The "arrondissement" is in the northeast of the department and is the smallest "arrondissement" in area, , but the second in population, with 84,676 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The department is in the basin of the Loire river.
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 Yssingeaux, there are 8 cantons:
The "arrondissement" of Yssingeaux has 44 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are:
Kientzheim
Kientzheim is a former commune in the Haut-Rhin department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Kaysersberg-Vignoble.
Kaysersberg-Vignoble
Kaysersberg-Vignoble is a new commune in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France. It was incorporated on 1 January 2016 by the combination of the former communes of Kaysersberg, Kientzheim and Sigolsheim.
Kiffis
Kiffis is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Kingersheim
Kingersheim is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish movie director, producer, screenwriter and movie editor. He was born in Madrid, Spain. In the mid-1960s he directed a series of action movies designed for the wider European market including "Scaramouche" ("The Adventures of Scaramouche") in 1963 "and Estambul 65" ("That Man in Istanbul") in 1965. He made some English-language movies, most notably "They Came to Rob Las Vegas".
He directed 13 feature movies, wrote eleven and produced eight.
In 1981, he was the a member the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.
Isasi-Isasmendi died on 28 September 2017 in Ibiza, Spain at the age of 90.
Jürgen Roth
Jürgen Roth (4 November 1945 – 28 September 2017) was a German publicist and investigative journalist. He was born in Frankfurt on Main, Germany. He was known for his works in "Armut in der Bundesrepublik", "Der Sumpf" and for "Absturz".
Roth died on 28 September 2017 in Frankfurt at the age of 71.
Oleg Protopopov
Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov (; born 16 July 1932) is a former Russian-Swiss pair skater. He was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR.
Protopopov represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Ludmila Belousova he is a two-time Olympic champion (1964, 1968) and four-time World champion (1965–1968). In 1979 the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995. They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies.
Benjamin Whitrow
Benjamin John Whitrow (17 February 1937 – 28 September 2017) was an English actor. He was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his role as Mr Bennet in the 1995 BBC version of "Pride and Prejudice".
Whitrow voiced the role of Fowler in the 2000 animated movie "Chicken Run". His other movie appearances include "Quadrophenia" (1979), "Personal Services" (1987) and "Bomber" (2009).
Whitrow died on 28 September 2017 at the age of 80.
Mont Mézenc
Mont Mézenc is a French mountain in the "Massif du Mézenc", part of the Massif Central in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is on the border of the Ardèche and Haute-Loire departments and is the highest mountain of both departments.
The mountain is in the "Natural regional park of the Mountains of Ardèche" ().
Mont Mézenc is the highest mountain of the eastern border of the Massif Central. It is formed by two summits that are separated for a distance of about :
The Mont Mézenc has a volcanic origin; it is a dome of "phonolite", a kind volcanic rock. The mountain is covered by grasslands and heaths.
Tom Alter
Thomas Beach "Tom" Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor American descent. He was a television actor, best known for his work in Bollywood, and the theatre.
Alter was born in Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh, India (now in Uttarakhand). He was the son of American Christian missionaries of English and Scottish ancestry.
In 2008, he was awarded Padma Shri by the Indian government.
Tom Alter' son released a statement of his father's demise which said, "It is with sadness we announce the death of our beloved Tom Alter, actor, writer, director, Padma Shri, and most importantly our loving father!". Alter died of skin cancer on 29 September 2017 at his home in Mumbai, India at the age of 67.
Ludmila Belousova
Ludmila Yevgenyevna Belousova (; 22 November 1935 – 29 September 2017) was a Russian-Swiss pair skater. She was born in Ulyanovsk, Russian SFSR.
Belousova represented the Soviet Union. With her partner and husband Oleg Protopopov she was a two-time Olympic champion (1964, 1968) and four-time World champion (1965–1968). In 1979 the pair defected to Switzerland and became Swiss citizens in 1995. They continued to skate at ice shows and exhibitions through their seventies.
Belousova died on 29 September 2017 at the age of 81.
Dmitry Smolsky
Dmitry Smolski (July 25, 1937 – September 29, 2017) was a Belarusian composer. He was born in Minsk, Belarus. He was an Honored Artist of Belorussian SSR (1975) and a laureate of the State Prize of BSSR (1980). He also received the National Artist of the Republic of Belarus (1987), laureate of the Order of Francysk Skaryna (2013), professor.
Smolsky was the father of Victor Smolski, guitarist of the German sympho metal band Almanac.
Smolsky died on September 29, 2017 in Minks from complications of pneumonia at the age of 80.
Magdalena Ribbing
Magdalena Ribbing (30 July 1940 – 29 September 2017) was a Swedish writer, journalist, etiquette expert and lecturer. She married radio journalist Thomas Hempel in 1981. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Between 1970 and 2000 Ribbing worked as a political reporter for Dagens Nyheter, and from 1993 until 1999 she was the editor in chief of the Namn & nytt department of the paper. Ribbing was a "Sommarpratare" (Summer Presenter) on the Sveriges Radio show Sommar i P1 twice, on 13 June 1994 and 21 June 2000.
On 29 September 2017, Ribbing died after a fall in her home in Stockholm at the age of 77.
Deaths in October 2017
The following is a list of notable deaths in October 2017. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.
Joe Tiller
Joseph Henry "Joe" Tiller (December 7, 1942 – September 30, 2017) was an American football player and coach. He was born in Toledo, Ohio.
Tiller served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming from 1991 to 1996 and Purdue University from 1997 to 2008, having a career college football record of 126–92–1. Tiller was known as one of the innovators of the spread offense. He played for the Calgary Stampeders and for the Montana State Bobcats.
Tiller died on September 30, 2017 in Buffalo, Wyoming at the age of 74.
Lüen
Lüen is a former municipality of the district of Plessur in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Lüen, Calfreisen, Castiel, Langwies, Molinis, Peist and St. Peter-Pagig merged into the municipality of Arosa.
Kirchberg, Haut-Rhin
Kirchberg is a commune. It is in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Waylon Smithers
Waylon J Smithers Jr, but usually referred to simply as Mr. Smithers or simply Smithers, is a character in the animated television series "The Simpsons". He is voiced by Harry Shearer and made his first appeared in the episode "Homer's Odyssey", although his voice could be heard in the series premiere "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the consummate executive and personal assistant of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's owner Mr. Burns.
Jennifer Lee