Arrondissement of Libourne

The **arrondissement of Libourne** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Gironde *département* in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Libourne.

## History
When the Gironde department was created on 17 February 1800, the *arrondissement* of Libourne was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Libourne is in the northeast of Gironde, with an area of . It has 152,602 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* is bordered to the north by the Charente-Maritime department, to the east by the Dordogne department, to the southeast by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Langon and to the west by the *arrondissements* of Bordeaux and Blaye.

## 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 Libourne, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the *arrondissement*: Le Nord-Gironde and Le Réolais et Les Bastides. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Libourne has 129 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Abzac (33001)
# Arveyres (33015)
# Asques (33016)
# Baron (33028)
# Bayas (33034)
# Belvès-de-Castillon (33045)
# Bonzac (33062)
# Bossugan (33064)
# Branne (33071)
# Cabara (33078)
# Cadarsac (33079)
# Cadillac-en-Fronsadais (33082)
# Camiac-et-Saint-Denis (33086)
# Camps-sur-l'Isle (33088)
# Caplong (33094)
# Castillon-la-Bataille (33108)
# Chamadelle (33124)
# Civrac-sur-Dordogne (33127)
# Coubeyrac (33133)
# Coutras (33138)
# Daignac (33147)
# Dardenac (33148)
# Doulezon (33153)
# Espiet (33157)
# Eynesse (33160)
# Flaujagues (33168)
# Francs (33173)
# Fronsac (33174)
# Galgon (33179)
# Gardegan-et-Tourtirac (33181)
# Gensac (33186)
# Gours (33191)
# Grézillac (33194)
# Guillac (33196)
# Guîtres (33198)
# Génissac (33185)
# Izon (33207)
# Jugazan (33209)
# Juillac (33210)
# La Lande-de-Fronsac (33219)
# La Rivière (33356)
# La Roquille (33360)
# Lagorce (33218)
# Lalande-de-Pomerol (33222)
# Lapouyade (33230)
# Le Fieu (33166)
# Les Artigues-de-Lussac (33014)
# Les Billaux (33052)
# Les Lèves-et-Thoumeyragues (33242)
# Les Peintures (33315)
# Les Salles-de-Castillon (33499)
# Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures (33154)
# Libourne (33243)
# Ligueux (33246)
# Lugaignac (33257)
# Lugon-et-l'Île-du-Carnay (33259)
# Lussac (33261)
# Maransin (33264)
# Margueron (33269)
# Montagne (33290)
# Mouillac (33295)
# Mouliets-et-Villemartin (33296)
# Moulon (33298)
# Naujan-et-Postiac (33301)
# Néac (33302)
# Nérigean (33303)
# Pessac-sur-Dordogne (33319)
# Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps (33320)
# Pineuilh (33324)
# Pomerol (33328)
# Porchères (33332)
# Puisseguin (33342)
# Pujols (33344)
# Puynormand (33347)
# Périssac (33317)
# Rauzan (33350)
# Riocaud (33354)
# Sablons (33362)
# Saillans (33364)
# Saint-Aignan (33365)
# Saint-André-et-Appelles (33369)
# Saint-Antoine-sur-l'Isle (33373)
# Saint-Aubin-de-Branne (33375)
# Saint-Avit-Saint-Nazaire (33378)
# Saint-Avit-de-Soulège (33377)
# Saint-Christophe-de-Double (33385)
# Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes (33384)
# Saint-Cibard (33386)
# Saint-Ciers-d'Abzac (33387)
# Saint-Denis-de-Pile (33393)
# Saint-Genès-de-Castillon (33406)
# Saint-Genès-de-Fronsac (33407)
# Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière (33414)
# Saint-Germain-du-Puch (33413)
# Saint-Hippolyte (33420)
# Saint-Jean-de-Blaignac (33421)
# Saint-Laurent-des-Combes (33426)
# Saint-Magne-de-Castillon (33437)
# Saint-Martin-de-Laye (33442)
# Saint-Martin-du-Bois (33445)
# Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac (33451)
# Saint-Médard-de-Guizières (33447)
# Saint-Pey-d'Armens (33459)
# Saint-Pey-de-Castets (33460)
# Saint-Philippe-d'Aiguille (33461)
# Saint-Philippe-du-Seignal (33462)
# Saint-Quentin-de-Baron (33466)
# Saint-Quentin-de-Caplong (33467)
# Saint-Romain-la-Virvée (33470)
# Saint-Sauveur-de-Puynormand (33472)
# Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle (33478)
# Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens (33480)
# Saint-Vincent-de-Pertignas (33488)
# Saint-Émilion (33394)
# Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse (33396)
# Sainte-Colombe (33390)
# Sainte-Florence (33401)
# Sainte-Foy-la-Grande (33402)
# Sainte-Radegonde (33468)
# Sainte-Terre (33485)
# Savignac-de-l'Isle (33509)
# Tarnès (33524)
# Tayac (33526)
# Tizac-de-Curton (33531)
# Tizac-de-Lapouyade (33532)
# Vayres (33539)
# Vignonet (33546)
# Villegouge (33548)
# Vérac (33542)

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

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Gironde department
* Communes of the Gironde department

## References