Arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay

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_.

### 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:

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

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Le Puy-en-Velay has 102 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

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

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|43157|Le Puy-en-Velay|18,634|Le Puy-en-Velay-1, Le Puy-en-Velay-2 Le Puy-en-Velay-3, Le Puy-en-Velay-4 || CA Le Puy-en-Velay||
|43041|Brives-Charensac|4,153|Le Puy-en-Velay-3|CA Le Puy-en-Velay|
|43190|Saint-Germain-Laprade|3,546|Le Puy-en-Velay-3|CA Le Puy-en-Velay|
|43089|Espaly-Saint-Marcel|3,542|Le Puy-en-Velay-1|CA Le Puy-en-Velay|
|43251|Vals-près-le-Puy|3,345|Le Puy-en-Velay-1|CA Le Puy-en-Velay|
|43078|Coubon|3,104|Le Puy-en-Velay-4|CA Le Puy-en-Velay|
|43152|Polignac|2,821|Le Puy-en-Velay-2|CA Le Puy-en-Velay|
|43046|Chadrac|2,620|Le Puy-en-Velay-2|CA Le Puy-en-Velay|
|43216|Saint-Paulien|2,400|Saint-Paulien|CA Le Puy-en-Velay|
|43080|Craponne-sur-Arzon|2,129|Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique|CA Le Puy-en-Velay|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Le Puy-en-Velay
- **insee**: 432
- **nbcomm**: 102
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Le Puy-en-Velay
- **pop**: 96498
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 1930.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Le Puy-en-Velay 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes