Arrondissement of Rochechouart

The arrondissement of Rochechouart is an arrondissement of France, in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Rochechouart.

Rochechouart
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Haute-Vienne
No. of communes	30
Subprefecture	Rochechouart
Area	795.4 km2 (307.1 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	37,663
INSEE code	873

History

When the arrondissements were created in 1800 in France, the arrondissement of Rochechouart was one of those in the Haute-Vienne department.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Rochechouart is the most western arrondissement of the Haute-Vienne department. It is bordered to the west and north by the Charente department, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Bellac, to the east by the arrondissement of Limoges and to the south by the Dordogne department.

The arrondissement of Rochechouart is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with area of only 795.4 square kilometres (307.1 square miles), and it is the one with fewest people living in it with a population of 37,877 inhabitants and a population density of 47.6 inhabitants/km².^[3]

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,^[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

There are only two cantons in the arrondissement of Rochechouart and both have all their comunes in the arrondissement. These cantons are:

• Rochechouart, with 22 communes; and
• Saint-Junien, with 8 communes.

Communes

The arrondissement of Rochechouart has 30 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː^[5]

1. Chaillac-sur-Vienne (87030)
2. Champagnac-la-Rivière (87034)
3. Champsac (87036)
4. Chéronnac (87044)
5. Cognac-la-Forêt (87046)
6. Cussac (87054)
7. Dournazac (87060)
8. Gorre (87073)
9. Javerdat (87078)
10. La Chapelle-Montbrandeix (87037)
11. Les Salles-Lavauguyon (87189)
12. Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire (87091)
13. Marval (87092)
14. Oradour-sur-Glane (87110)
15. Oradour-sur-Vayres (87111)
16. Pensol (87115)
17. Rochechouart (87126)
18. Saillat-sur-Vienne (87131)
19. Saint-Auvent (87135)
20. Saint-Bazile (87137)
21. Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne (87140)
22. Saint-Cyr (87141)
23. Saint-Junien (87154)
24. Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre (87158)
25. Saint-Martin-de-Jussac (87164)
26. Saint-Mathieu (87168)
27. Saint-Victurnien (87185)
28. Sainte-Marie-de-Vaux (87162)
29. Vayres (87199)
30. Videix (87204)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[3] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
87154	Saint-Junien	11,196	Saint-Junien	Porte Océane du Limousin
87126	Rochechouart	3,798	Rochechouart	Porte Océane du Limousin
87110	Oradour-sur-Glane	2,464	Saint-Junien	Porte Océane du Limousin
87185	Saint-Victurnien	1,724	Saint-Junien	Porte Océane du Limousin
87140	Saint-Brice-sur-Vienne	1,650	Saint-Junien	Porte Océane du Limousin
87111	Oradour-sur-Vayres	1,530	Rochechouart	Les Feuillardiers

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department
• List of arrondissements of France

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
2. "Historique de la Haute-Vienne". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
3. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
4. Décret n° 2014-194 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Vienne
5. "Arrondissement de Rochechouart (873)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 28 March 2017.

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