Arrondissement of Saint-Flour

The **arrondissement of Saint-Flour** is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Cantal _département_ in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and subpréfecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Flour.

## History

When the _arrondissements_ were created in 1800, Saint-Flour was one of them in the Cantal department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Saint-Flour is in the most eastern _arrondissement_ of the department and has an area of , the largest in the department, and a population of 38,079 inhabitants with a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the Haute-Loire department, to the southeast by the Lozère department (Occitanie), to the southeast by the Aveyron department (Occitanie) and to the west by the _arrondissements_ of Aurillac and Mauriac.

### 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 Saint-Flour, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: the Riom-ès-Montagnes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:
|INSEE Code || Canton || Aurillac || Mauriac || Saint-Flour || Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1507|Murat|||27|**27**|
|1509|Neuvéglise|||28|**28**|
|1510|Riom-ès-Montagnes||14|9|**23**|
|1511|Saint-Flour-1|||23 + part of Saint-Flour|**23 + part of Saint-Flour**|
|1512|Saint-Flour-2|||18 + part of Saint-Flour|**18 + part of Saint-Flour**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Saint-Flour has 106 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Albepierre-Bredons <small>(15025)</small>
1. Allanche <small>(15001)</small>
1. Alleuze <small>(15002)</small>
1. Andelat <small>(15004)</small>
1. Anglards-de-Saint-Flour <small>(15005)</small>
1. Anterrieux <small>(15007)</small>
1. Auriac-l'Église <small>(15013)</small>
1. Bonnac <small>(15022)</small>
1. Brezons <small>(15026)</small>
1. Celles <small>(15031)</small>
1. Celoux <small>(15032)</small>
1. Cézens <small>(15033)</small>
1. Chaliers <small>(15034)</small>
1. Chalinargues <small>(15035)</small>
1. Chanterelle <small>(15040)</small>
1. La Chapelle-d'Alagnon <small>(15041)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Laurent <small>(15042)</small>
1. Charmensac <small>(15043)</small>
1. Chastel-sur-Murat <small>(15044)</small>
1. Chaudes-Aigues <small>(15045)</small>
1. Chavagnac <small>(15047)</small>
1. Chazelles <small>(15048)</small>
1. Cheylade <small>(15049)</small>
1. Le Claux <small>(15050)</small>
1. Clavières <small>(15051)</small>
1. Coltines <small>(15053)</small>
1. Condat <small>(15054)</small>
1. Coren <small>(15055)</small>
1. Cussac <small>(15059)</small>
1. Deux-Verges <small>(15060)</small>
1. Dienne <small>(15061)</small>
1. Espinasse <small>(15065)</small>
1. Ferrières-Saint-Mary <small>(15069)</small>
1. Fridefont <small>(15073)</small>
1. Gourdièges <small>(15077)</small>
1. Jabrun <small>(15078)</small>
1. Joursac <small>(15080)</small>
1. Lacapelle-Barrès <small>(15086)</small>
1. Landeyrat <small>(15091)</small>
1. Lastic <small>(15097)</small>
1. Laurie <small>(15098)</small>
1. Lavastrie <small>(15099)</small>
1. Laveissenet <small>(15100)</small>
1. Laveissière <small>(15101)</small>
1. Lavigerie <small>(15102)</small>
1. Leyvaux <small>(15105)</small>
1. Lieutadès <small>(15106)</small>
1. Lorcières <small>(15107)</small>
1. Lugarde <small>(15110)</small>
1. Malbo <small>(15112)</small>
1. Marcenat <small>(15114)</small>
1. Marchastel <small>(15116)</small>
1. Massiac <small>(15119)</small>
1. Maurines <small>(15121)</small>
1. Mentières <small>(15125)</small>
1. Molèdes <small>(15126)</small>
1. Molompize <small>(15127)</small>
1. Montboudif <small>(15129)</small>
1. Montchamp <small>(15130)</small>
1. Montgreleix <small>(15132)</small>
1. Murat <small>(15138)</small>
1. Narnhac <small>(15139)</small>
1. Neussargues-Moissac <small>(15141)</small>
1. Neuvéglise <small>(15142)</small>
1. Oradour <small>(15145)</small>
1. Paulhac <small>(15148)</small>
1. Paulhenc <small>(15149)</small>
1. Peyrusse <small>(15151)</small>
1. Pierrefort <small>(15152)</small>
1. Pradiers <small>(15155)</small>
1. Rageade <small>(15158)</small>
1. Rézentières <small>(15161)</small>
1. Roffiac <small>(15164)</small>
1. Ruynes-en-Margeride <small>(15168)</small>
1. Saint-Amandin <small>(15170)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Condat <small>(15173)</small>
1. Sainte-Anastasie <small>(15171)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie <small>(15198)</small>
1. Saint-Flour <small>(15187)</small>
1. Saint-Georges <small>(15188)</small>
1. Saint-Martial <small>(15199)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux <small>(15201)</small>
1. Saint-Mary-le-Plain <small>(15203)</small>
1. Saint-Poncy <small>(15207)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy-de-Chaudes-Aigues <small>(15209)</small>
1. Saint-Saturnin <small>(15213)</small>
1. Saint-Urcize <small>(15216)</small>
1. Ségur-les-Villas <small>(15225)</small>
1. Sériers <small>(15227)</small>
1. Soulages <small>(15229)</small>
1. Talizat <small>(15231)</small>
1. Tanavelle <small>(15232)</small>
1. Les Ternes <small>(15235)</small>
1. Tiviers <small>(15237)</small>
1. La Trinitat <small>(15241)</small>
1. Ussel <small>(15244)</small>
1. Vabres <small>(15245)</small>
1. Val d'Arcomie <small>(15108)</small>
1. Valjouze <small>(15247)</small>
1. Valuéjols <small>(15248)</small>
1. Védrines-Saint-Loup <small>(15251)</small>
1. Vernols <small>(15253)</small>
1. Vèze <small>(15256)</small>
1. Vieillespesse <small>(15259)</small>
1. Villedieu <small>(15262)</small>
1. Virargues <small>(15263)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15187|Saint-Flour|6,643|Saint-Flour-1 and Saint-Flour-2|Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride|
|15138|Murat|1,880|Murat|Pays de Murat|
|15119|Massiac|1,735|Saint-Flour-1|Pays de Massiac|
|15188|Saint-Georges|1,138|Neuvéglise|Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride|
|15142|Neuvéglise|1,104|Neuvéglise|Pays de Pierrefort-Neuvéglise|
|15054|Condat|1,031|Riom-ès-Montagnes|Cézallier|
|15108|Val d'Arcomie|1,005|Neuvéglise|Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride|
|15141|Neussargues-Moissac|1,004|Murat|Pays de Murat|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Cantal department
- Communes of the Cantal department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Saint-Flour
- **insee**: 153
- **nbcomm**: 98
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Saint-Flour, Cantal, Saint-Flour
- **pop**: 37697
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 2510.6
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Saint-Flour 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes