Arrondissement of Yssingeaux
The arrondissement of Yssingeaux is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Loire département. Its capital is the city of Yssingeaux, a subprefecture of the department.
Country | France |
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Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Haute-Loire |
No. of communes | 44 |
Subprefecture | Yssingeaux |
Area | 1,159.7 km2 (447.8 sq mi) |
INSEE code | 433 |
History
When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Yssingeaux, with the name of Le Puy, was part of that original department. In 1988, the name was changed to Puy-en-Velay.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Yssingeaux is bordered to the north by the Loire departmens, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and west by the arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay.
The arrondissement is in the northeast of the department and is the smallest arrondissement in area, 1,159.7 km2 (447.8 sq mi),[2] but the second in population, with 84,676 inhabitants and a density of 73.0 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 Yssingeaux, there are 8 cantons:
- Aurec-sur-Loire (4301)
- Bas-en-Basset (4302)
- Boutières (4303)
- Deux Rivières et Vallées (4305)
- Mézenc (4308) (partly)
- Monistrol-sur-Loire (4309
- Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique (4311) (partly)
- Yssingeaux (4319)
Communes
The arrondissement of Yssingeaux has 44 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]
- Araules (43007)
- Aurec-sur-Loire (43012)
- Bas-en-Basset (43020)
- Beaux (43024)
- Beauzac (43025)
- Bessamorel (43028)
- Boisset (43034)
- Chenereilles (43069)
- Dunières (43087)
- Grazac (43102)
- La Chapelle-d'Aurec (43058)
- La Séauve-sur-Semène (43236)
- Lapte (43114)
- Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (43051)
- Le Mas-de-Tence (43129)
- Les Villettes (43265)
- Malvalette (43127)
- Mazet-Saint-Voy (43130)
- Monistrol-sur-Loire (43137)
- Montfaucon-en-Velay (43141)
- Montregard (43142)
- Pont-Salomon (43153)
- Raucoules (43159)
- Retournac (43162)
- Riotord (43163)
- Saint-André-de-Chalencon (43166)
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid (43172)
- Saint-Didier-en-Velay (43177)
- Saint-Ferréol-d'Auroure (43184)
- Saint-Jeures (43199)
- Saint-Julien-Molhesabate (43204)
- Saint-Julien-du-Pinet (43203)
- Saint-Just-Malmont (43205)
- Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon (43211)
- Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon (43212)
- Saint-Pal-de-Mons (43213)
- Saint-Romain-Lachalm (43223)
- Saint-Victor-Malescours (43227)
- Sainte-Sigolène (43224)
- Solignac-sous-Roche (43240)
- Tence (43244)
- Tiranges (43246)
- Valprivas (43249)
- Yssingeaux (43268)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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43137 | Monistrol-sur-Loire | 8,808 | Monistrol-sur-Loire | Marches du Velay-Rochebaron |
43268 | Yssingeaux | 7,105 | Yssingeaux | Les Sucs |
43012 | Aurec-sur-Loire | 6,035 | Aurec-sur-Loire | Loire et Semène |
43224 | Sainte-Sigolène | 5,952 | Les Deux Rivières et Vallées | Marches du Velay-Rochebaron |
43020 | Bas-en-Basset | 4,314 | Bas-en-Basset | Marches du Velay-Rochebaron |
43205 | Saint-Just-Malmont | 4,153 | Aurec-sur-Loire | Loire et Semène |
43177 | Saint-Didier-en-Velay | 3,465 | Les Deux Rivières et Vallées | Loire et Semène |
43244 | Tence | 3,127 | Boutières | Le Haut-Lignon |
43162 | Retournac | 2,886 | Bas-en-Basset | Les Sucs |
43087 | Dunières | 2,875 | Boutières | Le Pays de Montfaucon |
43025 | Beauzac | 2,854 | Bas-en-Basset | Marches du Velay-Rochebaron |
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Historique de la Haute-Loire". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Arrondissement d'Yssingeaux (433)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Décret n° 2014-162 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Loire" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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