Arrondissement of Angoulême

The arrondissement of Angouleme is an arrondissement of France, in the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital, and prefecture of the department, is the city of Angouleme.
History
When the Charente department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Angouleme was part of that original department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Angouleme is the second largest arrondissement of the department with an area of . It has 197,377 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km2.
The arrondissement of Angouleme is in southeastern Charente and is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Confolens, to the east and south by the Dordogne department, and to the west by the arrondissement of Cognac.
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 Angouleme, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Boixe-et-Manslois, Charente-Sud, Tude-et-Lavalette and Val de Nouere. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
Communes
The arrondissement of Angouleme has 117 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Agris (16003)
Angouleme (16015)
Asnieres-sur-Nouere (16019)
Aubeterre-sur-Dronne (16020)
Balzac (16026)
Bardenac (16029)
Bazac (16034)
Bellon (16037)
Bessac (16041)
Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard (16047)
Bonnes (16049)
Bors (16052)
Bouex (16055)
Brie (16061)
Brie-sous-Chalais (16063)
Bunzac (16067)
Chadurie (16072)
Chalais (16073)
Champniers (16078)
Boisne-La Tude (16082)
Charras (16084)
Chatignac (16091)
Chazelles (16093)
Claix (16101)
Combiers (16103)
Coulgens (16107)
Courgeac (16111)
Courlac (16112)
La Couronne (16113)
Curac (16117)
Deviat (16118)
Dignac (16119)
Dirac (16120)
Ecuras (16124)
Edon (16125)
Les Essards (16130)
Eymouthiers (16135)
Feuillade (16137)
Fleac (16138)
Fouquebrune (16143)
Garat (16146)
Gardes-le-Pontaroux (16147)
Gond-Pontouvre (16154)
Grassac (16158)
Gurat (16162)
L'Isle-d'Espagnac (16166)
Jauldes (16168)
Juignac (16170)
Laprade (16180)
Linars (16187)
Magnac-Lavalette-Villars (16198)
Magnac-sur-Touvre (16199)
Mainzac (16203)
Marillac-le-Franc (16209)
Marsac (16210)
Marthon (16211)
Medillac (16215)
Montboyer (16222)
Montbron (16223)
Montignac-le-Coq (16227)
Montmoreau (16230)
Mornac (16232)
Mouthiers-sur-Boeme (16236)
Nabinaud (16240)
Nersac (16244)
Nonac (16246)
Orgedeuil (16250)
Orival (16252)
Palluaud (16254)
Pillac (16260)
Plassac-Rouffiac (16263)
Poullignac (16267)
Pranzac (16269)
Puymoyen (16271)
Rancogne (16274)
Rioux-Martin (16279)
Rivieres (16280)
La Rochefoucauld (16281)
La Rochette (16282)
Ronsenac (16283)
Rouffiac (16284)
Rougnac (16285)
Roullet-Saint-Estephe (16287)
Rouzede (16290)
Ruelle-sur-Touvre (16291)
Saint-Adjutory (16293)
Saint-Avit (16302)
Saint-Germain-de-Montbron (16323)
Saint-Laurent-des-Combes (16331)
Saint-Martial (16334)
Saint-Michel (16341)
Saint-Projet-Saint-Constant (16344)
Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais (16346)
Saint-Romain (16347)
Saint-Saturnin (16348)
Saint-Severin (16350)
Saint-Sornin (16353)
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (16358)
Salles-Lavalette (16362)
Sers (16368)
Sireuil (16370)
Souffrignac (16372)
Soyaux (16374)
Taponnat-Fleurignac (16379)
Torsac (16382)
Touvre (16385)
Trois-Palis (16388)
Vaux-Lavalette (16394)
Vilhonneur (16406)
Villebois-Lavalette (16408)
Vindelle (16415)
Voeuil-et-Giget (16418)
Voulgezac (16420)
Vouthon (16421)
Vouzan (16422)
Yviers (16424)
Yvrac-et-Malleyrand (16425)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Charente department
Communes of the Charente department
References
Angouleme