Arrondissement of Montmorillon

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

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

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Montmorillon is in southern Vienne and is bordered to the north by the other two *arrondissements* of the departmentː Poitiers to the nortwest and Châtellerault to the northeast. The *arrondissement* is also surrounded by the Indre department to the east, the Haute-Vienne department to the southeast, the Charente to the south and the Deux-Sèvres department to the west.

It has an area of . It has 74,852 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km². It is the *arrondissement* of Vienne with fewest people in it but is the one with the largest area.

## 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 Montmorillon, there are 2 cantons whose *communes* are in the *arrondissement*: Civray and Lussac-les-Châteaux. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Montmorillon has 95 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Adriers (86001)
# Anché (86003)
# Antigny (86006)
# Asnières-sur-Blour (86011)
# Asnois (86012)
# Availles-Limouzine (86015)
# Béthines (86025)
# Blanzay (86029)
# Bouresse (86034)
# Bourg-Archambault (86035)
# Brigueil-le-Chantre (86037)
# Brion (86038)
# Brux (86039)
# La Bussière (86040)
# Ceaux-en-Couhé (86043)
# Champagné-le-Sec (86051)
# Champagné-Saint-Hilaire (86052)
# Champniers (86054)
# La Chapelle-Bâton (86055)
# Chapelle-Viviers (86059)
# Charroux (86061)
# Chatain (86063)
# Château-Garnier (86064)
# Châtillon (86067)
# Chaunay (86068)
# Civaux (86077)
# Civray (86078)
# Couhé (86082)
# Coulonges (86084)
# La Ferrière-Airoux (86097)
# Fleix (86098)
# Gençay (86103)
# Genouillé (86104)
# Gouex (86107)
# Haims (86110)
# L'Isle-Jourdain (86112)
# Jouhet (86117)
# Journet (86118)
# Joussé (86119)
# Lathus-Saint-Rémy (86120)
# Lauthiers (86122)
# Leignes-sur-Fontaine (86126)
# Lhommaizé (86131)
# Liglet (86132)
# Linazay (86134)
# Lizant (86136)
# Luchapt (86138)
# Lussac-les-Châteaux (86140)
# Magné (86141)
# Mauprévoir (86152)
# Mazerolles (86153)
# Millac (86159)
# Montmorillon (86165)
# Moulismes (86170)
# Moussac (86171)
# Mouterre-sur-Blourde (86172)
# Nalliers (86175)
# Nérignac (86176)
# Paizay-le-Sec (86187)
# Payré (86188)
# Payroux (86189)
# Persac (86190)
# Pindray (86191)
# Plaisance (86192)
# Pressac (86200)
# Queaux (86203)
# Romagne (86211)
# Saint-Gaudent (86220)
# Saint-Germain (86223)
# Saint-Laurent-de-Jourdes (86228)
# Saint-Léomer (86230)
# Saint-Macoux (86231)
# Valdivienne (86233)
# Saint-Martin-l'Ars (86234)
# Saint-Maurice-la-Clouère (86235)
# Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé (86236)
# Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil (86237)
# Saint-Romain (86242)
# Saint-Savin (86246)
# Saint-Saviol (86247)
# Saint-Secondin (86248)
# Saulgé (86254)
# Savigné (86255)
# Sillars (86262)
# Sommières-du-Clain (86264)
# Surin (86266)
# Thollet (86270)
# La Trimouille (86273)
# Usson-du-Poitou (86276)
# Vaux (86278)
# Verrières (86285)
# Le Vigeant (86289)
# Villemort (86291)
# Voulême (86295)
# Voulon (86296)

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

## References