Arrondissement of Périgueux

The arrondissement of Périgueux is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Dordogne "département" in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Périgueux.
History.
When the Dordogne department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Périgueux was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Périgueux is the central western part of the department and it is the largest of the "arrondissements" of the Dordogne department, with an area of . It has 189,301 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" of Périgueux is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" Nontron, to the east by the Corrèze department, to the southeast by the "arrondissement" Sarlat-la-Canéda, to the south by the "arrondissement" Bergerac, to the west by the Gironde and Charente-Maritime departments and to the northwest by the Charente department.
The Isle river, a tributary of the Dordogne river, and its tributaries Dronne, Lizonne, Auvézère and Loue flow through the "arrondissements" of Périgueux.
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".
The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Périgueux has 146 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: