Niort | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Deux-Sèvres |
No. of communes | 121 |
Prefecture | Niort |
Area | 2,445.1 km2 (944.1 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 199,847 |
INSEE code | 792 |
The arrondissement of Niort is an arrondissement of France, in the Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Niort.
When the Deux-Sèvres department was created on 1790, Niort was one of the original districts.[2]
Niort is the southernmost arrondissement of the department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Parthenay, to the east by the Vienne department, to the south by the Charente-Maritime department and to the west by the Vendée department.
It has an area of 2,791.6 square kilometres (1,077.8 square miles),[3] and a population of 212,425 inhabitants for a density of 76.1 inhabitants/km².[4]
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 case of the arrondissement of Niort, all its cantons have their communes within the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the communes in the arrondissement:
INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
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Bressuire | Niort | Parthenay | |||
7901 | Autize-Égray | 27 | 27 | ||
7903 | Celles-sur-Belle | 27 | 27 | ||
7905 | Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan | 13 | 13 | ||
7908 | Melle | 39 | 39 | ||
7909 | Mignon-et-Boutonne | 35 | 35 | ||
7910 | Niort-1 | part of Niort | part of Niort | ||
7911 | Niort-2 | part of Niort | part of Niort | ||
7912 | Niort-3 | part of Niort | part of Niort | ||
7914 | La Plaine Niortaise | 10 | 10 | ||
7915 | Saint-Maixent-l'École | 13 | 13 |
The arrondissement of Niort has 163 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]