Arrondissement of Confolens


The arrondissement of Confolens is an arrondissement of France in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 141 communes. Its population is 71,845, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Confolens, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Abzac
  2. Les Adjots
  3. Aigre
  4. Alloue
  5. Ambérac
  6. Ambernac
  7. Anais
  8. Ansac-sur-Vienne
  9. Aunac-sur-Charente
  10. Aussac-Vadalle
  11. Barbezières
  12. Barro
  13. Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette
  14. Benest
  15. Bernac
  16. Bessé
  17. Bioussac
  18. Le Bouchage
  19. Brettes
  20. Brigueuil
  21. Brillac
  22. Cellefrouin
  23. Cellettes
  24. Chabanais
  25. Chabrac
  26. Champagne-Mouton
  27. La Chapelle
  28. Charmé
  29. Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure
  30. Chassenon
  31. Chassiecq
  32. Chenon
  33. Cherves-Châtelars
  34. La Chèvrerie
  35. Chirac
  36. Condac
  37. Confolens
  38. Coulonges
  39. Courcôme
  40. Couture
  41. Ébréon
  42. Empuré
  43. Épenède
  44. Esse
  45. Étagnac
  46. Exideuil-sur-Vienne
  47. La Faye
  48. Fontclaireau
  49. Fontenille
  50. La Forêt-de-Tessé
  51. Fouqueure
  52. Les Gours
  53. Le Grand-Madieu
  54. Hiesse
  55. Juillé
  56. Lésignac-Durand
  57. Lessac
  58. Lesterps
  59. Lichères
  60. Ligné
  61. Le Lindois
  62. Londigny
  63. Longré
  64. Lonnes
  65. Lupsault
  66. Lussac
  67. Luxé
  68. La Magdeleine
  69. Maine-de-Boixe
  70. Manot
  71. Mansle
  72. Massignac
  73. Mazerolles
  74. Montembœuf
  75. Montignac-Charente
  76. Montjean
  77. Montrollet
  78. Mouton
  79. Moutonneau
  80. Mouzon
  81. Nanclars
  82. Nanteuil-en-Vallée
  83. Nieuil
  84. Oradour
  85. Oradour-Fanais
  86. Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie
  87. Parzac
  88. Les Pins
  89. Pleuville
  90. Poursac
  91. Pressignac
  92. Puyréaux
  93. Raix
  94. Ranville-Breuillaud
  95. Roussines
  96. Ruffec
  97. Saint-Amant-de-Boixe
  98. Saint-Christophe
  99. Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure
  100. Saint-Claud
  101. Saint-Coutant
  102. Saint-Fraigne
  103. Saint-Front
  104. Saint-Georges
  105. Saint-Gourson
  106. Saint-Groux
  107. Saint-Laurent-de-Céris
  108. Saint-Martin-du-Clocher
  109. Saint-Mary
  110. Saint-Maurice-des-Lions
  111. Saint-Quentin-sur-Charente
  112. Saint-Sulpice-de-Ruffec
  113. Salles-de-Villefagnan
  114. Saulgond
  115. Sauvagnac
  116. Souvigné
  117. Suaux
  118. La Tâche
  119. Taizé-Aizie
  120. Terres-de-Haute-Charente
  121. Theil-Rabier
  122. Tourriers
  123. Turgon
  124. Tusson
  125. Val-de-Bonnieure
  126. Valence
  127. Vars
  128. Ventouse
  129. Verdille
  130. Verneuil
  131. Verteuil-sur-Charente
  132. Vervant
  133. Le Vieux-Cérier
  134. Vieux-Ruffec
  135. Villefagnan
  136. Villejoubert
  137. Villiers-le-Roux
  138. Villognon
  139. Vitrac-Saint-Vincent
  140. Vouharte
  141. Xambes

    History

The arrondissement of Confolens was created in 1800. On 1 January 2008 the four cantons of Aigre, Mansle, Ruffec and Villefagnan that previously belonged to the arrondissement of Angoulême were added to the arrondissement of Confolens. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Charente, it gained 15 communes from the arrondissement of Angoulême.
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 Confolens were, as of January 2015:
  1. Aigre
  2. Chabanais
  3. Champagne-Mouton
  4. Confolens-Nord
  5. Confolens-Sud
  6. Mansle
  7. Montemboeuf
  8. Ruffec
  9. Saint-Claud
  10. Villefagnan