Fontenay-le-Comte arrondissement
| Fontenay-le-Comte arrondissement | |
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| region | Pays de la Loire |
| Department | Vendée |
| Sub-prefecture | Fontenay-le-Comte |
| Residents | 141,343 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 61 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 2,326.68 km² |
| Cantons | 6th |
| Communities | 110 |
| INSEE code | 851 |
 Location of the Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte in the Département Vendée |
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The Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte is an administrative unit of the French departments of Vendée in the region of Pays de la Loire . The administrative seat ( sub-prefecture ) is Fontenay-le-Comte .
It consists of six cantons and 110 municipalities.
Cantons
- Chantonnay (with 1 of 16 municipalities)
- Fontenay-le-Comte
- La Châtaigneraie
- Les Herbiers (with 9 out of 14 municipalities)
- Luçon
- Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais (with 11 out of 27 municipalities)
Communities
The municipalities of the Arrondissement Fontenay-le-Comte are:
Reorganization of the arrondissements in 2017
As a result of the reorganization of the arrondissements in 2017, the arrondissement of La Roche-sur-Yon became the eleven municipalities of Bessay , Château-Guibert , Corpe , La Bretonnière-la-Claye , La Couture , Les Pineaux , Mareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais , Moutiers-sur-le-Lay , Péault , Rosnay and Sainte-Pexine assigned to the arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte.
Former municipalities since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
until 2018: Le Poiré-sur-Velluire , Velluire , Nieul-sur-l'Autise , Oulmes
until 2015: Doix , Fontaines , La Flocellière , La Pommeraie-sur-Sèvre , Les Châtelliers-Châteaumur , Mouilleron-en-Pareds , Saint-Germain-l'Aiguiller , Saint-Michel-Mont-Mercure