Arrondissement of Cognac

The arrondissement of Cognac is an arrondissement of France in the Charente department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 110 communes.[1] Its population is 99,987 (2016), and its area is 1,670.8 km2 (645.1 sq mi).[2]

Cognac
Arrondissement
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentCharente
No. of communes110
SubprefectureCognac
Area
 • Total1,670.8 km2 (645.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total99,987
 • Density60/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE code162

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Cognac, and their INSEE codes, are:[1]

  1. Ambleville (16010)
  2. Angeac-Champagne (16012)
  3. Angeac-Charente (16013)
  4. Angeduc (16014)
  5. Ars (16018)
  6. Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde (16025)
  7. Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire (16028)
  8. Barret (16030)
  9. Bassac (16032)
  10. Bécheresse (16036)
  11. Bellevigne (16204)
  12. Berneuil (16040)
  13. Birac (16045)
  14. Boisbreteau (16048)
  15. Bonneuil (16050)
  16. Bors-de-Baignes (16053)
  17. Bourg-Charente (16056)
  18. Bouteville (16057)
  19. Boutiers-Saint-Trojan (16058)
  20. Bréville (16060)
  21. Brie-sous-Barbezieux (16062)
  22. Brossac (16066)
  23. Challignac (16074)
  24. Champagne-Vigny (16075)
  25. Champmillon (16077)
  26. Chantillac (16079)
  27. Chassors (16088)
  28. Châteaubernard (16089)
  29. Châteauneuf-sur-Charente (16090)
  30. Cherves-Richemont (16097)
  31. Chillac (16099)
  32. Cognac (16102)
  33. Condéon (16105)
  34. Coteaux du Blanzacais (16046)
  35. Courbillac (16109)
  36. Criteuil-la-Magdeleine (16116)
  37. Douzat (16121)
  38. Échallat (16123)
  39. Étriac (16133)
  40. Fleurac (16139)
  41. Foussignac (16145)
  42. Genac-Bignac (16148)
  43. Gensac-la-Pallue (16150)
  44. Genté (16151)
  45. Gimeux (16152)
  46. Graves-Saint-Amant (16297)
  47. Guimps (16160)
  48. Guizengeard (16161)
  49. Hiersac (16163)
  50. Houlette (16165)
  51. Jarnac (16167)
  52. Javrezac (16169)
  53. Juillac-le-Coq (16171)
  54. Julienne (16174)
  55. Lachaise (16176)
  56. Ladiville (16177)
  57. Lagarde-sur-le-Né (16178)
  58. Lignières-Sonneville (16186)
  59. Louzac-Saint-André (16193)
  60. Mainxe-Gondeville (16153)
  61. Marcillac-Lanville (16207)
  62. Mareuil (16208)
  63. Mérignac (16216)
  64. Merpins (16217)
  65. Mesnac (16218)
  66. Les Métairies (16220)
  67. Mons (16221)
  68. Montmérac (16224)
  69. Mosnac (16233)
  70. Moulidars (16234)
  71. Nercillac (16243)
  72. Oriolles (16251)
  73. Passirac (16256)
  74. Pérignac (16258)
  75. Reignac (16276)
  76. Réparsac (16277)
  77. Rouillac (16286)
  78. Saint-Amant-de-Nouère (16298)
  79. Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle (16301)
  80. Saint-Bonnet (16303)
  81. Saint-Brice (16304)
  82. Saint-Cybardeaux (16312)
  83. Sainte-Sévère (16349)
  84. Sainte-Souline (16354)
  85. Saint-Félix (16315)
  86. Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né (16316)
  87. Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac (16320)
  88. Saint-Laurent-de-Cognac (16330)
  89. Saint-Médard (16338)
  90. Saint-Même-les-Carrières (16340)
  91. Saint-Palais-du-Né (16342)
  92. Saint-Preuil (16343)
  93. Saint-Simeux (16351)
  94. Saint-Simon (16352)
  95. Saint-Sulpice-de-Cognac (16355)
  96. Saint-Vallier (16357)
  97. Salles-d'Angles (16359)
  98. Salles-de-Barbezieux (16360)
  99. Sauvignac (16365)
  100. Segonzac (16366)
  101. Sigogne (16369)
  102. Le Tâtre (16380)
  103. Touvérac (16384)
  104. Triac-Lautrait (16387)
  105. Val-d'Auge (16339)
  106. Val-des-Vignes (16175)
  107. Vaux-Rouillac (16395)
  108. Verrières (16399)
  109. Vibrac (16402)
  110. Vignolles (16405)

History

The arrondissement of Cognac was created in 1800.[3] On 1 January 2008 the canton of Rouillac that previously belonged to the arrondissement of Angoulême was added to the arrondissement of Cognac.[3][4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Charente, it gained 14 communes from the arrondissement of Angoulême, and it lost two communes to the arrondissement of Angoulême.[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 Cognac were, as of January 2015:[6]

  1. Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde
  2. Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
  3. Brossac
  4. Châteauneuf-sur-Charente
  5. Cognac-Nord
  6. Cognac-Sud
  7. Jarnac
  8. Rouillac
  9. Segonzac

Sub-prefects
  • Dominique Vian : 1984-1986, commissaire adjoint de la République de l’arrondissement de Cognac[7]
gollark: You don't actually need simple shapes very badly as long as you have an algorithm which is not likely to be biased.
gollark: Okay, rearrange the states so they're square.
gollark: A simple if slightly inaccurate way would be some kind of binary space partitioning thing, where (pretending the US is a perfect square) you just repeatedly divide it in half (alternatingly vertically/horizontally), but stop dividing a particular subregion when population goes below some target number.
gollark: The more complex the algorithm the more people might try and manipulate it. The obvious* solution is to just split up the country by latitude/longitude grid squares.
gollark: The Netherlands will just conquer all of the areas "lost" to rising sea levels.

References
  1. "Arrondissement de Cognac (162)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  2. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  3. Historique de la Charente
  4. "Modification des limites d'arrondissement". Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  5. "Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 98–108. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  6. "Populations légales 2012" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  7. (in French) " Vian, Dominique, Marie, André, Ferdinand" (prefect, born 1944), pages 2190-2191 in Who’s Who in France : Dictionnaire biographique de personnalités françaises vivant en France et à l’étranger, et de personnalités étrangères résidant en France, 44th edition for 2013 edited in 2012, 2371 p., 31 cm, ISBN 978-2-85784-053-4 .

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