The arrondissement of Rochefort (french: arrondissement de Rochefort, link=no) is an arrondissement (district) in the Charente-Maritime

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It has 78 communes. Its population is 189,875 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Rochefort, and their INSEE codes, are: # Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis (17003) # Anais (17007) #

Ardillières Ardillières is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region of southwestern France. Geography Ardillières is located some 25 km south-east of ...

(17018) # Arvert (17021) #

Ballon Ballon may refer to: Places * Ballon, County Carlow (''Balana'' in Irish), a village in Ireland *Grand Ballon, the apex of the Vosges Mountains in France *Ballon, Charente-Maritime, France *Ballon, Sarthe, France Others * Ballon (ballet), the ap ...

(17032) # Beaugeay (17036) #

Bouhet Bouhet () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Char ...

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Bourcefranc-le-Chapus Bourcefranc-le-Chapus () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. The commune was created in 1908 from part of Marennes. Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is a major oyster farming port. For ...

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La Brée-les-Bains La Brée-les-Bains () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is situated on the Oléron. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is ...

(17486) # Breuil-la-Réorte (17063) # Breuillet (17064) #

Breuil-Magné Breuil-Magné () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the ...

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Cabariot Cabariot () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Geography The river Boutonne forms part of the commune's southeastern border, then flows into the Charente, which forms all of its southwestern border. Populati ...

(17075) # Chaillevette (17079) # Chambon (17080) # Champagne (17083) # Le Château-d'Oléron (17093) #

Ciré-d'Aunis Ciré-d'Aunis (, literally ''Ciré of Aunis'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France.

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La Devise La Devise () is a commune in the department of Charente-Maritime, southwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2018 by merger of the former communes of Vandré (the seat), Chervettes and Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière.

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Dolus-d'Oléron Dolus-d'Oléron (, literally ''Dolus of Oléron'') is a commune on the Isle of Oléron in the Charente-Maritime department, southwestern France. The area is mostly residential, with a village-style main street with a church and small complex of ...

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Échillais Échillais () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of Fra ...

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L'Éguille L'Éguille () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of ...

(17151) # Étaules (17155) # Forges (17166) #

Fouras Fouras, also known as Fouras-les-Bains (), is a commune in the French department of Charente-Maritime, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (before 2015: Poitou-Charentes). It lies 34 km south of La Rochelle. Geography Fouras is on ...

(17168) # Genouillé (17174) #

Le Grand-Village-Plage Le Grand-Village-Plage is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is situated on the Île-d'Oléron. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 com ...

(17485) # La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien (17184) # Le Gua (17185) # Île-d'Aix (17004) # Landrais (17203) #

Loire-les-Marais Loire-les-Marais () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overs ...

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Lussant Lussant () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Geography The Boutonne river forms most of the commune's southern border. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following ...

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Marennes-Hiers-Brouage Marennes-Hiers-Brouage () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department in southwestern France. It was established on 1 January 2019 by merger of the former communes of Marennes, Charente-Maritime, Mar ...

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Marsais Marsais () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It also has mayoral jurisdiction over two local communes L'Hopiteau (sometimes L'Hopiteaux) and Boisse. Population Sports Despite the area being small in both ...

(17221) # Les Mathes (17225) #

Meschers-sur-Gironde Meschers-sur-Gironde (, literally ''Meschers on Gironde'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 commune ...

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Moëze Moëze () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department References External links

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Moragne Moragne () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of Franc ...

(17246) # Mornac-sur-Seudre (17247) # Muron (17253) # Nieulle-sur-Seudre (17265) # Port-des-Barques (17484) # Puyravault (17293) #

Rochefort Rochefort () may refer to: Places France * Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, in the Charente-Maritime department ** Arsenal de Rochefort, a former naval base and dockyard * Rochefort, Savoie in the Savoie department * Rochefort-du-Gard, in the Ga ...

(17299) # Royan (17306) # Saint-Agnant (17308) # Saint-Augustin (17311) # Saint-Coutant-le-Grand (17320) # Saint-Crépin (17321) # Saint-Denis-d'Oléron (17323) #

Saint-Froult Saint-Froult () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Charente-Maritime department of ...

(17329) # Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (17333) #

Saint-Georges-d'Oléron Saint-Georges-d'Oléron (, literally ''Saint-Georges of Oléron'') is a commune on Oléron Island in the Charente-Maritime department, administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Population See also *Boyardville Boyardville () ...

(17337) # Saint-Georges-du-Bois (17338) # Saint-Hippolyte (17346) #

Saint-Jean-d'Angle Saint-Jean-d'Angle () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administr ...

(17348) # Saint-Just-Luzac (17351) # Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée (17353) # Saint-Mard (17359) # Saint-Nazaire-sur-Charente (17375) # Saint-Palais-sur-Mer (17380) #

Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly Saint-Pierre-d'Amilly is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Geography The village of Charente-Maritime is at the extreme northeast of the Département, from the Département of Deux-Sèvres (79) and the villag ...

(17382) # Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron (17385) #

Saint-Pierre-la-Noue Saint-Pierre-la-Noue () is a commune in the department of Charente-Maritime within southwestern France. The municipality was established on 1 March 2018 with the merge of the former communes of Saint-Germain-de-Marencennes (the seat) and Péré.< ...

(17340) # Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois (17394) # Saint-Sornin (17406) #

Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (; oc, Sent Sulpici de Roian) is a commune in the French department of Charente-Maritime, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (formerly Poitou-Charentes), southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Mari ...

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Saint-Trojan-les-Bains Saint-Trojan-les-Bains () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is situated in the south of the island Oléron. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following is a l ...

(17411) # Soubise (17429) # Surgères (17434) # Le Thou (17447) # Tonnay-Charente (17449) # La Tremblade (17452) #

Vaux-sur-Mer Vaux-sur-Mer () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative d ...

(17461) # Vergeroux (17463) # Virson (17480) # Vouhé (17482)

History

The arrondissement of Rochefort was created in 1800.Historique de la Charente-Maritime
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Charente-Maritime, it gained one commune from the

arrondissement of La Rochelle The Arrondissement of La Rochelle (french: arrondissement de La Rochelle, link=no) is an arrondissement of France, located in the Charente-Maritime department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It has 58 communes. Its population is 215,707 (2016), and ...

, one commune from the arrondissement of Saintes and three communes from the arrondissement of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, and it lost two communes to the arrondissement of La Rochelle. 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 Rochefort were, as of January 2015:Populations légales 2012: 17 Charente-Maritime
INSEE # Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis # Le Château-d'Oléron # Marennes # Rochefort-Centre # Rochefort-Nord # Rochefort-Sud # Royan-Est # Royan-Ouest # Saint-Agnant # Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron # Surgères # Tonnay-Charente # La Tremblade

References

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