Arrondissement of Bellac
The arrondissement of Bellac is an arrondissement of France, in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Bellac.
 Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
| Department | Haute-Vienne |
| No. of communes | 57 |
| Subprefecture | Bellac |
| Area | 1,779.9 km2 (687.2 sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 871 |
History
When the Haute-Vienne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Bellac was part of that original department.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Bellac is the most northern arrondissement of the Haute-Vienne department. It is bordered to the northwest and north by the Vienne department, to the east by the Creuse department, to the south by the arrondissement of Limoges, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Rochechouart and to the west by the Charente department.
The arrondissement of Bellac is the second arrondissement of the department, after the arrondissement of Limoges, in area, 1,779.9 km2 (687.2 sq mi), and population (39,744 inhabitants). It has a population density of 22.3 inhabitants/km².[2]
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 Bellac, the canton of Bellac and the canton of Châteauponsac have all their communes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellac | Limoges | Rochechouart | |||
| 8702 | Ambazac | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| 8703 | Bellac | 26 | 26 | ||
| 8704 | Châteauponsac | 32 | 32 | ||
Communes
The arrondissement of Bellac has 62 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[4]
- Arnac-la-Poste (87003)
- Azat-le-Ris (87006)
- Balledent (87007)
- La Bazeuge (87008)
- Bellac (87011)
- Berneuil (87012)
- Bessines-sur-Gartempe (87014)
- Blanzac (87017)
- Blond (87018)
- Breuilaufa (87022)
- Le Buis (87023)
- Bussière-Poitevine (87028)
- Chamboret (87033)
- Châteauponsac (87041)
- Cieux (87045)
- Compreignac (87047)
- La Croix-sur-Gartempe (87052)
- Cromac (87053)
- Darnac (87055)
- Dinsac (87056)
- Dompierre-les-Églises (87057)
- Le Dorat (87059)
- Droux (87061)
- Folles (87067)
- Fromental (87068)
- Gajoubert (87069)
- Les Grands-Chézeaux (87074)
- Jouac (87080)
- Lussac-les-Églises (87087)
- Magnac-Laval (87089)
- Mailhac-sur-Benaize (87090)
- Montrol-Sénard (87100)
- Mortemart (87101)
- Nantiat (87103)
- Nouic (87108)
- Oradour-Saint-Genest (87109)
- Peyrat-de-Bellac (87116)
- Rancon (87121)
- Razès (87122)
- Roussac (87128)
- Saint-Amand-Magnazeix (87133)
- Saint-Barbant (87136)
- Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac (87139)
- Saint-Georges-les-Landes (87145)
- Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille (87149)
- Saint-Junien-les-Combes (87155)
- Saint-Léger-Magnazeix (87160)
- Saint-Martial-sur-Isop (87163)
- Saint-Martin-le-Mault (87165)
- Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe (87172)
- Saint-Pardoux (87173)
- Saint-Sornin-la-Marche (87179)
- Saint-Sornin-Leulac (87180)
- Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles (87182)
- Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze (87184)
- Tersannes (87195)
- Thiat (87196)
- Thouron (87197)
- Val-d'Issoire (87097)
- Vaulry (87198)
- Verneuil-Moustiers (87200)
- Villefavard (87206)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[2] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87011 | Bellac | 4,117 | Bellac | Le Haut Limousin |
| 87014 | Bessines-sur-Gartempe | 2,830 | Ambazac | Porte d'Occitanie |
| 87041 | Châteauponsac | 2,053 | Châteauponsac | Gartempe – Saint-Pardoux |
| 87047 | Compreignac | 1,815 | Bellac | Porte d'Occitanie |
| 87089 | Magnac-Laval | 1,770 | Châteauponsac | Brame Benaize |
| 87059 | Le Dorat | 1,728 | Châteauponsac | La Basse Marche |
| 87103 | Nantiat | 1,579 | Bellac | L'Aurence et Glane Développement |
Arrondissement Of Bellac Media
The spire of the Collégiale church in Le Dorat.
The village of Darnac in Haute-Vienne, France
The church in the village of Rancon, Haute-Vienne, France
The village of Oradour-St-Genest.
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique de la Haute-Vienne". Le SPLAF (in français). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ 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 27 March 2017.
- ↑ Décret n° 2014-194 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Vienne
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Bellac (871)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in français). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 March 2017.