Arrondissement of Libourne

The arrondissement of Libourne is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Gironde "département" in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Libourne.
History.
When the Gironde department was created on 17 February 1800, the "arrondissement" of Libourne was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Libourne is in the northeast of Gironde, with an area of . It has 152,602 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the Charente-Maritime department, to the east by the Dordogne department, to the southeast by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the south by the "arrondissement" of Langon and to the west by the "arrondissements" of Bordeaux and Blaye.
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 Libourne, there are only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement": Le Nord-Gironde and Le Réolais et Les Bastides. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Libourne has 129 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" in the "arrondissement" with more inhabitants are: