Arrondissement of Issoire

The **arrondissement of Issoire** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Puy-de-Dôme _département_, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Issoire.

## History

When the Puy-de-Dôme department was created in 1790, the _arrondissement_ of Issoire was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Issoire is in the southwest of the department and borders to the north with the _arrondissement_ of Clermont-Ferrand, to the east with the _arrondissement_ of Ambert, to the southeast with the Haute-Loire department, to the south with the Cantal department, and to the west and northwest with the _arrondissement_ of Riom.

The _arrondissement_ of Issoire is the second largest _arrondissement_ of the department, with an area of . It has a population of 62,931 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

### 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 Issoire there are 5 cantons:

1. Brassac-les-Mines <small>(6306)</small>
1. Issoire <small>(6318)</small>
1. Orcines <small>(6323)</small> (partly)
1. Le Sancy <small>(6329)</small> (partly)
1. Vic-le-Comte <small>(6331)</small> (partly)

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Issoire has 135 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Antoingt <small>(63005)</small>
1. Anzat-le-Luguet <small>(63006)</small>
1. Apchat <small>(63007)</small>
1. Ardes <small>(63009)</small>
1. Augnat <small>(63017)</small>
1. Aulhat-Flat <small>(63160)</small>
1. Aurières <small>(63020)</small>
1. Auzat-la-Combelle <small>(63022)</small>
1. Avèze <small>(63024)</small>
1. Bagnols <small>(63028)</small>
1. Bansat <small>(63029)</small>
1. Beaulieu <small>(63031)</small>
1. Bergonne <small>(63036)</small>
1. Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise <small>(63038)</small>
1. Boudes <small>(63046)</small>
1. La Bourboule <small>(63047)</small>
1. Brassac-les-Mines <small>(63050)</small>
1. Brenat <small>(63051)</small>
1. Le Breuil-sur-Couze <small>(63052)</small>
1. Le Broc <small>(63054)</small>
1. Ceyssat <small>(63071)</small>
1. Chadeleuf <small>(63073)</small>
1. Chalus <small>(63074)</small>
1. Chambon-sur-Lac <small>(63077)</small>
1. Chaméane <small>(63078)</small>
1. Champagnat-le-Jeune <small>(63079)</small>
1. Champeix <small>(63080)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Marcousse <small>(63087)</small>
1. La Chapelle-sur-Usson <small>(63088)</small>
1. Charbonnier-les-Mines <small>(63091)</small>
1. Chassagne <small>(63097)</small>
1. Chastreix <small>(63098)</small>
1. Chidrac <small>(63109)</small>
1. Clémensat <small>(63111)</small>
1. Collanges <small>(63114)</small>
1. Compains <small>(63117)</small>
1. Coudes <small>(63121)</small>
1. Courgoul <small>(63122)</small>
1. Creste <small>(63127)</small>
1. Cros <small>(63129)</small>
1. Dauzat-sur-Vodable <small>(63134)</small>
1. Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues <small>(63144)</small>
1. Égliseneuve-des-Liards <small>(63145)</small>
1. Espinchal <small>(63153)</small>
1. Esteil <small>(63156)</small>
1. Gelles <small>(63163)</small>
1. Gignat <small>(63166)</small>
1. La Godivelle <small>(63169)</small>
1. Grandeyrolles <small>(63172)</small>
1. Heume-l'Église <small>(63176)</small>
1. Issoire <small>(63178)</small>
1. Jumeaux <small>(63182)</small>
1. Labessette <small>(63183)</small>
1. Lamontgie <small>(63185)</small>
1. Laqueuille <small>(63189)</small>
1. Larodde <small>(63190)</small>
1. Ludesse <small>(63199)</small>
1. Madriat <small>(63202)</small>
1. Mareugheol <small>(63209)</small>
1. Mazaye <small>(63219)</small>
1. Mazoires <small>(63220)</small>
1. Meilhaud <small>(63222)</small>
1. Montaigut-le-Blanc <small>(63234)</small>
1. Mont-Dore <small>(63236)</small>
1. Montpeyroux <small>(63241)</small>
1. Moriat <small>(63242)</small>
1. Murat-le-Quaire <small>(63246)</small>
1. Murol <small>(63247)</small>
1. Nébouzat <small>(63248)</small>
1. Neschers <small>(63250)</small>
1. Nonette-Orsonnette <small>(63255)</small>
1. Olby <small>(63257)</small>
1. Orbeil <small>(63261)</small>
