Arrondissement of Aurillac
The arrondissement of Aurillac is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Cantal département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Aurillac.
 Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Cantal |
| No. of communes | 93 |
| Prefecture | Aurillac |
| Area | 1,936.9 km2 (747.8 sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 151 |
History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Aurillac was one of them in the Cantal department.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Aurillac is in the southwest of the department and has an area of 1,937 km2 (748 sq mi), the second largest in area, and the most populated of the department with 82,347 inhabitants and a population density of 42.5 inhabitants/km².[2]
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Mauriac, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Saint-Flour, to the east and south by the Aveyron department (Occitanie) and to the northwest by the Corrèze department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[3] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Aurillac, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement, Naucelles. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Aurillac | Mauriac | Saint-Flour | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1501 | Arpajon-sur-Cère | 15 | 15 | ||
| 1502 | Aurillac-1 | 1 + part of Aurillac | 1 + part of Aurillac | ||
| 1503 | Aurillac-2 | part of Aurillac | part of Aurillac | ||
| 1504 | Aurillac-3 | part of Aurillac | part of Aurillac | ||
| 1506 | Maurs | 18 | 18 | ||
| 1508 | Naucelles | 14 | 2 | 16 | |
| 1513 | Saint-Paul-des-Landes | 22 | 22 | ||
| 1514 | Vic-sur-Cère | 23 | 23 |
Communes
The arrondissement of Aurillac has 94 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[4]
- Arnac (15011)
- Arpajon-sur-Cère (15012)
- Aurillac (15014)
- Ayrens (15016)
- Badailhac (15017)
- Besse (15269)
- Boisset (15021)
- Calvinet (15027)
- Carlat (15028)
- Cassaniouze (15029)
- Cayrols (15030)
- Crandelles (15056)
- Cros-de-Montvert (15057)
- Cros-de-Ronesque (15058)
- Freix-Anglards (15072)
- Giou-de-Mamou (15074)
- Girgols (15075)
- Glénat (15076)
- Jou-sous-Monjou (15081)
- Junhac (15082)
- Jussac (15083)
- Labesserette (15084)
- Labrousse (15085)
- Lacapelle-Viescamp (15088)
- Lacapelle-del-Fraisse (15087)
- Ladinhac (15089)
- Lafeuillade-en-Vézie (15090)
- Lapeyrugue (15093)
- Laroquebrou (15094)
- Laroquevieille (15095)
- Lascelle (15096)
- Leucamp (15103)
- Leynhac (15104)
- Mandailles-Saint-Julien (15113)
- Marcolès (15117)
- Marmanhac (15118)
- Maurs (15122)
- Montmurat (15133)
- Montsalvy (15134)
- Montvert (15135)
- Mourjou (15136)
- Naucelles (15140)
- Nieudan (15143)
- Omps (15144)
- Pailherols (15146)
- Parlan (15147)
- Polminhac (15154)
- Prunet (15156)
- Quézac (15157)
- Raulhac (15159)
- Reilhac (15160)
- Roannes-Saint-Mary (15163)
- Rouffiac (15165)
- Le Rouget-Pers (15268)
- Roumégoux (15166)
- Rouziers (15167)
- Saint-Antoine (15172)
- Saint-Cernin (15175)
- Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne (15178)
- Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert (15179)
- Saint-Clément (15180)
- Saint-Constant-Fournoulès (15181)
- Saint-Étienne-Cantalès (15182)
- Saint-Étienne-de-Carlat (15183)
- Saint-Étienne-de-Maurs (15184)
- Saint-Gérons (15189)
- Saint-Illide (15191)
- Saint-Jacques-des-Blats (15192)
- Saint-Julien-de-Toursac (15194)
- Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat (15196)
- Saint-Paul-des-Landes (15204)
- Saint-Santin-Cantalès (15211)
- Saint-Santin-de-Maurs (15212)
- Saint-Saury (15214)
- Saint-Simon (15215)
- Saint-Victor (15217)
- Sansac-Veinazès (15222)
- Sansac-de-Marmiesse (15221)
- La Ségalassière (15224)
- Sénezergues (15226)
- Siran (15228)
- Teissières-de-Cornet (15233)
- Teissières-lès-Bouliès (15234)
- Thiézac (15236)
- Tournemire (15238)
- Le Trioulou (15242)
- Velzic (15252)
- Vézac (15255)
- Vezels-Roussy (15257)
- Vic-sur-Cère (15258)
- Vieillevie (15260)
- Vitrac (15264)
- Yolet (15266)
- Ytrac (15267)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[2] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15014 | Aurillac | 26,135 | Aurillac-1, Aurillac-2 and Aurillac-3 | Bassin d'Aurillac |
| 15012 | Arpajon-sur-Cère | 6,233 | Arpajon-sur-Cère | Bassin d'Aurillac |
| 15267 | Ytrac | 4,121 | Aurillac-1 | Bassin d'Aurillac |
| 15122 | Maurs | 2,170 | Maurs | La Châtaigneraie Cantalienne |
| 15083 | Jussac | 2,010 | Naucelles | Bassin d'Aurillac |
| 15140 | Naucelles | 1,942 | Naucelles | Bassin d'Aurillac |
| 15258 | Vic-sur-Cère | 1,917 | Vic-sur-Cère | Cère et Goul en Carladès |
| 15196 | Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat | 1,544 | Maurs | La Châtaigneraie Cantalienne |
| 15204 | Saint-Paul-des-Landes | 1,533 | Saint-Paul-des-Landes | Bassin d'Aurillac |
| 15221 | Sansac-de-Marmiesse | 1,352 | Maurs | Bassin d'Aurillac |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique du Cantal". Le SPLAF (in français). Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-149 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Cantal" (in français). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Aurillac (151)" (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 January 2017.