Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc

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Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc
region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Gironde
Sub-prefecture Lesparre-Médoc
Residents 90,339 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density 40 inhabitants / km²
surface 2,273.90 km²
Cantons 2
Communities 49
INSEE code 334

Location of the Arrondissement Lesparre-Médoc in the Gironde department

The Arrondissement Lesparre-Médoc is an administrative district in the French department of Gironde in the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . There are five constituencies and 49 municipalities in the arrondissement . The main town (seat of the sub-prefecture ) is Lesparre-Médoc .

history

On March 4, 1790, with the establishment of the Gironde department, a District de Lesparre was also founded, which largely corresponded to today's arrondissement. On February 17, 1800, the arrondissement was founded from it.

From September 10, 1926 to June 1, 1942, the arrondissement was dissolved and at that time belonged to the arrondissement of Bordeaux .

As part of an administrative reform, the canton of Castelnau-de-Médoc moved from the Arrondissement of Bordeaux to the Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc on May 1, 2006.

geography

The arrondissement borders in the north on the estuary of the Gironde and on the opposite side in the north and northeast on the arrondissements Rochefort , Saintes and Jonzac , all three in the department Charente-Maritime , in the east on the arrondissement Blaye , in the south on the arrondissements Bordeaux and Lesparre-Médoc and to the west on the Atlantic ( Bay of Biscay ).

administration

The arrondissement is divided into two cantons:

Communities

The municipalities ( INSEE code in brackets) of the Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc are:

1. Arcins (33010) 2. Arsac (33012) 3. Avensan (33022) 4. Bégadan (33038)
5. Blaignan-Prignac (33055) 6. Brach (33070) 7. Carcans (33097) 8. Castelnau-de-Médoc (33104)
9. Cissac-Médoc (33125) 10. Civrac-en-Médoc (33128) 11. Couquèques (33134) 12. Cussac-Fort-Médoc (33146)
13. Gaillan-en-Médoc (33177) 14. Grayan-et-l'Hôpital (33193) 15. Hourtin (33203) 16. Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac (33208)
17. Labarde (33211) 18. Lacanau (33214) 19. Lamarque (33220) 20. Le Porge (33333)
21. Le Temple (33528) 22. Le Verdon-sur-Mer (33544) 23. Lesparre-Médoc (33240) 24. Listrac-Médoc (33248)
25. Margaux-Cantenac (33268) 26. Moulis-en-Médoc (33297) 27 Naujac-sur-Mer (33300) 28. Ordonnac (33309)
29. Pauillac (33314) 30. Queyrac (33348) 31. Saint-Christoly-Médoc (33383) 32. Sainte-Hélène (33417)
33. Saint-Estèphe (33395) 34. Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil (33412) 35. Saint-Julien-Beychevelle (33423) 36. Saint-Laurent-Medoc (33424)
37. Saint-Sauveur (33471) 38. Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne (33476) 39. Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc (33490) 40. Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc (33493)
41. Salaunes (33494) 42. Saumos (33503) 43. Soulac-sur-Mer (33514) 44. Soussans (33517)
45. Talais (33521) 46. Valeyrac (33538) 47. Vendays-Montalivet (33540) 48. Vensac (33541)
49. Vertheuil (33545)

Former municipalities since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons