Arrondissement of Blaye facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Arrondissement of Blaye
Arrondissement of France
Location of Blaye in Gironde
Country	France
Region	Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department	Gironde
Communes	63
Subprefecture	Blaye
INSEE code	331
Area
• Total	782.4 km2 (302.1 sq mi)
Population  (2014)
• Total	88,115
• Density	112.621/km2 (291.688/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Blaye is a special kind of administrative area in France. Think of it like a district or a county. It's part of the Gironde département (which is like a larger region or state) in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The main city, or capital, of this arrondissement is Blaye.

A Look Back: History of Blaye

The Blaye arrondissement was created a long time ago, on February 17, 1800. It became an official part of the Gironde department right from the start.

Where is Blaye? Geography Facts

The Blaye arrondissement is the smallest of the districts in the Gironde department. It covers an area of about 782.4 square kilometers (which is about 302 square miles). It's located in the northern part of the Gironde department.

Around 88,115 people live here. This means the population density (how many people live in each square kilometer) is about 112.6 people per square kilometer.

The Blaye arrondissement shares its borders with a few other places:

• To the north and northeast, it touches the Charente-Maritime department.
• To the southeast, it's next to the arrondissement of Libourne.
• To the south, you'll find the arrondissement of Bordeaux.
• To the west, it borders the arrondissement of Lesparre-Médoc.
• The Gironde estuary (where a river meets the sea) is to the northwest.

How Blaye is Organized: Cantons and Communes

France has different ways of organizing its land. Arrondissements are divided into smaller areas called cantons, and these cantons are made up of even smaller areas called communes (which are like towns or villages).

In the Blaye arrondissement, there are two main cantons:

• The L'Estuaire canton has 39 communes, and all of them are inside the Blaye arrondissement.
• The Le Nord-Gironde canton has 26 communes that are in the Blaye arrondissement. It also has 2 communes that belong to the Bordeaux arrondissement.

Towns and Villages: The Communes

The Blaye arrondissement has 63 communes in total. Here are some of them:

Some of the communes with the most people living in them include:

• Saint-André-de-Cubzac (with over 10,000 people)
• Blaye (the capital city)
• Val-de-Virvée
• Saint-Savin
• Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde
• Laruscade
• Cézac
• Cubzac-les-Ponts
• Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac
• Pugnac

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Gironde department
• Communes of the Gironde department

See also

In Spanish: Distrito de Blaye para niños