Arrondissement of Rochechouart


The arrondissement of Rochechouart is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 30 communes. Its population is 37,817, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Rochechouart, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Chaillac-sur-Vienne
  2. Champagnac-la-Rivière
  3. Champsac
  4. Chéronnac
  5. Cognac-la-Forêt
  6. Cussac
  7. Dournazac
  8. Gorre
  9. Javerdat
  10. La Chapelle-Montbrandeix
  11. Les Salles-Lavauguyon
  12. Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire
  13. Marval
  14. Oradour-sur-Glane
  15. Oradour-sur-Vayres
  16. Pensol
  17. Rochechouart
  18. Saillat-sur-Vienne
  19. Saint-Auvent
  20. Saint-Bazile
  21. Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne
  22. Saint-Cyr
  23. Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux
  24. Saint-Junien
  25. Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre
  26. Saint-Martin-de-Jussac
  27. Saint-Mathieu
  28. Saint-Victurnien
  29. Vayres
  30. Videix

    History

The arrondissement of Rochechouart was created in 1800.
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 Rochechouart were, as of January 2015:
  1. Oradour-sur-Vayres
  2. Rochechouart
  3. Saint-Junien-Est
  4. Saint-Junien-Ouest
  5. Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre
  6. Saint-Mathieu