Arrondissement of Mauriac

The arrondissement of Mauriac 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 Mauriac.

Mauriac
Arrondissement
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentCantal
No. of communes55
SubprefectureMauriac
Area
1,278.5 km2 (493.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
25,881
INSEE code152

History

When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Mauriac was one of them in the Cantal department.[1]

Geography

The arrondissement of Mauriac is in the northwest of the department and has an area of 1,278 km2 (493 sq mi), the smallest and with fewest people living in it with 26,192 inhabitants and a population density of 20.5 inhabitants/km².[2]

The arrondissement is bordered to the north and west by the Corrèze department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), to the northeast by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the arrondissement of Saint-Flour and to the south by the arrondissement of Aurillac.

Composition

Cantons

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 Mauriac, there is only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement, Naucelles and Riom-ès-Montagnes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Mauriac
INSEE
Code		CantonAurillacMauriacSaint-FlourTotal
1505Mauriac2020
1508Naucelles14216
1510Riom-ès-Montagnes14923
1515Ydes1919

Communes

The arrondissement of Mauriac has 55 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[4]

  1. Ally (15003)
  2. Anglards-de-Salers (15006)
  3. Antignac (15008)
  4. Apchon (15009)
  5. Arches (15010)
  6. Auzers (15015)
  7. Barriac-les-Bosquets (15018)
  8. Bassignac (15019)
  9. Beaulieu (15020)
  10. Brageac (15024)
  11. Chalvignac (15036)
  12. Champagnac (15037)
  13. Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal (15038)
  14. Chaussenac (15046)
  15. Collandres (15052)
  16. Drugeac (15063)
  17. Escorailles (15064)
  18. Fontanges (15070)
  19. Jaleyrac (15079)
  20. La Monselie (15128)
  21. Lanobre (15092)
  22. Le Falgoux (15066)
  23. Le Fau (15067)
  24. Le Monteil (15131)
  25. Le Vaulmier (15249)
  26. Le Vigean (15261)
  27. Madic (15111)
  28. Mauriac (15120)
  29. Menet (15124)
  30. Moussages (15137)
  31. Méallet (15123)
  32. Pleaux (15153)
  33. Riom-ès-Montagnes (15162)
  34. Saignes (15169)
  35. Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers (15174)
  36. Saint-Chamant (15176)
  37. Saint-Hippolyte (15190)
  38. Saint-Martin-Cantalès (15200)
  39. Saint-Martin-Valmeroux (15202)
  40. Saint-Paul-de-Salers (15205)
  41. Saint-Pierre (15206)
  42. Saint-Projet-de-Salers (15208)
  43. Saint-Vincent-de-Salers (15218)
  44. Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil (15185)
  45. Sainte-Eulalie (15186)
  46. Salers (15219)
  47. Salins (15220)
  48. Sauvat (15223)
  49. Sourniac (15230)
  50. Trizac (15243)
  51. Trémouille (15240)
  52. Valette (15246)
  53. Vebret (15250)
  54. Veyrières (15254)
  55. Ydes (15265)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[2]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
15120Mauriac3,682MauriacLe Pays de Mauriac
15162Riom-ès-Montagnes2,661Riom-ès-MontagnesLe Pays Gentiane
15265Ydes1,778YdesSumène - Artense
15153Pleaux1,531MauriacLe Pays de Salers
15092Lanobre1,441YdesSumène - Artense
15037Champagnac1,066YdesSumène - Artense
15038Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal1,050YdesSumène - Artense

References
  1. "Historique du Cantal". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Arrondissement de Mauriac (152)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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