Arrondissement of Saintes


The arrondissement of Saintes is an arrondissement of France in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 88 communes. Its population is 116,057, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Saintes, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Arces
  2. Balanzac
  3. Barzan
  4. Berneuil
  5. Beurlay
  6. Boutenac-Touvent
  7. Brie-sous-Mortagne
  8. Burie
  9. Bussac-sur-Charente
  10. Chaniers
  11. La Chapelle-des-Pots
  12. Le Chay
  13. Chenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet
  14. Chérac
  15. Chermignac
  16. La Clisse
  17. Colombiers
  18. Corme-Écluse
  19. Corme-Royal
  20. Courcoury
  21. Cozes
  22. Cravans
  23. Crazannes
  24. Dompierre-sur-Charente
  25. Le Douhet
  26. Écoyeux
  27. Écurat
  28. Épargnes
  29. Les Essards
  30. Floirac
  31. Fontcouverte
  32. Geay
  33. Gémozac
  34. Les Gonds
  35. Grézac
  36. La Jard
  37. Jazennes
  38. Luchat
  39. Médis
  40. Meursac
  41. Migron
  42. Montils
  43. Montpellier-de-Médillan
  44. Mortagne-sur-Gironde
  45. Nancras
  46. Nieul-lès-Saintes
  47. Pessines
  48. Pisany
  49. Plassay
  50. Pont-l'Abbé-d'Arnoult
  51. Port-d'Envaux
  52. Préguillac
  53. Rétaud
  54. Rioux
  55. Romegoux
  56. Rouffiac
  57. Sablonceaux
  58. Saint-André-de-Lidon
  59. Saint-Bris-des-Bois
  60. Saint-Césaire
  61. Sainte-Gemme
  62. Sainte-Radegonde
  63. Saintes
  64. Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux
  65. Saint-Porchaire
  66. Saint-Romain-de-Benet
  67. Saint-Sauvant
  68. Saint-Sever-de-Saintonge
  69. Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille
  70. Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult
  71. Saint-Vaize
  72. Saujon
  73. Semussac
  74. Le Seure
  75. Soulignonne
  76. Talmont-sur-Gironde
  77. Tanzac
  78. Tesson
  79. Thaims
  80. Thénac
  81. Thézac
  82. Trizay
  83. La Vallée
  84. Varzay
  85. Vénérand
  86. Villars-en-Pons
  87. Villars-les-Bois
  88. Virollet

    History

The arrondissement of Saintes was created in 1800. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Charente-Maritime, it lost 17 communes to the arrondissement of Jonzac and 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 Saintes were, as of January 2015:
  1. Burie
  2. Cozes
  3. Gémozac
  4. Pons
  5. Saintes-Est
  6. Saintes-Nord
  7. Saintes-Ouest
  8. Saint-Porchaire
  9. Saujon