Arrondissement of Thiers

The **arrondissement of Thiers** 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 Thiers.

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Thiers is in the northeast of the department and borders to the north with the Allier department, to the east with the Loire department, to the south with the _arrondissement_ of Ambert, to the southwest with the _arrondissement_ of Clermont-Ferrand, and to the west and northwest with the _arrondissement_ of Riom.

The _arrondissement_ of Thiers is the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department, with an area of . It has a population of 57,956 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 Thiers there are 4 cantons:

1. Lezoux <small>(6319)</small>
1. Maringues <small>(6320)</small> (partly)
1. Les Monts du Livradois <small>(6322)</small> (partly)
1. Thiers <small>(6330)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Thiers has 44 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Arconsat <small>(63008)</small>
1. Aubusson-d'Auvergne <small>(63015)</small>
1. Augerolles <small>(63016)</small>
1. Bort-l'Étang <small>(63045)</small>
1. Bulhon <small>(63058)</small>
1. Celles-sur-Durolle <small>(63066)</small>
1. Chabreloche <small>(63072)</small>
1. Charnat <small>(63095)</small>
1. Châteldon <small>(63102)</small>
1. Courpière <small>(63125)</small>
1. Crevant-Laveine <small>(63128)</small>
1. Culhat <small>(63131)</small>
1. Dorat <small>(63138)</small>
1. Escoutoux <small>(63151)</small>
1. Joze <small>(63180)</small>
1. Lachaux <small>(63184)</small>
1. Lempty <small>(63194)</small>
1. Lezoux <small>(63195)</small>
1. Moissat <small>(63229)</small>
1. La Monnerie-le-Montel <small>(63231)</small>
1. Noalhat <small>(63253)</small>
1. Néronde-sur-Dore <small>(63249)</small>
1. Olmet <small>(63260)</small>
1. Orléat <small>(63265)</small>
1. Palladuc <small>(63267)</small>
1. Paslières <small>(63271)</small>
1. Peschadoires <small>(63276)</small>
1. Puy-Guillaume <small>(63291)</small>
1. Ravel <small>(63296)</small>
1. La Renaudie <small>(63298)</small>
1. Ris <small>(63301)</small>
1. Sainte-Agathe <small>(63310)</small>
1. Saint-Flour <small>(63343)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-d'Heurs <small>(63364)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle <small>(63393)</small>
1. Saint-Victor-Montvianeix <small>(63402)</small>
1. Sauviat <small>(63414)</small>
1. Sermentizon <small>(63418)</small>
1. Seychalles <small>(63420)</small>
1. Thiers <small>(63430)</small>
1. Vinzelles <small>(63461)</small>
1. Viscomtat <small>(63463)</small>
1. Vollore-Montagne <small>(63468)</small>
1. Vollore-Ville <small>(63469)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|63430|Thiers|11,588|Thiers|Thiers Dore et Montagne|
|63195|Lezoux|5,864|Lezoux|Entre Dore et Allier|
|63125|Courpière|4,338|Les Monts du Livradois|Thiers Dore et Montagne|
|63291|Puy-Guillaume|2,665|Maringues|Thiers Dore et Montagne|
|63276|Peschadoires|2,110|Lezoux|Entre Dore et Allier|
|63265|Orléat|2,100|Lezoux|Entre Dore et Allier|
|63231|La Monnerie-le-Montel|1,786|Thiers|Thiers Dore et Montagne|
|63393|Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle|1,766|Thiers|Thiers Dore et Montagne|
|63066|Celles-sur-Durolle|1,755|Thiers|Thiers Dore et Montagne|
|63271|Paslières|1,556|Maringues|Thiers Dore et Montagne|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Thiers
- **insee**: 635
- **nbcomm**: 44
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, Thiers
- **area**: 853.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Thiers 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes