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.

Bellac
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine
CountryFrance
RegionNouvelle-Aquitaine
DepartmentHaute-Vienne
No. of communes57
SubprefectureBellac
Area
1,779.9 km2 (687.2 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2019)[1]
38,258
INSEE code871

History

When the Haute-Vienne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Bellac was part of that original department.[2]

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.[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 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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Bellac
INSEE
Code
CantonArrondissementsTotal
BellacLimogesRochechouart
8702Ambazac51116
8703Bellac2626
8704Châteauponsac3232

Communes

The arrondissement of Bellac has 62 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes[5]

  1. Arnac-la-Poste (87003)
  2. Azat-le-Ris (87006)
  3. Balledent (87007)
  4. La Bazeuge (87008)
  5. Bellac (87011)
  6. Berneuil (87012)
  7. Bessines-sur-Gartempe (87014)
  8. Blanzac (87017)
  9. Blond (87018)
  10. Breuilaufa (87022)
  11. Le Buis (87023)
  12. Bussière-Poitevine (87028)
  13. Chamboret (87033)
  14. Châteauponsac (87041)
  15. Cieux (87045)
  16. Compreignac (87047)
  17. La Croix-sur-Gartempe (87052)
  18. Cromac (87053)
  19. Darnac (87055)
  20. Dinsac (87056)
  21. Dompierre-les-Églises (87057)
  22. Le Dorat (87059)
  23. Droux (87061)
  24. Folles (87067)
  25. Fromental (87068)
  26. Gajoubert (87069)
  27. Les Grands-Chézeaux (87074)
  28. Jouac (87080)
  29. Lussac-les-Églises (87087)
  30. Magnac-Laval (87089)
  31. Mailhac-sur-Benaize (87090)
  32. Montrol-Sénard (87100)
  33. Mortemart (87101)
  34. Nantiat (87103)
  35. Nouic (87108)
  36. Oradour-Saint-Genest (87109)
  37. Peyrat-de-Bellac (87116)
  38. Rancon (87121)
  39. Razès (87122)
  40. Roussac (87128)
  41. Saint-Amand-Magnazeix (87133)
  42. Saint-Barbant (87136)
  43. Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac (87139)
  44. Saint-Georges-les-Landes (87145)
  45. Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille (87149)
  46. Saint-Junien-les-Combes (87155)
  47. Saint-Léger-Magnazeix (87160)
  48. Saint-Martial-sur-Isop (87163)
  49. Saint-Martin-le-Mault (87165)
  50. Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe (87172)
  51. Saint-Pardoux (87173)
  52. Saint-Sornin-la-Marche (87179)
  53. Saint-Sornin-Leulac (87180)
  54. Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles (87182)
  55. Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze (87184)
  56. Tersannes (87195)
  57. Thiat (87196)
  58. Thouron (87197)
  59. Val-d'Issoire (87097)
  60. Vaulry (87198)
  61. Verneuil-Moustiers (87200)
  62. Villefavard (87206)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

INSEE
code
CommunePopulation[3]
(2014)
CantonIntercommunality
87011Bellac4,117BellacLe Haut Limousin
87014Bessines-sur-Gartempe2,830AmbazacPorte d'Occitanie
87041Châteauponsac2,053ChâteauponsacGartempe – Saint-Pardoux
87047Compreignac1,815BellacPorte d'Occitanie
87089Magnac-Laval1,770ChâteauponsacBrame Benaize
87059Le Dorat1,728ChâteauponsacLa Basse Marche
87103Nantiat1,579BellacL'Aurence et Glane Développement

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 de la Haute-Vienne". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  3. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  4. Décret n° 2014-194 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Vienne
  5. "Arrondissement de Bellac (871)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

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