Arrondissement of Rochefort
Arrondissement of Rochefort | |
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region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Charente-Maritime |
Sub-prefecture | Rochefort |
Residents | 190,481 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
Population density | 124 inhabitants / km² |
surface | 1,534.64 km² |
Cantons | 12 |
Communities | 78 |
INSEE code | 172 |
Location of the Arrondissement of Rochefort in the Charente-Maritime department |
The Arrondissement Rochefort is an administrative unit of the department of Charente-Maritime in the French region Nouvelle-Aquitaine . Rochefort is the sub-prefecture .
It comprises 78 municipalities from twelve different cantons .
Cantons
- Châtelaillon-Plage (with 2 out of 8 municipalities)
- Île d'Oléron
- La Jarrie (with 2 out of 14 parishes)
- La Tremblade
- Marennes
- Rochefort
- Royan
- Saint-Jean-d'Angély (with 1 of 39 municipalities)
- Saintonge Estuaire (with 1 of 24 parishes)
- Saujon (with 2 out of 9 municipalities)
- Surgères
- Tonnay-Charente
Communities
The municipalities of the Arrondissement of Rochefort are:
Reorganization of the arrondissements in 2017
As a result of the reorganization of the arrondissements in 2017, the arrondissement La Rochelle became the area of the municipality of Anais , the arrondissement Saintes became the area of the municipality of Meschers-sur-Gironde and the arrondissement Saint-Jean-d'Angély the area of the three municipalities of Chervettes , Saint-Crépin and Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière assigned to the Arrondissement of Rochefort.
Instead, the area of the two municipalities Thairé and Yves changed from the Arrondissement of Rochefort to the Arrondissement of La Rochelle .
Former municipalities since the nationwide reorganization of the cantons
- Until 2018: Marennes , Hiers-Brouage
- Until 2017: Chervettes , Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière , Vandré
- Until 2018: Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes , Péré