Arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély

The '''arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély''' is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Saint-Jean-d'Angély.

## History
When the Charente-Maritime department was created in 1790, the *arrondissement* of Saint-Jean-d'Angély was part of that original department.

On 10 September 1926, the *arrondissement* of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, together with Marennes, was eliminated. In 1943, Saint-Jean-d'Angély was made again an *arrondissement*. and a population of 53,336 inhabitants for a density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* of Saint-Jean-d'Angély is in the northeast of the department, in the historical and geographical region of *Basse Saintonge.*

It is bordered to the west by the *arrondissement* of Rochefort, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Saintes, to the east by the Charente department and to the north and northeast by the Deux-Sèvres 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 Saint-Jean-d'Angély, there are only three cantons. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Saint-Jean-d'Angély has 111 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Annepont (17011)
# Annezay (17012)
# Antezant-la-Chapelle (17013)
# Archingeay (17017)
# Asnières-la-Giraud (17022)
# Aujac (17023)
# Aulnay (17024)
# Aumagne (17025)
# Authon-Ébéon (17026)
# Bagnizeau (17029)
# Ballans (17031)
# Bazauges (17035)
# Beauvais-sur-Matha (17037)
# Bercloux (17042)
# Bernay-Saint-Martin (17043)
# Bignay (17046)
# Blanzac-lès-Matha (17048)
# Blanzay-sur-Boutonne (17049)
# Bords (17053)
# Bresdon (17062)
# Brie-sous-Matha (17067)
# Brizambourg (17070)
# La Brousse (17071)
# Champdolent (17085)
# Chantemerle-sur-la-Soie (17087)
# Cherbonnières (17101)
# Chives (17105)
# Coivert (17114)
# Contré (17117)
# Courant (17124)
# Courcelles (17125)
# Courcerac (17126)
# Cressé (17135)
# La Croix-Comtesse (17137)
# Dampierre-sur-Boutonne (17138)
# Dœuil-sur-le-Mignon (17139)
# Les Éduts (17149)
# Les Églises-d'Argenteuil (17150)
# Fenioux (17157)
# Fontaine-Chalendray (17162)
# Fontenet (17165)
# La Frédière (17169)
# Gibourne (17176)
# Le Gicq (17177)
# Gourvillette (17180)
# Grandjean (17181)
# Haimps (17188)
# La Jarrie-Audouin (17195)
# Juicq (17198)
# Landes (17202)
# Loiré-sur-Nie (17206)
# Loulay (17211)
# Louzignac (17212)
# Lozay (17213)
# Macqueville (17217)
# Massac (17223)
# Matha (17224)
# Mazeray (17226)
# Migré (17234)
# Mons (17239)
# Le Mung (17252)
# Nachamps (17254)
# Nantillé (17256)
# Néré (17257)
# Neuvicq-le-Château (17261)
# Les Nouillers (17266)
# Nuaillé-sur-Boutonne (17268)
# Paillé (17271)
# Essouvert (17277)
# Poursay-Garnaud (17288)
# Prignac (17290)
# Puy-du-Lac (17292)
# Puyrolland (17294)
# Romazières (17301)
# Saint-Félix (17327)
# Saint-Georges-de-Longuepierre (17334)
# Saint-Hilaire-de-Villefranche (17344)
# Saint-Jean-d'Angély (17347)
# Saint-Julien-de-l'Escap (17350)
# Saint-Loup (17356)
# Saint-Mandé-sur-Brédoire (17358)
# Saint-Martial (17361)
# Saint-Martin-de-Juillers (17367)
# Sainte-Même (17374)
# Saint-Ouen-la-Thène (17377)
# Saint-Pardoult (17381)
# Saint-Pierre-de-Juillers (17383)
# Saint-Pierre-de-l'Isle (17384)
# Saint-Savinien (17397)
# Saint-Séverin-sur-Boutonne (17401)
# Saleignes (17416)
# Seigné (17422)
# Siecq (17427)
# Sonnac (17428)
# Taillant (17435)
# Taillebourg (17436)
# Ternant (17440)
# Thors (17446)
# Tonnay-Boutonne (17448)
# Torxé (17450)
# Les Touches-de-Périgny (17451)
# Varaize (17459)
# Vergné (17464)
# La Vergne (17465)
# Vervant (17467)
# La Villedieu (17471)
# Villemorin (17473)
# Villeneuve-la-Comtesse (17474)
# Villiers-Couture (17477)
# Vinax (17478)
# Voissay (17481) 

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

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

## References