Arrondissements of the Charente department

The 3 arrondissements of the Charente department are:
# Arrondissement of Angoulême, (prefecture of the Charente department: Angoulême) with 21 cantons and 245 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 219,175 in 1990, and was 219,826 in 1999, an increase of 0.3%.
# Arrondissement of Cognac, (subprefecture: Cognac) with 8 cantons and 96 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 84,535 in 1990, and was 83,083 in 1999, a decrease of 1.72%.
# Arrondissement of Confolens, (subprefecture: Confolens) with 6 cantons and 63 communes. The population of the arrondissement was 38,283 in 1990, and was 36,719 in 1999, a decrease of 4.09%.