Arrondissement of La Rochelle


The arrondissement of La Rochelle is an arrondissement of France in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 58 communes. Its population is 215,707, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of La Rochelle, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Andilly
  2. Angliers
  3. Angoulins
  4. Ars-en-Ré
  5. Aytré
  6. Benon
  7. Le Bois-Plage-en-Ré
  8. Bourgneuf
  9. Charron
  10. Châtelaillon-Plage
  11. Clavette
  12. La Couarde-sur-Mer
  13. Courçon
  14. Cramchaban
  15. Croix-Chapeau
  16. Dompierre-sur-Mer
  17. Esnandes
  18. Ferrières
  19. La Flotte
  20. La Grève-sur-Mignon
  21. Le Gué-d'Alleré
  22. L'Houmeau
  23. La Jarne
  24. La Jarrie
  25. Lagord
  26. La Laigne
  27. Loix
  28. Longèves
  29. Marans
  30. Marsilly
  31. Montroy
  32. Nieul-sur-Mer
  33. Nuaillé-d'Aunis
  34. Périgny
  35. Les Portes-en-Ré
  36. Puilboreau
  37. Rivedoux-Plage
  38. La Rochelle
  39. La Ronde
  40. Saint-Christophe
  41. Saint-Clément-des-Baleines
  42. Saint-Cyr-du-Doret
  43. Sainte-Marie-de-Ré
  44. Sainte-Soulle
  45. Saint-Jean-de-Liversay
  46. Saint-Martin-de-Ré
  47. Saint-Médard-d'Aunis
  48. Saint-Ouen-d'Aunis
  49. Saint-Rogatien
  50. Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis
  51. Saint-Vivien
  52. Saint-Xandre
  53. Salles-sur-Mer
  54. Taugon
  55. Thairé
  56. Vérines
  57. Villedoux
  58. Yves

    History

The arrondissement of La Rochelle was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Charente-Maritime, it gained two communes from the arrondissement of Rochefort, and it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Rochefort.
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 La Rochelle were, as of January 2015:
  1. Ars-en-Ré
  2. Aytré
  3. Courçon
  4. La Jarrie
  5. Marans
  6. La Rochelle-1
  7. La Rochelle-2
  8. La Rochelle-3
  9. La Rochelle-4
  10. La Rochelle-5
  11. La Rochelle-6
  12. La Rochelle-7
  13. La Rochelle-8
  14. La Rochelle-9
  15. Saint-Martin-de-Ré