Arrondissement of Nontron

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

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

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Nontron is the northernmost and smallest of the *arrondissements* of the Dordogne department, with an area of . It has 40,508 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* of Nontron is bordered to the north and northeast by the Haute-Vienne department, to the east by the Corrèze department, to the south by the *arrondissement* of Périgueux and to the west by the Charente department.

Several tributaries of the Dordogne river flows through the *arrondissement*; some of them are Isle, Dronne, Lizonne and Loue.

## 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 Nontron, there is only one canton where all its "communes" are in the *arrondissement*: Périgord Vert Nontronnais. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Nontron has 100 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Abjat-sur-Bandiat (24001)
# Angoisse (24008)
# Anlhiac (24009)
# Augignac (24016)
# Biras (24042)
# Bourdeilles (24055)
# Le Bourdeix (24056)
# Brantôme en Périgord (24064)
# Brouchaud (24066)
# Bussac (24069)
# Busserolles (24070)
# Bussière-Badil (24071)
# Cantillac (24079)
# Chalais (24095)
# Champagnac-de-Belair (24096)
# Champniers-et-Reilhac (24100)
# Champs-Romain (24101)
# La Chapelle-Faucher (24107)
# La Chapelle-Montmoreau (24111)
# Cherveix-Cubas (24120)
# Clermont-d'Excideuil (24124)
# Condat-sur-Trincou (24129)
# Connezac (24131)
# La Coquille (24133)
# Corgnac-sur-l'Isle (24134)
# Coulaures (24137)
# Cubjac-Auvézère-Val d'Ans (24147)
# Dussac (24158)
# Étouars (24163)
# Excideuil (24164)
# Eyvirat (24170)
# Eyzerac (24171)
# Firbeix (24180)
# Génis (24196)
# La Gonterie-Boulouneix (24198)
# Hautefaye (24209)
# Javerlhac-et-la-Chapelle-Saint-Robert (24214)
# Jumilhac-le-Grand (24218)
# Lanouaille (24227)
# Lempzours (24238)
# Lussas-et-Nontronneau (24248)
# Mareuil en Périgord (24253)
# Mayac (24262)
# Mialet (24269)
# Milhac-de-Nontron (24271)
# Nantheuil (24304)
# Nanthiat (24305)
# Négrondes (24308)
# Nontron (24311)
# Payzac (24320)
# Piégut-Pluviers (24328)
# Preyssac-d'Excideuil (24339)
# Quinsac (24346)
# La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine (24353)
# Rudeau-Ladosse (24221)
# Saint-Barthélemy-de-Bussière (24381)
# Saint-Crépin-de-Richemont (24391)
# Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil (24394)
# Saint-Cyr-les-Champagnes (24397)
# Saint-Estèphe (24398)
# Saint-Félix-de-Bourdeilles (24403)
# Saint-Front-d'Alemps (24408)
# Saint-Front-la-Rivière (24410)
# Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne (24411)
# Saint-Germain-des-Prés (24417)
# Saint-Jean-de-Côle (24425)
# Saint-Jory-de-Chalais (24428)
# Saint-Jory-las-Bloux (24429)
# Saint-Martial-d'Albarède (24448)
# Saint-Martial-de-Valette (24451)
# Saint-Martin-de-Fressengeas (24453)
# Saint-Martin-le-Pin (24458)
# Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil (24463)
# Saint-Mesmin (24464)
# Saint-Pancrace (24474)
# Saint-Pantaly-d'Excideuil (24476)
# Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière (24479)
# Saint-Paul-la-Roche (24481)
# Saint-Pierre-de-Côle (24485)
# Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie (24486)
# Saint-Priest-les-Fougères (24489)
# Saint-Raphaël (24493)
# Saint-Romain-et-Saint-Clément (24496)
# Saint-Saud-Lacoussière (24498)
# Saint-Sulpice-d'Excideuil (24505)
# Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle (24513)
# Salagnac (24515)
# Sarlande (24519)
# Sarrazac (24522)
# Savignac-de-Nontron (24525)
# Savignac-Lédrier (24526)
# Sceau-Saint-Angel (24528)
# Sencenac-Puy-de-Fourches (24530)
# Soudat (24541)
# Teyjat (24548)
# Thiviers (24551)
# Valeuil (24561)
# Varaignes (24565)
# Vaunac (24567)
# Villars (24582)

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

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

## References