Arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc


The arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc is an arrondissement of France in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 49 communes. Its population is 89,098, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Arcins
  2. Arsac
  3. Avensan
  4. Bégadan
  5. Blaignan-Prignac
  6. Brach
  7. Carcans
  8. Castelnau-de-Médoc
  9. Cissac-Médoc
  10. Civrac-en-Médoc
  11. Couquèques
  12. Cussac-Fort-Médoc
  13. Gaillan-en-Médoc
  14. Grayan-et-l'Hôpital
  15. Hourtin
  16. Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac
  17. Labarde
  18. Lacanau
  19. Lamarque
  20. Lesparre-Médoc
  21. Listrac-Médoc
  22. Margaux-Cantenac
  23. Moulis-en-Médoc
  24. Naujac-sur-Mer
  25. Ordonnac
  26. Pauillac
  27. Le Porge
  28. Queyrac
  29. Saint-Christoly-Médoc
  30. Saint-Estèphe
  31. Saint-Germain-d'Esteuil
  32. Saint-Julien-Beychevelle
  33. Saint-Laurent-Médoc
  34. Saint-Sauveur
  35. Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne
  36. Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc
  37. Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc
  38. Sainte-Hélène
  39. Salaunes
  40. Saumos
  41. Soulac-sur-Mer
  42. Soussans
  43. Talais
  44. Le Temple
  45. Valeyrac
  46. Vendays-Montalivet
  47. Vensac
  48. Le Verdon-sur-Mer
  49. Vertheuil

    History

The arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1942. At the May 2006 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Gironde, it gained the canton of Castelnau-de-Médoc from the arrondissement of Bordeaux.
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 Lesparre-Médoc were, as of January 2015:
  1. Castelnau-de-Médoc
  2. Lesparre-Médoc
  3. Pauillac
  4. Saint-Laurent-Médoc
  5. Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc

    Sub-prefects