Arrondissement of Cognac

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

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

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Cognac is the smallest *arrondissement* of the department with an area of . It has 92,224 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* of Cognac is in western Charente and is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* of Confolens, to the east by the *arrondissement* of Angoulême and to the south and west by the Charente-Maritime department.

## 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 Cognac, there are three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the *arrondissement*: Charente-Sud, Tude-et-Lavalette and Val de Nouère. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Cognac has 116 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Ambleville (16010)
# Angeac-Champagne (16012)
# Angeac-Charente (16013)
# Angeduc (16014)
# Anville (16017)
# Ars (16018)
# Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde (16025)
# Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire (16028)
# Barret (16030)
# Bassac (16032)
# Bécheresse (16036)
# Berneuil (16040)
# Birac (16045)
# Côteaux du Blanzacais (16046)
# Boisbreteau (16048)
# Bonneuil (16050)
# Bonneville (16051)
# Bors-de-Baignes (16053)
# Bourg-Charente (16056)
# Bouteville (16057)
# Boutiers-Saint-Trojan (16058)
# Bréville (16060)
# Brie-sous-Barbezieux (16062)
# Brossac (16066)
# Challignac (16074)
# Champagne-Vigny (16075)
# Champmillon (16077)
# Chantillac (16079)
# Chassors (16088)
# Châteaubernard (16089)
# Châteauneuf-sur-Charente (16090)
# Cherves-Richemont (16097)
# Chillac (16099)
# Cognac (16102)
# Condéon (16105)
# Courbillac (16109)
# Criteuil-la-Magdeleine (16116)
# Douzat (16121)
# Échallat (16123)
# Étriac (16133)
# Fleurac (16139)
# Foussignac (16145)
# Genac-Bignac (16148)
# Gensac-la-Pallue (16150)
# Genté (16151)
# Gimeux (16152)
# Gondeville (16153)
# Gourville (16156)
# Guimps (16160)
# Guizengeard (16161)
# Hiersac (16163)
# Houlette (16165)
# Jarnac (16167)
# Javrezac (16169)
# Juillac-le-Coq (16171)
# Julienne (16174)
# Val des Vignes (16175)
# Lachaise (16176)
# Ladiville (16177)
# Lagarde-sur-le-Né (16178)
# Lignières-Sonneville (16186)
# Louzac-Saint-André (16193)
# Mainxe (16202)
# Bellevigne (16204)
# Marcillac-Lanville (16207)
# Mareuil (16208)
# Mérignac (16216)
# Merpins (16217)
# Mesnac (16218)
# Les Métairies (16220)
# Mons (16221)
# Montmérac (16224)
# Montigné (16228)
# Mosnac (16233)
# Moulidars (16234)
# Nercillac (16243)
# Oriolles (16251)
# Passirac (16256)
# Pérignac (16258)
# Reignac (16276)
# Réparsac (16277)
# Rouillac (16286)
# Graves-Saint-Amant (16297)
# Saint-Amant-de-Nouère (16298)
# Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle (16301)
# Saint-Bonnet (16303)
# Saint-Brice (16304)
# Saint-Cybardeaux (16312)
# Saint-Félix (16315)
# Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né (16316)
# Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac (16320)
# Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac (16330)
# Saint-Léger (16332)
# Saint-Médard (16338)
# Auge-Saint-Médard (16339)
# Saint-Même-les-Carrières (16340)
# Saint-Palais-du-Né (16342)
# Saint-Preuil (16343)
# Sainte-Sévère (16349)
# Saint-Simeux (16351)
# Saint-Simon (16352)
# Sainte-Souline (16354)
# Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac (16355)
# Saint-Vallier (16357)
# Salles-d'Angles (16359)
# Salles-de-Barbezieux (16360)
# Sauvignac (16365)
# Segonzac (16366)
# Sigogne (16369)
# Le Tâtre (16380)
# Touvérac (16384)
# Triac-Lautrait (16387)
# Vaux-Rouillac (16395)
# Verrières (16399)
# Vibrac (16402)
# Vignolles (16405) 

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

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

## References