The 3rd District of Cotonou

The 3rd 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 69,991.

The 13 neighbourhoods of the 3rd district

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

• Adjégounlè
• Adôgléta
• Agbatô
• Agbodjèdo
• Ayélawadjè
• Ayélawadjè-Agongbomè
• Fifatin
• Gbénonkpô
• Hlacômey
• Kpankpan
• Midombo
• Sègbèya-Nord
• Sègbèya-Sud

The same name in two districts

Gbénonkpô also exists in the 10th district: the official database lists the name in both. Check the exact address before drawing a conclusion.

How many people live here?

The database gives 69,991 inhabitants for the 3rd 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
• 2nd district
• 3rd district (this page)
• 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.