The 1st District of Cotonou

The 1st district (arrondissement) is one of Cotonou's 13 districts, Benin's only commune-department (about 79 km²). The government's official geographic database (georisk.gouv.bj) lists 13 neighbourhoods in it and gives it a population of 57,962.

The 13 neighbourhoods of the 1st district

Looking for the district a neighbourhood belongs to? Here is the list for this one, in alphabetical order.

• Avotrou-Aïmonlonfidé
• Avotrou-Gbègo
• Avotrou-Houézèkomè
• Dandji
• Dandji-Hokanmè
• Donaten
• Finagnon
• Nvènamèdé
• Suru-Léré
• Tanto
• Tchanhounkpamè
• Tokplégbé
• Yagbé

How many people live here?

The database gives 57,962 inhabitants for the 1st district, without stating the year. The total for the 13 districts, 679,012, is the 2013 census figure (RGPH4) quoted in the government's SDG monograph (2019).

Cotonou's 13 districts

• 1st district (this page)
• 2nd district
• 3rd district
• 4th district
• 5th district
• 6th district
• 7th district
• 8th district
• 9th district
• 10th district
• 11th district
• 12th district
• 13th district

Official sources (consulted on 4 October 2026)

• Government of Benin, georisk.gouv.bj geographic database, layer "ville_village_quartier": neighbourhoods by district, population by district.
• Government of Benin, « Destination Bénin : Cotonou, poumon économique, pôle cosmopolite et vitrine du Bénin », 12 December 2020: Benin's only commune-department, about 79 km².
• Ministry of Planning and Development, Departmental monograph of Atlantique and Littoral, SDG priority targets mission (2019): 2013 population (RGPH4), area and number of districts.