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Arrondissement of Bressuire
Arrondissement of France
Location of Bressuire in Deux-Sèvres
Location of Bressuire in Deux-Sèvres
Country France
Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department Deux-Sèvres
Communes 53
Subrefecture Bressuire
INSEE code 791
Area
 • Total 1,622.6 km2 (626.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)
 • Total 96,703
 • Density 59.5976/km2 (154.357/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Bressuire is an arrondissement of France, in the Deux-Sèvres department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Bressuire.

History

When the Deux-Sèvres department was created on 1790, Bressuire was not one of the original districts but, in 1804, it was made one of the arrondissements of the department when the subprefecture of Thouars was moved to Bressuire.

Geography

Bressuire is the northernmost arrondissement of the department. It is bordered to the north by the Maine-et-Loire department, to the east by the Vienne department, to the south by the arrondissement of Parthenay and to the west by the Vendée department.

It has an area of 1,622.6 km2 (626.5 sq mi), and a population of 96,703 inhabitants for a density of 59.6 inhabitants/km².

Composition

Cantons

After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Bressuire, there are 3 cantons with all their communes  in the arrondissement: Bressuire, Mauléon and Thouars, 

The following table shows the distribution of the communes in the arrondissement of  Bressuire:

Cantons and communes in the Bressuire arrondissement
INSEE
Code		 Canton Arrondissements Total
Bressuire Niort Parthenay
7902 Bressuire 6 6
7904 Cerizay 10 13 23
7907 Mauléon 15 15
7916 Thouars 8 8
7917 Le Val de Thouet 22 13 35

Communes

The arrondissement of Bressuire has 53 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

  1. Argentonnay (79013)
  2. Argenton-l'Église (79014)
  3. Boismé (79038)
  4. Bouillé-Loretz (79043)
  5. Bressuire (79049)
  6. Bretignolles (79050)
  7. Brie (79054)
  8. Brion-près-Thouet (79056)
  9. Cerizay (79062)
  10. Chiché (79088)
  11. Cirières (79091)
  12. Combrand (79096)
  13. Coulonges-Thouarsais (79102)
  14. Courlay (79103)
  15. Faye-l'Abbesse (79116)
  16. La Forêt-sur-Sèvre (79123)
  17. Geay (79131)
  18. Genneton (79132)
  19. Glénay (79134)
  20. Louzy (79157)
  21. Luché-Thouarsais (79159)
  22. Luzay (79161)
  23. Mauléon (79079)
  24. Mauzé-Thouarsais (79171)
  25. Missé (79178)
  26. Montravers (79183)
  27. Nueil-les-Aubiers (79195)
  28. Oiron (79196)
  29. Pas-de-Jeu (79203)
  30. La Petite-Boissière (79207)
  31. Pierrefitte (79209)
  32. Le Pin (79210)
  33. Saint-Amand-sur-Sèvre (79235)
  34. Saint-André-sur-Sèvre (79236)
  35. Saint-Aubin-du-Plain (79238)
  36. Saint-Cyr-la-Lande (79244)
  37. Sainte-Gemme (79250)
  38. Sainte-Radegonde (79292)
  39. Sainte-Verge (79300)
  40. Saint-Jacques-de-Thouars (79258)
  41. Saint-Jean-de-Thouars (79259)
  42. Saint-Jouin-de-Milly (79261)
  43. Saint-Léger-de-Montbrun (79265)
  44. Saint-Martin-de-Mâcon (79274)
  45. Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay (79277)
  46. Saint-Maurice-Étusson (79280)
  47. Saint-Pierre-des-Échaubrognes (79289)
  48. Saint-Varent (79299)
  49. Taizé (79321)
  50. Thouars (79329)
  51. Tourtenay (79331)
  52. Val en Vignes (79063)
  53. Voulmentin (79242)

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