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.

Aurillac
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentCantal
No. of communes93
PrefectureAurillac
Area
1,936.9 km2 (747.8 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
81,939
INSEE code151

History

When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Aurillac was one of them in the Cantal department.[2]

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.[3]

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,[4] 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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Aurillac
INSEE
Code
CantonAurillacMauriacSaint-FlourTotal
1501Arpajon-sur-Cère1515
1502Aurillac-11 + part of Aurillac1 + part of Aurillac
1503Aurillac-2part of Aurillacpart of Aurillac
1504Aurillac-3part of Aurillacpart of Aurillac
1506Maurs1818
1508Naucelles14216
1513Saint-Paul-des-Landes2222
1514Vic-sur-Cère2323

Communes

The arrondissement of Aurillac has 94 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[5]

  1. Arnac (15011)
  2. Arpajon-sur-Cère (15012)
  3. Aurillac (15014)
  4. Ayrens (15016)
  5. Badailhac (15017)
  6. Besse (15269)
  7. Boisset (15021)
  8. Calvinet (15027)
  9. Carlat (15028)
  10. Cassaniouze (15029)
  11. Cayrols (15030)
  12. Crandelles (15056)
  13. Cros-de-Montvert (15057)
  14. Cros-de-Ronesque (15058)
  15. Freix-Anglards (15072)
  16. Giou-de-Mamou (15074)
  17. Girgols (15075)
  18. Glénat (15076)
  19. Jou-sous-Monjou (15081)
  20. Junhac (15082)
  21. Jussac (15083)
  22. Labesserette (15084)
  23. Labrousse (15085)
  24. Lacapelle-Viescamp (15088)
  25. Lacapelle-del-Fraisse (15087)
  26. Ladinhac (15089)
  27. Lafeuillade-en-Vézie (15090)
  28. Lapeyrugue (15093)
  29. Laroquebrou (15094)
  30. Laroquevieille (15095)
  31. Lascelle (15096)
  32. Leucamp (15103)
  33. Leynhac (15104)
  34. Mandailles-Saint-Julien (15113)
  35. Marcolès (15117)
  36. Marmanhac (15118)
  37. Maurs (15122)
  38. Montmurat (15133)
  39. Montsalvy (15134)
  40. Montvert (15135)
  41. Mourjou (15136)
  42. Naucelles (15140)
  43. Nieudan (15143)
  44. Omps (15144)
  45. Pailherols (15146)
  46. Parlan (15147)
  47. Polminhac (15154)
  48. Prunet (15156)
  49. Quézac (15157)
  50. Raulhac (15159)
  51. Reilhac (15160)
  52. Roannes-Saint-Mary (15163)
  53. Rouffiac (15165)
  54. Le Rouget-Pers (15268)
  55. Roumégoux (15166)
  56. Rouziers (15167)
  57. Saint-Antoine (15172)
  58. Saint-Cernin (15175)
  59. Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne (15178)
  60. Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert (15179)
  61. Saint-Clément (15180)
  62. Saint-Constant-Fournoulès (15181)
  63. Saint-Étienne-Cantalès (15182)
  64. Saint-Étienne-de-Carlat (15183)
  65. Saint-Étienne-de-Maurs (15184)
  66. Saint-Gérons (15189)
  67. Saint-Illide (15191)
  68. Saint-Jacques-des-Blats (15192)
  69. Saint-Julien-de-Toursac (15194)
  70. Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat (15196)
  71. Saint-Paul-des-Landes (15204)
  72. Saint-Santin-Cantalès (15211)
  73. Saint-Santin-de-Maurs (15212)
  74. Saint-Saury (15214)
  75. Saint-Simon (15215)
  76. Saint-Victor (15217)
  77. Sansac-Veinazès (15222)
  78. Sansac-de-Marmiesse (15221)
  79. La Ségalassière (15224)
  80. Sénezergues (15226)
  81. Siran (15228)
  82. Teissières-de-Cornet (15233)
  83. Teissières-lès-Bouliès (15234)
  84. Thiézac (15236)
  85. Tournemire (15238)
  86. Le Trioulou (15242)
  87. Velzic (15252)
  88. Vézac (15255)
  89. Vezels-Roussy (15257)
  90. Vic-sur-Cère (15258)
  91. Vieillevie (15260)
  92. Vitrac (15264)
  93. Yolet (15266)
  94. Ytrac (15267)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code
CommunePopulation[3]
(2014)
CantonIntercommunality
15014Aurillac26,135Aurillac-1, Aurillac-2 and Aurillac-3Bassin d'Aurillac
15012Arpajon-sur-Cère6,233Arpajon-sur-CèreBassin d'Aurillac
15267Ytrac4,121Aurillac-1Bassin d'Aurillac
15122Maurs2,170MaursLa Châtaigneraie Cantalienne
15083Jussac2,010NaucellesBassin d'Aurillac
15140Naucelles1,942NaucellesBassin d'Aurillac
15258Vic-sur-Cère1,917Vic-sur-CèreCère et Goul en Carladès
15196Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat1,544MaursLa Châtaigneraie Cantalienne
15204Saint-Paul-des-Landes1,533Saint-Paul-des-LandesBassin d'Aurillac
15221Sansac-de-Marmiesse1,352MaursBassin d'Aurillac

References

  1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
  2. "Historique du Cantal". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  3. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. "Décret n° 2014-149 du 13 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département du Cantal" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  5. "Arrondissement de Aurillac (151)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 21 January 2017.

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