Arrondissement of Aubusson

The **arrondissement of Aubusson** is an arrondissement of France, in the Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Aubusson.

## History

When the Creuse department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Aubusson was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Aubusson is the smallest _arrondissement_ of the department both in area, , and population (37,123 inhabitants).

The _arrondissement_ of Aubusson is the most southern _arrondissement_ of the Creuse department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Allier department, to the east by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the south by the Corrèze department, to the west by the  Haute-Vienne department and to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Guéret.

### 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 Aubusson, only three cantons do not have all their "communes" in the _arrondissement_:  (Ahun, Bourganeuf, Gouzon). The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="2" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2301|Ahun|10|17|**27**|
|2302|Aubusson|21||**21**|
|2303|Auzances|35||**35**|
|2305|Bourganeuf|4|13|**17**|
|2308|Évaux-les-Bains|17||**17**|
|2309|Felletin|19||**19**|
|2310|Gouzon|12|13|**25**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Aubusson has 118 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Alleyrat <small>(23003)</small>
1. Arfeuille-Châtain <small>(23005)</small>
1. Ars <small>(23007)</small>
1. Aubusson <small>(23008)</small>
1. Auge <small>(23009)</small>
1. Auzances <small>(23013)</small>
1. Banize <small>(23016)</small>
1. Basville <small>(23017)</small>
1. Beissat <small>(23019)</small>
1. Bellegarde-en-Marche <small>(23020)</small>
1. Blessac <small>(23024)</small>
1. Bosroger <small>(23028)</small>
1. Brousse <small>(23034)</small>
1. Budelière <small>(23035)</small>
1. Bussière-Nouvelle <small>(23037)</small>
1. Chamberaud <small>(23043)</small>
1. Chambon-sur-Voueize <small>(23045)</small>
1. Chambonchard <small>(23046)</small>
1. Champagnat <small>(23048)</small>
1. Chard <small>(23053)</small>
1. Charron <small>(23054)</small>
1. Chavanat <small>(23060)</small>
1. Châtelard <small>(23055)</small>
1. Chénérailles <small>(23061)</small>
1. Clairavaux <small>(23063)</small>
1. Crocq <small>(23069)</small>
1. Croze <small>(23071)</small>
1. Dontreix <small>(23073)</small>
1. Évaux-les-Bains <small>(23076)</small>
1. Faux-la-Montagne <small>(23077)</small>
1. Felletin <small>(23079)</small>
1. Flayat <small>(23081)</small>
1. Fontanières <small>(23083)</small>
1. Fransèches <small>(23086)</small>
1. Féniers <small>(23080)</small>
1. Gentioux-Pigerolles <small>(23090)</small>
1. Gioux <small>(23091)</small>
1. Issoudun-Létrieix <small>(23097)</small>
1. La Chaussade <small>(23059)</small>
1. La Courtine <small>(23067)</small>
1. La Mazière-aux-Bons-Hommes <small>(23129)</small>
1. La Nouaille <small>(23144)</small>
1. La Serre-Bussière-Vieille <small>(23172)</small>
1. La Villedieu <small>(23264)</small>
1. La Villeneuve <small>(23265)</small>
1. La Villetelle <small>(23266)</small>
1. Lavaveix-les-Mines <small>(23105)</small>
1. Le Chauchet <small>(23058)</small>
1. Le Compas <small>(23066)</small>
1. Le Donzeil <small>(23074)</small>
1. Le Mas-d'Artige <small>(23125)</small>
1. Le Monteil-au-Vicomte <small>(23134)</small>
1. Les Mars <small>(23123)</small>
1. Lioux-les-Monges <small>(23110)</small>
1. Lupersat <small>(23113)</small>
1. Lussat <small>(23114)</small>
1. Lépaud <small>(23106)</small>
1. Magnat-l'Étrange <small>(23115)</small>
1. Mainsat <small>(23116)</small>
1. Malleret <small>(23119)</small>
1. Mautes <small>(23127)</small>
1. Moutier-Rozeille <small>(23140)</small>
1. Mérinchal <small>(23131)</small>
1. Nouhant <small>(23145)</small>
1. Néoux <small>(23142)</small>
1. Peyrat-la-Nonière <small>(23151)</small>
1. Pontcharraud <small>(23156)</small>
1. Poussanges <small>(23158)</small>
1. Puy-Malsignat <small>(23159)</small>
1. Reterre <small>(23160)</small>
1. Rougnat <small>(23164)</small>
1. Royère-de-Vassivière <small>(23165)</small>
1. Saint-Agnant-près-Crocq <small>(23178)</small>
1. Saint-Alpinien <small>(23179)</small>
1. Saint-Amand <small>(23180)</small>
1. Saint-Avit-de-Tardes <small>(23182)</small>
1. Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre <small>(23183)</small>
1. Saint-Bard <small>(23184)</small>
1. Saint-Chabrais <small>(23185)</small>
1. Saint-Dizier-la-Tour <small>(23187)</small>
1. Saint-Domet <small>(23190)</small>
1. Saint-Frion <small>(23196)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-Nigremont <small>(23198)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-la-Genête <small>(23203)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-le-Châtel <small>(23204)</small>
1. Saint-Junien-la-Bregère <small>(23205)</small>
1. Saint-Loup <small>(23209)</small>
1. Saint-Maixant <small>(23210)</small>
1. Saint-Marc-à-Frongier <small>(23211)</small>
1. Saint-Marc-à-Loubaud <small>(23212)</small>
1. Saint-Martial-le-Mont <small>(23214)</small>
1. Saint-Martial-le-Vieux <small>(23215)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-Château <small>(23216)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-près-Crocq <small>(23218)</small>
1. Saint-Merd-la-Breuille <small>(23221)</small>
1. Saint-Michel-de-Veisse <small>(23222)</small>
1. Saint-Moreil <small>(23223)</small>
1. Saint-Médard-la-Rochette <small>(23220)</small>
1. Saint-Oradoux-de-Chirouze <small>(23224)</small>
1. Saint-Oradoux-près-Crocq <small>(23225)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux-Morterolles <small>(23227)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux-d'Arnet <small>(23226)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf <small>(23228)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards <small>(23229)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-Bellevue <small>(23232)</small>
1. Saint-Priest <small>(23234)</small>
1. Saint-Quentin-la-Chabanne <small>(23238)</small>
1. Saint-Silvain-Bellegarde <small>(23241)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-les-Champs <small>(23246)</small>
1. Saint-Yrieix-la-Montagne <small>(23249)</small>
1. Sainte-Feyre-la-Montagne <small>(23194)</small>
1. Sannat <small>(23167)</small>
1. Sermur <small>(23171)</small>
1. Sous-Parsat <small>(23175)</small>
1. Tardes <small>(23251)</small>
1. Vallière <small>(23257)</small>
1. Verneiges <small>(23259)</small>
1. Viersat <small>(23261)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:
|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23008|Aubusson|3,591|Aubusson|Creuse Grand Sud|
|23079|Felletin|1,700|Felletin|Creuse Grand Sud|
|23076|Évaux-les-Bains|1,393|Évaux-les-Bains|Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces, Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize|
|23013|Auzances|1,288|Auzances|Chénérailles, Auzances – Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois|
|23045|Chambon-sur-Voueize|930|Évaux-les-Bains|Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces, Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Creuse department
- Communes of the Creuse department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Aubusson
- **insee**: 231
- **nbcomm**: 129
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Aubusson, Creuse, Aubusson
- **area**: 2828.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Aubusson 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine