a population of 96,703 inhabitants for 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 Bressuire, there are 3 cantons with all their communes  in the arrondissement: Bressuire, Mauléon and Thouars, 

The following table shows the distribution of the communes in the arrondissement of  Bressuire:

+ Cantons and communes in the Bressuire arrondissement INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Bressuire  Niort  Parthenay 7902  Bressuire 6    6 7904  Cerizay 10   13  23 7907  Mauléon 15    15 7916  Thouars 8    8 7917  Le Val de Thouet 22   13  35

Communes
The arrondissement of Bressuire has 53 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Argentonnay (79013)
 Argenton-l'Église (79014)
 Boismé (79038)
 Bouillé-Loretz (79043)
 Bressuire (79049)
 Bretignolles (79050)
 Brie (79054)
 Brion-près-Thouet (79056)
 Cerizay (79062)
 Chiché (79088)
 Cirières (79091)
 Combrand (79096)
 Coulonges-Thouarsais (79102)
 Courlay (79103)
 Faye-l'Abbesse (79116)
 La Forêt-sur-Sèvre (79123)
 Geay (79131)
 Genneton (79132)
 Glénay (79134)
 Louzy (79157)
 Luché-Thouarsais (79159)
 Luzay (79161)
 Mauléon (79079)
 Mauzé-Thouarsais (79171)
 Missé (79178)
 Montravers (79183)
 Nueil-les-Aubiers (79195)
 Oiron (79196)
 Pas-de-Jeu (79203)
 La Petite-Boissière (79207)
 Pierrefitte (79209)
 Le Pin (79210)
 Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre (79235)
 Saint-André-sur-Sèvre (79236)
 Saint-Aubin-du-Plain (79238)
 Saint-Cyr-la-Lande (79244)
 Sainte-Gemme (79250)
 Sainte-Radegonde (79292)
 Sainte-Verge (79300)
 Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars (79258)
 Saint-Jean-de-Thouars (79259)
 Saint-Jouin-de-Milly (79261)
 Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun (79265)
 Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon (79274)
 Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay (79277)
 Saint-Maurice-Étusson (79280)
 Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes (79289)
 Saint-Varent (79299)
 Taizé (79321)
 Thouars (79329)
 Tourtenay (79331)
 Val en Vignes (79063)
 Voulmentin (79242)

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Deux-Sèvres department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Bressuire