The arrondissement of Poitiers is an arrondissement of France in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

[2] Its population is 266,160 (2021), and its area is 2,131.5 km2 (823.0 sq mi).

[3] The communes of the arrondissement of Poitiers, and their INSEE codes, are:[2] The arrondissement of Poitiers was created in 1800.

[5] 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 Poitiers were, as of January 2015:[6]