Arrondissement of Niort

The **arrondissement of Niort** is an arrondissement of France, in the Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Niort.

## History
When the Deux-Sèvres department was created on 1790, Niort was one of the original districts.

## Geography
Niort is the southernmost *arrondissement* of the department. It is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* of Parthenay,  to the east by the  Vienne department,  to the south by the  Charente-Maritime department and to the west by the Vendée department.

It has an area of , and a population of 212,425 inhabitants for 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 case of the *arrondissement* of Niort, all its cantons have their *communes* within the *arrondissement*. The following table shows the distribution of the *communes* in the *arrondissement*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Niort has 163 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Aiffres (79003)
# Aigonnay (79004)
# Alloinay (79136)
# Amuré (79009)
# Arçais (79010)
# Ardilleux (79011)
# Ardin (79012)
# Asnières-en-Poitou (79015)
# Aubigné (79018)
# Augé (79020)
# Avon (79023)
# Azay-le-Brûlé (79024)
# La Bataille (79027)
# Beaussais-Vitré (79030)
# Beauvoir-sur-Niort (79031)
# Béceleuf (79032)
# Belleville (79033)
# Bessines (79034)
# Le Beugnon (79035)
# Boisserolles (79039)
# Bougon (79042)
# Bouin (79045)
# Le Bourdet (79046)
# Brieuil-sur-Chizé (79055)
# Brioux-sur-Boutonne (79057)
# Brûlain (79058)
# Le Busseau (79059)
# Caunay (79060)
# Celles-sur-Belle (79061)
# Chail (79064)
# Champdeniers-Saint-Denis (79066)
# La Chapelle-Bâton (79070)
# La Chapelle-Pouilloux (79074)
# La Chapelle-Thireuil (79077)
# Chauray (79081)
# Chef-Boutonne (79083)
# Chenay (79084)
# Chérigné (79085)
# Cherveux (79086)
# Chey (79087)
# Chizé (79090)
# Clussais-la-Pommeraie (79095)
# La Couarde (79098)
# Coulon (79100)
# Coulonges-sur-l'Autize (79101)
# Cours (79104)
# Couture-d'Argenson (79106)
# La Crèche (79048)
# Crézières (79107)
# Échiré (79109)
# Ensigné (79111)
# Épannes (79112)
# Exireuil (79114)
# Exoudun (79115)
# Faye-sur-Ardin (79117)
# Fenioux (79119)
# Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues (79122)
# Fors (79125)
# Les Fosses (79126)
# La Foye-Monjault (79127)
# François (79128)
# Fressines (79129)
# Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan (79130)
# Germond-Rouvre (79133)
# Granzay-Gript (79137)
# Hanc (79140)
# Juillé (79142)
# Juscorps (79144)
# Lezay (79148)
# Limalonges (79150)
# Lorigné (79152)
# Loubigné (79153)
# Loubillé (79154)
# Luché-sur-Brioux (79158)
# Lusseray (79160)
# Magné (79162)
# Mairé-Levescault (79163)
# Maisonnay (79164)
# Marigny (79166)
# Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon (79170)
# Mazières-sur-Béronne (79173)
# Melle (79174)
# Melleran (79175)
# Messé (79177)
# Montalembert (79180)
# La Mothe-Saint-Héray (79184)
# Mougon-Thorigné (79185)
# Nanteuil (79189)
# Niort (79191)
# Paizay-le-Chapt (79198)
# Paizay-le-Tort (79199)
# Pamplie (79200)
# Pamproux (79201)
# Périgné (79204)
# Pers (79205)
# Pioussay (79211)
# Pliboux (79212)
# Pouffonds (79214)
# Prahecq (79216)
# Prailles (79217)
# Priaires (79219)
# Prin-Deyrançon (79220)
# Prissé-la-Charrière (79078)
# Puihardy (79223)
# La Rochénard (79229)
# Rom (79230)
# Romans (79231)
# Saint-Christophe-sur-Roc (79241)
# Saint-Coutant (79243)
# Sainte-Blandine (79240)
# Sainte-Eanne (79246)
# Sainte-Néomaye (79283)
# Sainte-Ouenne (79284)
# Sainte-Soline (79297)
# Saint-Étienne-la-Cigogne (79247)
# Saint-Gelais (79249)
# Saint-Génard (79251)
# Saint-Georges-de-Rex (79254)
# Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud (79257)
# Saint-Laurs (79263)
# Saint-Léger-de-la-Martinière (79264)
# Saint-Maixent-de-Beugné (79269)
# Saint-Maixent-l'École (79270)
# Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue (79273)
# Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent (79276)
# Saint-Martin-lès-Melle (79279)
# Saint-Maxire (79281)
# Saint-Médard (79282)
# Saint-Pompain (79290)
# Saint-Rémy (79293)
# Saint-Romans-des-Champs (79294)
# Saint-Romans-lès-Melle (79295)
# Saint-Symphorien (79298)
# Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre (79301)
# Saivres (79302)
# Salles (79303)
# Sansais (79304)
# Sauzé-Vaussais (79307)
# Sciecq (79308)
# Scillé (79309)
# Secondigné-sur-Belle (79310)
# Séligné (79312)
# Sepvret (79313)
# Sompt (79314)
# Soudan (79316)
# Souvigné (79319)
# Surin (79320)
# Thorigny-sur-le-Mignon (79328)
# Tillou (79330)
# Usseau (79334)
# Vallans (79335)
# Vançais (79336)
# Le Vanneau-Irleau (79337)
# Vanzay (79338)
# Vernoux-sur-Boutonne (79343)
# Le Vert (79346)
# Villefollet (79348)
# Villemain (79349)
# Villiers-en-Bois (79350)
# Villiers-en-Plaine (79351)
# Villiers-sur-Chizé (79352)
# Vouillé (79355)
# Xaintray (79357)

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Deux-Sèvres department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References