Arrondissement of Niort

Coordinates: 46°19′N 0°28′W / 46.32°N 0.47°W

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Niort
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Deux-Sèvres
No. of communes	121
Prefecture	Niort
Area	2,445.1 km² (944.1 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[1]	199,565
• Density	82/km² (210/sq mi)
INSEE code	792

The Arrondissement of Niort is an arrondissement of France in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 121 communes.^[2] Its population is 199,565 (2021), and its area is 2,445.1 km² (944.1 sq mi).^[3]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Niort, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

Aiffres (79003)
Aigondigné (79185)
Alloinay (79136)
Amuré (79009)
Arçais (79010)
Asnières-en-Poitou (79015)
Aubigné (79018)
Augé (79020)
Avon (79023)
Azay-le-Brûlé (79024)
Beaussais-Vitré (79030)
Beauvoir-sur-Niort (79031)
Bessines (79034)
Bougon (79042)
Le Bourdet (79046)
Brieuil-sur-Chizé (79055)
Brioux-sur-Boutonne (79057)
Brûlain (79058)
Caunay (79060)
Celles-sur-Belle (79061)
La Chapelle-Pouilloux (79074)
Chauray (79081)
Chef-Boutonne (79083)
Chenay (79084)
Chérigné (79085)
Cherveux (79086)
Chey (79087)
Chizé (79090)
Clussais-la-Pommeraie (79095)
Coulon (79100)
Couture-d'Argenson (79106)
La Crèche (79048)
Échiré (79109)
Ensigné (79111)
Épannes (79112)
Exireuil (79114)
Exoudun (79115)
Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues (79122)
Fontivillié (79064)
Fors (79125)
Les Fosses (79126)
La Foye-Monjault (79127)
François (79128)
Fressines (79129)
Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan (79130)
Germond-Rouvre (79133)
Granzay-Gript (79137)
Juillé (79142)
Juscorps (79144)
Lezay (79148)
Limalonges (79150)
Lorigné (79152)
Loubigné (79153)
Loubillé (79154)
Luché-sur-Brioux (79158)
Lusseray (79160)
Magné (79162)
Mairé-Levescault (79163)
Maisonnay (79164)
Marcillé (79251)
Marigny (79166)
Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon (79170)
Melle (79174)
Melleran (79175)
Messé (79177)
Montalembert (79180)
La Mothe-Saint-Héray (79184)
Nanteuil (79189)
Niort (79191)
Paizay-le-Chapt (79198)
Pamproux (79201)
Périgné (79204)
Pers (79205)
Plaine-d'Argenson (79078)
Pliboux (79212)
Prahecq (79216)
Prailles-La Couarde (79217)
Prin-Deyrançon (79220)
La Rochénard (79229)
Rom (79230)
Romans (79231)
Saint-Coutant (79243)
Sainte-Eanne (79246)
Sainte-Néomaye (79283)
Sainte-Soline (79297)
Saint-Gelais (79249)
Saint-Georges-de-Rex (79254)
Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud (79257)
Saint-Maixent-l'École (79270)
Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue (79273)
Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent (79276)
Saint-Maxire (79281)
Saint-Rémy (79293)
Saint-Romans-des-Champs (79294)
Saint-Romans-lès-Melle (79295)
Saint-Symphorien (79298)
Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre (79301)
Saivres (79302)
Salles (79303)
Sansais (79304)
Sauzé-Vaussais (79307)
Sciecq (79308)
Secondigné-sur-Belle (79310)
Séligné (79312)
Sepvret (79313)
Soudan (79316)
Souvigné (79319)
Valdelaume (79140)
Val-du-Mignon (79334)
Vallans (79335)
Vançais (79336)
Le Vanneau-Irleau (79337)
Vanzay (79338)
Vernoux-sur-Boutonne (79343)
Le Vert (79346)
Villefollet (79348)
Villemain (79349)
Villiers-en-Bois (79350)
Villiers-en-Plaine (79351)
Villiers-sur-Chizé (79352)
Vouillé (79355)

History

The arrondissement of Niort was created in 1800.^[4] At the January 2018 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Deux-Sèvres, it lost 21 communes to the arrondissement of Parthenay.^[5]

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 Niort were, as of January 2015:^[6]

Beauvoir-sur-Niort
Brioux-sur-Boutonne
Celles-sur-Belle
Champdeniers-Saint-Denis
Chef-Boutonne
Coulonges-sur-l'Autize
Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan
Lezay
Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon
Melle
La Mothe-Saint-Héray
Niort-Est
Niort-Nord
Niort-Ouest
Prahecq
Saint-Maixent-l'École-1
Saint-Maixent-l'École-2
Sauzé-Vaussais

References

^ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Populations légales 2021: 79 Deux-Sèvres" (PDF). INSEE. December 2023.
^ "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2024". INSEE. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
^ Historique des Deux-Sèvres
^ "Arrêté préfectoral, 7 November 2017" (PDF). pp. 231–239. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
^ "Populations légales 2012: 79 Deux-Sèvres" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014.

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