Arrondissement of Confolens

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

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

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Confolens is the largest *arrondissement* of the department with an area of . It has 64,252 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* of Confolens is in northern Charente and is bordered to the northwest by the Deux-Sèvres department, to the north by the Vienne department, to the east and southeast by the Haute-Vienne department, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Angoulême, to the southwest by the *arrondissement* of Cognac, to the west by the Charente-Maritime department.

It has a small border with the Dordogne department to the southeast.

## 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 Confolens, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the *arrondissement*: Boixe-et-Manslois and Val de Tardoire. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Confolens has 150 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Abzac (16001)
# Les Adjots (16002)
# Aigre (16005)
# Alloue (16007)
# Ambérac (16008)
# Ambernac (16009)
# Anais (16011)
# Ansac-sur-Vienne (16016)
# Aunac-sur-Charente (16023)
# Aussac-Vadalle (16024)
# Barbezières (16027)
# Barro (16031)
# Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette (16035)
# Benest (16038)
# Bernac (16039)
# Bessé (16042)
# Bioussac (16044)
# Le Bouchage (16054)
# Brettes (16059)
# Brigueuil (16064)
# Brillac (16065)
# Cellefrouin (16068)
# Cellettes (16069)
# Chabanais (16070)
# Chabrac (16071)
# Champagne-Mouton (16076)
# La Chapelle (16081)
# Charmé (16083)
# Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure (16085)
# Chassenon (16086)
# Chassiecq (16087)
# Chenon (16095)
# Cherves-Châtelars (16096)
# La Chèvrerie (16098)
# Chirac (16100)
# Condac (16104)
# Confolens (16106)
# Coulonges (16108)
# Courcôme (16110)
# Couture (16114)
# Ébréon (16122)
# Empuré (16127)
# Épenède (16128)
# Esse (16131)
# Étagnac (16132)
# Exideuil (16134)
# La Faye (16136)
# Fontclaireau (16140)
# Fontenille (16141)
# La Forêt-de-Tessé (16142)
# Fouqueure (16144)
# Genouillac (16149)
# Les Gours (16155)
# Le Grand-Madieu (16157)
# Hiesse (16164)
# Juillé (16173)
# Lessac (16181)
# Lesterps (16182)
# Lésignac-Durand (16183)
# Lichères (16184)
# Ligné (16185)
# Le Lindois (16188)
# Londigny (16189)
# Longré (16190)
# Lonnes (16191)
# Roumazières-Loubert (16192)
# Lupsault (16194)
# Lussac (16195)
# Luxé (16196)
# La Magdeleine (16197)
# Maine-de-Boixe (16200)
# Manot (16205)
# Mansle (16206)
# Massignac (16212)
# Mazerolles (16213)
# Mazières (16214)
# Montembœuf (16225)
# Montignac-Charente (16226)
# Montjean (16229)
# Montrollet (16231)
# Mouton (16237)
# Moutonneau (16238)
# Mouzon (16239)
# Nanclars (16241)
# Nanteuil-en-Vallée (16242)
# Nieuil (16245)
# Oradour (16248)
# Oradour-Fanais (16249)
# Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie (16253)
# Parzac (16255)
# La Péruse (16259)
# Les Pins (16261)
# Pleuville (16264)
# Poursac (16268)
# Pressignac (16270)
# Puyréaux (16272)
# Raix (16273)
# Ranville-Breuillaud (16275)
# Roussines (16289)
# Ruffec (16292)
# Saint-Amant-de-Boixe (16295)
# Saint-Amant-de-Bonnieure (16296)
# Saint-Angeau (16300)
# Saint-Christophe (16306)
# Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure (16307)
# Saint-Claud (16308)
# Sainte-Colombe (16309)
# Saint-Coutant (16310)
# Saint-Fraigne (16317)
# Saint-Front (16318)
# Saint-Georges (16321)
# Saint-Gourson (16325)
# Saint-Groux (16326)
# Saint-Laurent-de-Céris (16329)
# Saint-Martin-du-Clocher (16335)
# Saint-Mary (16336)
# Saint-Maurice-des-Lions (16337)
# Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente (16345)
# Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec (16356)
# Salles-de-Villefagnan (16361)
# Saulgond (16363)
# Sauvagnac (16364)
# Souvigné (16373)
# Suaux (16375)
# Suris (16376)
# La Tâche (16377)
# Taizé-Aizie (16378)
# Theil-Rabier (16381)
# Tourriers (16383)
# Turgon (16389)
# Tusson (16390)
# Tuzie (16391)
# Valence (16392)
# Vars (16393)
# Ventouse (16396)
# Verdille (16397)
# Verneuil (16398)
# Verteuil-sur-Charente (16400)
# Vervant (16401)
# Le Vieux-Cérier (16403)
# Vieux-Ruffec (16404)
# Villefagnan (16409)
# Villegats (16410)
# Villejésus (16411)
# Villejoubert (16412)
# Villiers-le-Roux (16413)
# Villognon (16414)
# Vitrac-Saint-Vincent (16416)
# Vouharte (16419)
# Xambes (16423) 

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

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

## References