Arrondissement of Saint-Flour
Saint-Flour | |
|---|---|
 Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Cantal |
| No. of communes | 98 |
| Subprefecture | Saint-Flour |
| Area | 2,510.6 km2 (969.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | 37,697 |
| INSEE code | 153 |
The arrondissement of Saint-Flour is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Cantal département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and subpréfecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Flour.
History
[change | change source]When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Saint-Flour was one of them in the Cantal department.[1]
Geography
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Saint-Flour is in the most eastern arrondissement of the department and has an area of 2,511 km2 (970 sq mi), the largest in the department, and a population of 38,079 inhabitants with a population density of 15.2 inhabitants/km².[2]
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the Haute-Loire department, to the southeast by the Lozère department (Occitanie), to the southeast by the Aveyron department (Occitanie) and to the west by the arrondissements of Aurillac and Mauriac.
Composition
[change | change source]Cantons
[change | change source]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 Saint-Flour, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: the Riom-ès-Montagnes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Aurillac | Mauriac | Saint-Flour | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1507 | Murat | 27 | 27 | ||
| 1509 | Neuvéglise | 28 | 28 | ||
| 1510 | Riom-ès-Montagnes | 14 | 9 | 23 | |
| 1511 | Saint-Flour-1 | 23 + part of Saint-Flour | 23 + part of Saint-Flour | ||
| 1512 | Saint-Flour-2 | 18 + part of Saint-Flour | 18 + part of Saint-Flour |
Communes
[change | change source]The arrondissement of Saint-Flour has 106 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[4]
- Albepierre-Bredons (15025)
- Allanche (15001)
- Alleuze (15002)
- Andelat (15004)
- Anglards-de-Saint-Flour (15005)
- Anterrieux (15007)
- Auriac-l'Église (15013)
- Bonnac (15022)
- Brezons (15026)
- Celles (15031)
- Celoux (15032)
- Cézens (15033)
- Chaliers (15034)
- Chalinargues (15035)
- Chanterelle (15040)
- La Chapelle-d'Alagnon (15041)
- La Chapelle-Laurent (15042)
- Charmensac (15043)
- Chastel-sur-Murat (15044)
- Chaudes-Aigues (15045)
- Chavagnac (15047)
- Chazelles (15048)
- Cheylade (15049)
- Le Claux (15050)
- Clavières (15051)
- Coltines (15053)
- Condat (15054)
- Coren (15055)
- Cussac (15059)
- Deux-Verges (15060)
- Dienne (15061)
- Espinasse (15065)
- Ferrières-Saint-Mary (15069)
- Fridefont (15073)
- Gourdièges (15077)
- Jabrun (15078)
- Joursac (15080)
- Lacapelle-Barrès (15086)
- Landeyrat (15091)
- Lastic (15097)
- Laurie (15098)
- Lavastrie (15099)
- Laveissenet (15100)
- Laveissière (15101)
- Lavigerie (15102)
- Leyvaux (15105)
- Lieutadès (15106)
- Lorcières (15107)
- Lugarde (15110)
- Malbo (15112)
- Marcenat (15114)
- Marchastel (15116)
- Massiac (15119)
- Maurines (15121)
- Mentières (15125)
- Molèdes (15126)
- Molompize (15127)
- Montboudif (15129)
- Montchamp (15130)
- Montgreleix (15132)
- Murat (15138)
- Narnhac (15139)
- Neussargues-Moissac (15141)
- Neuvéglise (15142)
- Oradour (15145)
- Paulhac (15148)
- Paulhenc (15149)
- Peyrusse (15151)
- Pierrefort (15152)
- Pradiers (15155)
- Rageade (15158)
- Rézentières (15161)
- Roffiac (15164)
- Ruynes-en-Margeride (15168)
- Saint-Amandin (15170)
- Saint-Bonnet-de-Condat (15173)
- Sainte-Anastasie (15171)
- Sainte-Marie (15198)
- Saint-Flour (15187)
- Saint-Georges (15188)
- Saint-Martial (15199)
- Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux (15201)
- Saint-Mary-le-Plain (15203)
- Saint-Poncy (15207)
- Saint-Rémy-de-Chaudes-Aigues (15209)
- Saint-Saturnin (15213)
- Saint-Urcize (15216)
- Ségur-les-Villas (15225)
- Sériers (15227)
- Soulages (15229)
- Talizat (15231)
- Tanavelle (15232)
- Les Ternes (15235)
- Tiviers (15237)
- La Trinitat (15241)
- Ussel (15244)
- Vabres (15245)
- Val d'Arcomie (15108)
- Valjouze (15247)
- Valuéjols (15248)
- Védrines-Saint-Loup (15251)
- Vernols (15253)
- Vèze (15256)
- Vieillespesse (15259)
- Villedieu (15262)
- Virargues (15263)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population[2] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15187 | Saint-Flour | 6,643 | Saint-Flour-1 and Saint-Flour-2 | Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride |
| 15138 | Murat | 1,880 | Murat | Pays de Murat |
| 15119 | Massiac | 1,735 | Saint-Flour-1 | Pays de Massiac |
| 15188 | Saint-Georges | 1,138 | Neuvéglise | Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride |
| 15142 | Neuvéglise | 1,104 | Neuvéglise | Pays de Pierrefort-Neuvéglise |
| 15054 | Condat | 1,031 | Riom-ès-Montagnes | Cézallier |
| 15108 | Val d'Arcomie | 1,005 | Neuvéglise | Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride |
| 15141 | Neussargues-Moissac | 1,004 | Murat | Pays de Murat |
Related pages
[change | change source]- Arrondissements of the Cantal department
- Communes of the Cantal department
- List of arrondissements of France
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Historique du Cantal". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ "Décret n° 2014-149 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Cantal" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Saint-Flour (153)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 January 2017.