The Arrondissement of Niort is an arrondissement of France in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 117 communes. Its population is 199,565 (2021), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Niort, and their INSEE codes, are:
Aiffres (79003) Aigondigné (79185) Alloinay (79136) Amuré (79009) Arçais (79010) Asnières-en-Poitou (79015) Aubigné (79018) Augé (79020) Avon (79023) Azay-le-Brûlé (79024) Beaussais-Vitré (79030) Beauvoir-sur-Niort (79031) Bessines (79034) Bougon (79042) Le Bourdet (79046) Brieuil-sur-Chizé (79055) Brioux-sur-Boutonne (79057) Brûlain (79058) Celles-sur-Belle (79061) La Chapelle-Pouilloux (79074) Chauray (79081) Chef-Boutonne (79083) Chenay (79084) Chérigné (79085) Cherveux (79086) Chey (79087) Chizé (79090) Clussais-la-Pommeraie (79095) Coulon (79100) Couture-d'Argenson (79106) La Crèche (79048) Échiré (79109) Ensigné (79111) Épannes (79112) Exireuil (79114) Exoudun (79115) Fontenille-Saint-Martin-d'Entraigues (79122) Fontivillié (79064) Fors (79125) Les Fosses (79126) La Foye-Monjault (79127) François (79128) Fressines (79129) Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan (79130) Germond-Rouvre (79133) Granzay-Gript (79137) Juillé (79142) Juscorps (79144) Lezay (79148) Limalonges (79150) Lorigné (79152) Loubigné (79153) Loubillé (79154) Luché-sur-Brioux (79158) Lusseray (79160) Magné (79162) Mairé-Levescault (79163) Maisonnay (79164) Marcillé (79251) Marigny (79166) Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon (79170) Melle (79174) Melleran (79175) Messé (79177) La Mothe-Saint-Héray (79184) Nanteuil (79189) Niort (79191) Paizay-le-Chapt (79198) Pamproux (79201) Périgné (79204) Plaine-d'Argenson (79078) Prahecq (79216) Prailles-La Couarde (79217) Prin-Deyrançon (79220) La Rochénard (79229) Rom (79230) Romans (79231) Saint-Coutant (79243) Sainte-Eanne (79246) Sainte-Néomaye (79283) Sainte-Soline (79297) Saint-Gelais (79249) Saint-Georges-de-Rex (79254) Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud (79257) Saint-Maixent-l'École (79270) Saint-Martin-de-Bernegoue (79273) Saint-Martin-de-Saint-Maixent (79276) Saint-Maxire (79281) Saint-Rémy (79293) Saint-Romans-des-Champs (79294) Saint-Romans-lès-Melle (79295) Saint-Symphorien (79298) Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre (79301) Saivres (79302) Salles (79303) Sansais (79304) Sauzé-entre-Bois (79307) Sciecq (79308) Secondigné-sur-Belle (79310) Séligné (79312) Sepvret (79313) Soudan (79316) Souvigné (79319) Valdelaume (79140) Val-du-Mignon (79334) Vallans (79335) Vançais (79336) Le Vanneau-Irleau (79337) Vanzay (79338) Vernoux-sur-Boutonne (79343) Le Vert (79346) Villefollet (79348) Villemain (79349) Villiers-en-Bois (79350) Villiers-en-Plaine (79351) Villiers-sur-Chizé (79352) Vouillé (79355)
History
The arrondissement of Niort was created in 1800.Historique des Deux-Sèvres At the January 2018 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Deux-Sèvres, it lost 21 communes to the arrondissement of Parthenay.
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 Niort were, as of January 2015:
Beauvoir-sur-Niort Brioux-sur-Boutonne Celles-sur-Belle Champdeniers-Saint-Denis Chef-Boutonne Coulonges-sur-l'Autize Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan Lezay Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon Melle La Mothe-Saint-Héray Niort-Est Niort-Nord Niort-Ouest Prahecq Saint-Maixent-l'École-1 Saint-Maixent-l'École-2 Sauzé-Vaussais
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