Arrondissement of Thiers
The arrondissement of Thiers is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Puy-de-Dôme département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Thiers.
| Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| No. of communes | 44 |
| Subprefecture | Thiers |
| Area | 853.5 km2 (329.5 sq mi) |
| INSEE code | 635 |
History
When the Puy-de-Dôme department was created in 1790, the arrondissement of Thiers was part of that original department.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Thiers is in the northeast of the department and borders to the north with the Allier department, to the east with the Loire department, to the south with the arrondissement of Ambert, to the southwest with the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, and to the west and northwest with the arrondissement of Riom.
The arrondissement of Thiers is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of 865.8 square kilometres (334.3 square miles).[2] It has a population of 57,956 inhabitants and a density of 66.9 inhabitants/km².[3]
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Thiers there are 4 cantons:
- Lezoux (6319)
- Maringues (6320) (partly)
- Les Monts du Livradois (6322) (partly)
- Thiers (6330)
Communes
The arrondissement of Thiers has 44 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]
- Arconsat (63008)
- Aubusson-d'Auvergne (63015)
- Augerolles (63016)
- Bort-l'Étang (63045)
- Bulhon (63058)
- Celles-sur-Durolle (63066)
- Chabreloche (63072)
- Charnat (63095)
- Châteldon (63102)
- Courpière (63125)
- Crevant-Laveine (63128)
- Culhat (63131)
- Dorat (63138)
- Escoutoux (63151)
- Joze (63180)
- Lachaux (63184)
- Lempty (63194)
- Lezoux (63195)
- Moissat (63229)
- La Monnerie-le-Montel (63231)
- Noalhat (63253)
- Néronde-sur-Dore (63249)
- Olmet (63260)
- Orléat (63265)
- Palladuc (63267)
- Paslières (63271)
- Peschadoires (63276)
- Puy-Guillaume (63291)
- Ravel (63296)
- La Renaudie (63298)
- Ris (63301)
- Sainte-Agathe (63310)
- Saint-Flour (63343)
- Saint-Jean-d'Heurs (63364)
- Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle (63393)
- Saint-Victor-Montvianeix (63402)
- Sauviat (63414)
- Sermentizon (63418)
- Seychalles (63420)
- Thiers (63430)
- Vinzelles (63461)
- Viscomtat (63463)
- Vollore-Montagne (63468)
- Vollore-Ville (63469)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63430 | Thiers | 11,588 | Thiers | Thiers Dore et Montagne |
| 63195 | Lezoux | 5,864 | Lezoux | Entre Dore et Allier |
| 63125 | Courpière | 4,338 | Les Monts du Livradois | Thiers Dore et Montagne |
| 63291 | Puy-Guillaume | 2,665 | Maringues | Thiers Dore et Montagne |
| 63276 | Peschadoires | 2,110 | Lezoux | Entre Dore et Allier |
| 63265 | Orléat | 2,100 | Lezoux | Entre Dore et Allier |
| 63231 | La Monnerie-le-Montel | 1,786 | Thiers | Thiers Dore et Montagne |
| 63393 | Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle | 1,766 | Thiers | Thiers Dore et Montagne |
| 63066 | Celles-sur-Durolle | 1,755 | Thiers | Thiers Dore et Montagne |
| 63271 | Paslières | 1,556 | Maringues | Thiers Dore et Montagne |
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References
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