Blaye | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Gironde |
No. of communes | 62 |
Subprefecture | Blaye |
Area | 782.4 km2 (302.1 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 92,878 |
INSEE code | 331 |
The arrondissement of Blaye is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gironde département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Blaye.
When the Gironde department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Blaye was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Blaye is the smallest of the arrondissements of the Gironde department, with an area of 782.4 km2 (302 sq mi).[3] It is in northern part of the department and it has 88,115 inhabitants and a population density of 112.6 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Blaye is bordered to the north and northeast by the Charente-Maritime department, to the southeast by the arrondissement of Libourne, to the south by the arrondissement of Bordeaux and to the west by the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc. The Gironde estuary is to northwest of the arrondissement.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Blaye, there are only two cantons:
The arrondissement of Blaye has 63 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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33366 | Saint-André-de-Cubzac | 10,422 | Le Nord-Gironde | Le Cubzaguais |
33058 | Blaye | 4,769 | L'Estuaire | Blaye |
33018 | Val de Virvée | 3,366 | Le Nord-Gironde | Le Cubzaguais |
33473 | Saint-Savin | 3,088 | Le Nord-Gironde | Latitude Nord Gironde |
33389 | Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde | 3,068 | L'Estuaire | L'Estuaire - Canton de Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde |
33233 | Laruscade | 2,602 | Le Nord-Gironde | Latitude Nord Gironde |
33123 | Cézac | 2,503 | Le Nord-Gironde | Latitude Nord Gironde |
33143 | Cubzac-les-Ponts | 2,346 | Le Nord-Gironde | Le Cubzaguais |
33492 | Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac | 2,319 | Le Nord-Gironde | Latitude Nord Gironde |
33341 | Pugnac | 2,297 | L'Estuaire | Le Cubzaguais |