The arrondissement of Nontron is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Dordogne département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Nontron.
History
When the Dordogne department was created on 17 February 1800, the arrondissement of Nontron was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
The arrondissement of Nontron is the northernmost and smallest of the arrondissements of the Dordogne department, with an area of 1,621 square kilometres (626 square miles).[3] It has 40,508 inhabitants and a population density of 25.0 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Nontron is bordered to the north and northeast by the Haute-Vienne department, to the east by the Corrèze department, to the south by the arrondissement of Périgueux and to the west by the Charente department.
Several tributaries of the Dordogne river flows through the arrondissement; some of them are Isle, Dronne, Lizonne and Loue.
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 Nontron, there is only one canton where all its "communes" are in the arrondissement: Périgord Vert Nontronnais. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Nontron
INSEE Code |
Canton |
Arrondissements |
Total
|
Bergerac |
Nontron |
Périgueux |
Sarlat-la-Canéda
|
2403 |
Brantôme |
|
22 |
11 |
|
33
|
2406 |
Isle-Loue-Auvézère |
|
28 |
1 |
|
29
|
2413 |
Périgord Vert Nontronnais |
|
28 |
|
|
28
|
2421 |
Thiviers |
|
22 |
1 |
|
23
|
Communes
The arrondissement of Nontron has 100 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6][7]
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code |
Commune |
Population[4] (2014) |
Canton |
Intercommunality
|
24311 |
Nontron |
3,151 |
Périgord Vert Nontronnais |
Périgord Vert Nontronnais
|
24551 |
Thiviers |
2,962 |
Thiviers |
Le Pays Thibérien
|
24133 |
La Coquille |
1,343 |
Thiviers |
Le Pays de Jumilhac-le-Grand
|
24218 |
Jumilhac-le-Grand |
1,243 |
Thiviers |
Le Pays de Jumilhac-le-Grand
|
24328 |
Piégut-Pluviers |
1,204 |
Périgord Vert Nontronnais |
Le Haut Périgord
|
24479 |
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière |
1,204 |
Périgord Vert Nontronnais |
Périgord Vert Nontronnais
|
24253 |
Mareuil en Périgord |
1,083 |
Brantôme |
Dronne et Belle
|
24227 |
Lanouaille |
1,011 |
Lalinde |
Les Bastides Dordogne-Périgord
|
24320 |
Payzac |
996 |
Isle-Loue-Auvézère |
Le Pays de Lanouaille
|
24305 |
Nantheuil |
958 |
Thiviers |
Le Pays Thibérien
|
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References
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