1. Orcival <small>(63264)</small>
1. Pardines <small>(63268)</small>
1. Parent <small>(63269)</small>
1. Parentignat <small>(63270)</small>
1. Perpezat <small>(63274)</small>
1. Perrier <small>(63275)</small>
1. Peslières <small>(63277)</small>
1. Picherande <small>(63279)</small>
1. Plauzat <small>(63282)</small>
1. Les Pradeaux <small>(63287)</small>
1. Rentières <small>(63299)</small>
1. Roche-Charles-la-Mayrand <small>(63303)</small>
1. Rochefort-Montagne <small>(63305)</small>
1. Saint-Alyre-ès-Montagne <small>(63313)</small>
1. Saint-Babel <small>(63321)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-près-Orcival <small>(63326)</small>
1. Saint-Cirgues-sur-Couze <small>(63330)</small>
1. Saint-Diéry <small>(63335)</small>
1. Saint-Donat <small>(63336)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson <small>(63340)</small>
1. Saint-Floret <small>(63342)</small>
1. Saint-Genès-Champespe <small>(63346)</small>
1. Saint-Genès-la-Tourette <small>(63348)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-Lembron <small>(63352)</small>
1. Saint-Gervazy <small>(63356)</small>
1. Saint-Hérent <small>(63357)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-en-Val <small>(63366)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-Saint-Gervais <small>(63367)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-Puy-Lavèze <small>(63370)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-des-Plains <small>(63375)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-d'Ollières <small>(63376)</small>
1. Saint-Nectaire <small>(63380)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-Colamine <small>(63383)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-Roche <small>(63386)</small>
1. Saint-Quentin-sur-Sauxillanges <small>(63389)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy-de-Chargnat <small>(63392)</small>
1. Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne <small>(63397)</small>
1. Saint-Victor-la-Rivière <small>(63401)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent <small>(63403)</small>
1. Saint-Yvoine <small>(63404)</small>
1. Saurier <small>(63409)</small>
1. Sauvagnat-Sainte-Marthe <small>(63411)</small>
1. Sauxillanges <small>(63415)</small>
1. Singles <small>(63421)</small>
1. Solignat <small>(63422)</small>
1. Sugères <small>(63423)</small>
1. Tauves <small>(63426)</small>
1. Ternant-les-Eaux <small>(63429)</small>
1. La Tour-d'Auvergne <small>(63192)</small>
1. Tourzel-Ronzières <small>(63435)</small>
1. Trémouille-Saint-Loup <small>(63437)</small>
1. Usson <small>(63439)</small>
1. Valbeleix <small>(63440)</small>
1. Valz-sous-Châteauneuf <small>(63442)</small>
1. Varennes-sur-Usson <small>(63444)</small>
1. Vernet-la-Varenne <small>(63448)</small>
1. Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite <small>(63449)</small>
1. Vernines <small>(63451)</small>
1. Verrières <small>(63452)</small>
1. Vichel <small>(63456)</small>
1. Villeneuve <small>(63458)</small>
1. Vodable <small>(63466)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|63178|Issoire|14,578|Issoire|CA Pays d'Issoire|
|63050|Brassac-les-Mines|3,294|Brassac-les-Mines|CA Pays d'Issoire|
|63022|Auzat-la-Combelle|2,099|Brassac-les-Mines|CA Pays d'Issoire|
|63352|Saint-Germain-Lembron|1,921|Brassac-les-Mines|CA Pays d'Issoire|
|63038|Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise|1,501|Le Sancy|Massif du Sancy|
|63080|Champeix|1,314|Le Sancy|CA Pays d'Issoire|
|63415|Sauxillanges|1,225|Brassac-les-Mines|CA Pays d'Issoire|
|63121|Coudes|1,194|Vic-le-Comte|CA Pays d'Issoire|
|63397|Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne|1,119|Le Sancy|Dômes Sancy Artense|
|63052|Le Breuil-sur-Couze|1,061|Brassac-les-Mines|CA Pays d'Issoire|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Puy-de-Dôme department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Issoire
- **insee**: 633
- **nbcomm**: 134
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Issoire
- **area**: 2296.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Issoire 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes