The arrondissement of Libourne is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gironde département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Libourne.
History
When the Gironde department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Libourne was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
The arrondissement of Libourne is in the northeast of Gironde, with an area of 1,282.9 km2 (495 sq mi).[3] It has 152,602 inhabitants and a population density of 119.0 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Charente-Maritime department, to the east by the Dordogne department, to the southeast by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Langon and to the west by the arrondissements of Bordeaux and Blaye.
Composition
Cantons
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 Libourne, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: Le Nord-Gironde and Le Réolais et Les Bastides. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Libourne
INSEE Code |
Canton |
Arrondissements |
Total
|
Blaye |
Bordeaux |
Langon |
Lesparre-Médoc |
Libourne |
Arcachon
|
3310 |
Les Coteaux de Dordogne |
|
|
|
|
51 |
|
51
|
3316 |
Le Libournais-Fronsadais |
|
|
|
|
24 |
|
24
|
3320 |
Le Nord-Gironde |
26 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
28
|
3321 |
Le Nord-Libournais |
|
|
|
|
38 |
|
38
|
3327 |
Le Réolais et Les Bastides |
|
|
76 |
|
14 |
|
90
|
Communes
The arrondissement of Libourne has 129 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
|
33243 |
Libourne |
24,595 |
Le Libournais-Fronsadais |
Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais
|
33138 |
Coutras |
8,410 |
Le Nord-Libournais |
Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais
|
33207 |
Izon |
5,466 |
Le Libournais-Fronsadais |
Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais
|
33393 |
Saint-Denis-de-Pile |
5,277 |
Le Nord-Libournais |
Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais
|
33324 |
Pineuilh |
4,307 |
Le Réolais et Les Bastides |
Le Pays Foyen
|
33539 |
Vayres |
3,711 |
Le Libournais-Fronsadais |
Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais
|
33478 |
Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle |
3,129 |
Le Nord-Libournais |
Communauté d'agglomération du Libournais
|
33179 |
Galgon |
3,029 |
Le Libournais-Fronsadais |
Le Fronsadais
|
33108 |
Castillon-la-Bataille |
2,979 |
Les Coteaux de Dordogne |
Castillon – Pujols
|
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References
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