The arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Haute-Loire département. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Le Puy-en-Velay.

History
When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay, with the name of Le Puy, was part of that original department. In 1988, the name was changed to Puy-en-Velay.

Geography
The arrondissement of Puy-en-Velay is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme and Loire departments, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Yssingeaux, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the arrondissement of Brioude.

It is the central arrondissement of the department and is the largest arrondissement both in area, , and in population, with 96,041 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The Loire river flows through this arrondissement.

Composition

Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Puy-en-Velay, there are 9 cantons:

 Emblavez-et-Meygal (4306)
 Mézenc (4308) (partly)
 Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique (4311) (partly)
 Le Puy-en-Velay-1 (4312)
 Le Puy-en-Velay-2 (4313)
 Le Puy-en-Velay-3 (4314)
 Le Puy-en-Velay-4 (4315)
 Saint-Paulien (4316)
 Velay volcanique (4318)

Communes
The arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay has 102 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aiguilhe (43002)
 Allègre (43003)
 Alleyrac (43004)
 Alleyras (43005)
 Arlempdes (43008)
 Arsac-en-Velay (43010)
 Bains (43018)
 Barges (43019)
 Beaulieu (43021)
 Beaune-sur-Arzon (43023)
 Bellevue-la-Montagne (43026)
 Blanzac (43030)
 Blavozy (43032)
 Borne (43036)
 Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas (43037)
 Le Brignon (43039)
 Brives-Charensac (43041)
 Cayres (43042)
 Céaux-d'Allègre (43043)
 Ceyssac (43045)
 Chadrac (43046)
 Chadron (43047)
 Chamalières-sur-Loire (43049)
 Champclause (43053)
 La Chapelle-Bertin (43057)
 Chaspinhac (43061)
 Chaspuzac (43062)
 Chaudeyrolles (43066)
 Chomelix (43071)
 Costaros (43077)
 Coubon (43078)
 Craponne-sur-Arzon (43080)
 Cussac-sur-Loire (43084)
 Espaly-Saint-Marcel (43089)
 Les Estables (43091)
 Fay-sur-Lignon (43092)
 Fix-Saint-Geneys (43095)
 Freycenet-la-Cuche (43097)
 Freycenet-la-Tour (43098)
 Goudet (43101)
 Jullianges (43108)
 Lafarre (43109)
 Landos (43111)
 Lantriac (43113)
 Laussonne (43115)
 Lavoûte-sur-Loire (43119)
 Lissac (43122)
 Loudes (43124)
 Malrevers (43126)
 Mézères (43134)
 Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille (43135)
 Monlet (43138)
 Le Monteil (43140)
 Montusclat (43143)
 Moudeyres (43144)
 Ouides (43145)
 Le Pertuis (43150)
 Polignac (43152)
 Pradelles (43154)
 Présailles (43156)
 Le Puy-en-Velay (43157)
 Queyrières (43158)
 Rauret (43160)
 Roche-en-Régnier (43164)
 Rosières (43165)
 Saint-Arcons-de-Barges (43168)
 Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaison (43174)
 Saint-Étienne-du-Vigan (43180)
 Saint-Étienne-Lardeyrol (43181)
 Saint-Front (43186)
 Saint-Geneys-près-Saint-Paulien (43187)
 Saint-Georges-Lagricol (43189)
 Saint-Germain-Laprade (43190)
 Saint-Haon (43192)
 Saint-Hostien (43194)
 Saint-Jean-d'Aubrigoux (43196)
 Saint-Jean-de-Nay (43197)
 Saint-Jean-Lachalm (43198)
 Saint-Julien-Chapteuil (43200)
 Saint-Julien-d'Ance (43201)
 Saint-Martin-de-Fugères (43210)
 Saint-Paul-de-Tartas (43215)
 Saint-Paulien (43216)
 Saint-Pierre-du-Champ (43217)
 Saint-Pierre-Eynac (43218)
 Saint-Privat-d'Allier (43221)
 Saint-Victor-sur-Arlanc (43228)
 Saint-Vidal (43229)
 Saint-Vincent (43230)
 Salettes (43231)
 Sanssac-l'Église (43233)
 Séneujols (43238)
 Solignac-sur-Loire (43241)
 Vals-près-le-Puy (43251)
 Varennes-Saint-Honorat (43252)
 Les Vastres (43253)
 Vazeilles-Limandre (43254)
 Vergezac (43257)
 Vernassal (43259)
 Le Vernet (43260)
 Vielprat (43263)
 Vorey (43267) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Haute-Loire department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Le Puy-en-Velay
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes