Arrondissement of Châtellerault

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

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

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Châtellerault is in northern Vienne  and is bordered to the northwest by the Maine-et-Loire department, to the north and east by the Indre-et-Loire department, to the southeast by the Indre department (a small part) and the *arrondissement* of Montmorillon, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Poitiers and to the west by the  Deux-Sèvres department.

It has an area of . It has 112,313 inhabitants and 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 Châtellerault, there are 4 cantons whose *communes* are in the *arrondissement*: Châtellerault-1, Châtellerault-2, Châtellerault-3 and Loudun.  The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Châtellerault has 92 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Angles-sur-l'Anglin (86004)
# Angliers (86005)
# Antran (86007)
# Arçay (86008)
# Archigny (86009)
# Aulnay (86013)
# Availles-en-Châtellerault (86014)
# Basses (86018)
# Bellefonds (86020)
# Berrie (86022)
# Berthegon (86023)
# Beuxes (86026)
# Bonneuil-Matours (86032)
# Bournand (86036)
# Buxeuil (86042)
# Ceaux-en-Loudun (86044)
# Cenon-sur-Vienne (86046)
# Cernay (86047)
# Chalais (86049)
# Châtellerault (86066)
# La Chaussée (86069)
# Chenevelles (86072)
# La Roche-Rigault (86079)
# Colombiers (86081)
# Coussay-les-Bois (86086)
# Craon (86087)
# Curçay-sur-Dive (86090)
# Dangé-Saint-Romain (86092)
# Dercé (86093)
# Doussay (86096)
# Glénouze (86106)
# La Grimaudière (86108)
# Guesnes (86109)
# Ingrandes (86111)
# Leigné-les-Bois (86125)
# Leigné-sur-Usseau (86127)
# Lencloître (86128)
# Lésigny (86129)
# Leugny (86130)
# Loudun (86137)
# Mairé (86143)
# Martaizé (86149)
# Maulay (86151)
# Mazeuil (86154)
# Messemé (86156)
# Moncontour (86161)
# Mondion (86162)
# Monthoiron (86164)
# Monts-sur-Guesnes (86167)
# Morton (86169)
# Mouterre-Silly (86173)
# Naintré (86174)
# Nueil-sous-Faye (86181)
# Orches (86182)
# Les Ormes (86183)
# Ouzilly (86184)
# Oyré (86186)
# Pleumartin (86193)
# Port-de-Piles (86195)
# Pouançay (86196)
# Pouant (86197)
# Prinçay (86201)
# Ranton (86205)
# Raslay (86206)
# La Roche-Posay (86207)
# Roiffé (86210)
# Saint-Christophe (86217)
# Saint-Clair (86218)
# Saint-Genest-d'Ambière (86221)
# Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers (86224)
# Saint-Jean-de-Sauves (86225)
# Saint-Laon (86227)
# Saint-Léger-de-Montbrillais (86229)
# Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse (86241)
# Senillé-Saint-Sauveur (86245)
# Saires (86249)
# Saix (86250)
# Sammarçolles (86252)
# Savigny-sous-Faye (86257)
# Scorbé-Clairvaux (86258)
# Sérigny (86260)
# Sossais (86265)
# Ternay (86269)
# Thuré (86272)
# Les Trois-Moutiers (86274)
# Usseau (86275)
# Vaux-sur-Vienne (86279)
# Vellèches (86280)
# Verrue (86286)
# Vézières (86287)
# Vicq-sur-Gartempe (86288)
# Vouneuil-sur-Vienne (86298)

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

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

## References