Arrondissement of Saint-Flour

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.

Saint-Flour
Arrondissement
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
CountryFrance
RegionAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes
DepartmentCantal
No. of communes98
SubprefectureSaint-Flour
Area
2,510.6 km2 (969.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
37,697
INSEE code153

History

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

Geography

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

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 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:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Mauriac
INSEE
Code		CantonAurillacMauriacSaint-FlourTotal
1507Murat2727
1509Neuvéglise2828
1510Riom-ès-Montagnes14923
1511Saint-Flour-123 + part of Saint-Flour23 + part of Saint-Flour
1512Saint-Flour-218 + part of Saint-Flour18 + part of Saint-Flour

Communes

The arrondissement of Saint-Flour has 106 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[4]

  1. Albepierre-Bredons (15025)
  2. Allanche (15001)
  3. Alleuze (15002)
  4. Andelat (15004)
  5. Anglards-de-Saint-Flour (15005)
  6. Anterrieux (15007)
  7. Auriac-l'Église (15013)
  8. Bonnac (15022)
  9. Brezons (15026)
  10. Celles (15031)
  11. Celoux (15032)
  12. Cézens (15033)
  13. Chaliers (15034)
  14. Chalinargues (15035)
  15. Chanterelle (15040)
  16. La Chapelle-d'Alagnon (15041)
  17. La Chapelle-Laurent (15042)
  18. Charmensac (15043)
  19. Chastel-sur-Murat (15044)
  20. Chaudes-Aigues (15045)
  21. Chavagnac (15047)
  22. Chazelles (15048)
  23. Cheylade (15049)
  24. Le Claux (15050)
  25. Clavières (15051)
  26. Coltines (15053)
  27. Condat (15054)
  28. Coren (15055)
  29. Cussac (15059)
  30. Deux-Verges (15060)
  31. Dienne (15061)
  32. Espinasse (15065)
  33. Ferrières-Saint-Mary (15069)
  34. Fridefont (15073)
  35. Gourdièges (15077)
  36. Jabrun (15078)
  37. Joursac (15080)
  38. Lacapelle-Barrès (15086)
  39. Landeyrat (15091)
  40. Lastic (15097)
  41. Laurie (15098)
  42. Lavastrie (15099)
  43. Laveissenet (15100)
  44. Laveissière (15101)
  45. Lavigerie (15102)
  46. Leyvaux (15105)
  47. Lieutadès (15106)
  48. Lorcières (15107)
  49. Lugarde (15110)
  50. Malbo (15112)
  51. Marcenat (15114)
  52. Marchastel (15116)
  53. Massiac (15119)
  54. Maurines (15121)
  55. Mentières (15125)
  56. Molèdes (15126)
  57. Molompize (15127)
  58. Montboudif (15129)
  59. Montchamp (15130)
  60. Montgreleix (15132)
  61. Murat (15138)
  62. Narnhac (15139)
  63. Neussargues-Moissac (15141)
  64. Neuvéglise (15142)
  65. Oradour (15145)
  66. Paulhac (15148)
  67. Paulhenc (15149)
  68. Peyrusse (15151)
  69. Pierrefort (15152)
  70. Pradiers (15155)
  71. Rageade (15158)
  72. Rézentières (15161)
  73. Roffiac (15164)
  74. Ruynes-en-Margeride (15168)
  75. Saint-Amandin (15170)
  76. Saint-Bonnet-de-Condat (15173)
  77. Sainte-Anastasie (15171)
  78. Sainte-Marie (15198)
  79. Saint-Flour (15187)
  80. Saint-Georges (15188)
  81. Saint-Martial (15199)
  82. Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux (15201)
  83. Saint-Mary-le-Plain (15203)
  84. Saint-Poncy (15207)
  85. Saint-Rémy-de-Chaudes-Aigues (15209)
  86. Saint-Saturnin (15213)
  87. Saint-Urcize (15216)
  88. Ségur-les-Villas (15225)
  89. Sériers (15227)
  90. Soulages (15229)
  91. Talizat (15231)
  92. Tanavelle (15232)
  93. Les Ternes (15235)
  94. Tiviers (15237)
  95. La Trinitat (15241)
  96. Ussel (15244)
  97. Vabres (15245)
  98. Val d'Arcomie (15108)
  99. Valjouze (15247)
  100. Valuéjols (15248)
  101. Védrines-Saint-Loup (15251)
  102. Vernols (15253)
  103. Vèze (15256)
  104. Vieillespesse (15259)
  105. Villedieu (15262)
  106. Virargues (15263)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE
code		CommunePopulation[2]
(2014)		CantonIntercommunality
15187Saint-Flour6,643Saint-Flour-1 and Saint-Flour-2Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride
15138Murat1,880MuratPays de Murat
15119Massiac1,735Saint-Flour-1Pays de Massiac
15188Saint-Georges1,138NeuvéglisePays de Saint-Flour Margeride
15142Neuvéglise1,104NeuvéglisePays de Pierrefort-Neuvéglise
15054Condat1,031Riom-ès-MontagnesCézallier
15108Val d'Arcomie1,005NeuvéglisePays de Saint-Flour Margeride
15141Neussargues-Moissac1,004MuratPays de Murat

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 Saint-Flour (153)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

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