Arrondissement of Poitiers
Poitiers | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Vienne |
| No. of communes | 83 |
| Prefecture | Poitiers |
| Area | 2,131.5 km2 (823.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 266,160 |
| • Density | 125/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 863 |
The arrondissement of Poitiers is an arrondissement of France in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 83 communes.[2] Its population is 259,699 (2016), and its area is 2,131.5 km2 (823.0 sq mi).[3]
Composition
[edit]The communes of the arrondissement of Poitiers, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]
- Amberre (86002)
- Aslonnes (86010)
- Avanton (86016)
- Ayron (86017)
- Beaumont Saint-Cyr (86019)
- Béruges (86024)
- Biard (86027)
- Bignoux (86028)
- Boivre-la-Vallée (86123)
- Bonnes (86031)
- Buxerolles (86041)
- Celle-Lévescault (86045)
- Chabournay (86048)
- Chalandray (86050)
- Champigny en Rochereau (86053)
- La Chapelle-Moulière (86058)
- Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (86062)
- Château-Larcher (86065)
- Chauvigny (86070)
- Cherves (86073)
- Chiré-en-Montreuil (86074)
- Chouppes (86075)
- Cissé (86076)
- Cloué (86080)
- Coulombiers (86083)
- Coussay (86085)
- Croutelle (86088)
- Cuhon (86089)
- Curzay-sur-Vonne (86091)
- Dienné (86094)
- Dissay (86095)
- Fleuré (86099)
- Fontaine-le-Comte (86100)
- Frozes (86102)
- Gizay (86105)
- Iteuil (86113)
- Jardres (86114)
- Jaunay-Marigny (86115)
- Jazeneuil (86116)
- Latillé (86121)
- Lavoux (86124)
- Ligugé (86133)
- Liniers (86135)
- Lusignan (86139)
- Maillé (86142)
- Maisonneuve (86144)
- Marçay (86145)
- Marigny-Chemereau (86147)
- Marnay (86148)
- Massognes (86150)
- Mignaloux-Beauvoir (86157)
- Migné-Auxances (86158)
- Mirebeau (86160)
- Montamisé (86163)
- Neuville-de-Poitou (86177)
- Nieuil-l'Espoir (86178)
- Nouaillé-Maupertuis (86180)
- Poitiers (86194)
- Pouillé (86198)
- La Puye (86202)
- Quinçay (86204)
- Roches-Prémarie-Andillé (86209)
- Rouillé (86213)
- Saint-Benoît (86214)
- Sainte-Radégonde (86239)
- Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux (86222)
- Saint-Julien-l'Ars (86226)
- Saint-Martin-la-Pallu (86281)
- Saint-Sauvant (86244)
- Sanxay (86253)
- Savigny-Lévescault (86256)
- Sèvres-Anxaumont (86261)
- Smarves (86263)
- Tercé (86268)
- Thurageau (86271)
- Vernon (86284)
- La Villedieu-du-Clain (86290)
- Villiers (86292)
- Vivonne (86293)
- Vouillé (86294)
- Vouneuil-sous-Biard (86297)
- Vouzailles (86299)
- Yversay (86300)
History
[edit]The arrondissement of Poitiers was created in 1800.[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Vienne, it received four communes from the arrondissement of Châtellerault and two communes from the arrondissement of Montmorillon.[5]
As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Poitiers were, as of January 2015:[6]
- Lusignan
- Mirebeau
- Neuville-de-Poitou
- Poitiers-1
- Poitiers-2
- Poitiers-3
- Poitiers-4
- Poitiers-5
- Poitiers-6
- Poitiers-7
- Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux
- Saint-Julien-l'Ars
- La Villedieu-du-Clain
- Vivonne
- Vouillé
References
[edit]- ^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Arrondissement de Poitiers (863)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
- ^ Historique de la Vienne
- ^ "Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 142–147. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ Populations légales 2012: 86 Vienne, INSEE
