Arrondissement of Rochefort


The arrondissement of Rochefort is an arrondissement of France in the Charente-Maritime department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 78 communes. Its population is 189,875, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Rochefort, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis
  2. Anais
  3. Ardillières
  4. Arvert
  5. Ballon
  6. Beaugeay
  7. Bouhet
  8. Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
  9. La Brée-les-Bains
  10. Breuil-la-Réorte
  11. Breuillet
  12. Breuil-Magné
  13. Cabariot
  14. Chaillevette
  15. Chambon
  16. Champagne
  17. Le Château-d'Oléron
  18. Ciré-d'Aunis
  19. La Devise
  20. Dolus-d'Oléron
  21. Échillais
  22. L'Éguille
  23. Étaules
  24. Forges
  25. Fouras
  26. Genouillé
  27. Le Grand-Village-Plage
  28. La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien
  29. Le Gua
  30. Île-d'Aix
  31. Landrais
  32. Loire-les-Marais
  33. Lussant
  34. Marennes-Hiers-Brouage
  35. Marsais
  36. Les Mathes
  37. Meschers-sur-Gironde
  38. Moëze
  39. Moragne
  40. Mornac-sur-Seudre
  41. Muron
  42. Nieulle-sur-Seudre
  43. Port-des-Barques
  44. Puyravault
  45. Rochefort
  46. Royan
  47. Saint-Agnant
  48. Saint-Augustin
  49. Saint-Coutant-le-Grand
  50. Saint-Crépin
  51. Saint-Denis-d'Oléron
  52. Saint-Froult
  53. Saint-Georges-de-Didonne
  54. Saint-Georges-d'Oléron
  55. Saint-Georges-du-Bois
  56. Saint-Hippolyte
  57. Saint-Jean-d'Angle
  58. Saint-Just-Luzac
  59. Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée
  60. Saint-Mard
  61. Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente
  62. Saint-Palais-sur-Mer
  63. Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly
  64. Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
  65. Saint-Pierre-la-Noue
  66. Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois
  67. Saint-Sornin
  68. Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan
  69. Saint-Trojan-les-Bains
  70. Soubise
  71. Surgères
  72. Le Thou
  73. Tonnay-Charente
  74. La Tremblade
  75. Vaux-sur-Mer
  76. Vergeroux
  77. Virson
  78. Vouhé

    History

The arrondissement of Rochefort was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Charente-Maritime, it gained one commune from the arrondissement of La Rochelle, one commune from the arrondissement of Saintes and three communes from the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, and it lost two communes to the arrondissement of La Rochelle.
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 Rochefort were, as of January 2015:
  1. Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis
  2. Le Château-d'Oléron
  3. Marennes
  4. Rochefort-Centre
  5. Rochefort-Nord
  6. Rochefort-Sud
  7. Royan-Est
  8. Royan-Ouest
  9. Saint-Agnant
  10. Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron
  11. Surgères
  12. Tonnay-Charente
  13. La Tremblade