Arrondissement of Mauriac

The **arrondissement of Mauriac** 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 Mauriac.

## History

When the _arrondissements_ were created in 1800, Mauriac was one of them in the Cantal department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Mauriac is in the northwest of the department and has an area of , the smallest and with fewest people living in it with 26,192 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the north and west by the Corrèze department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), to the northeast by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Flour and to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Aurillac.

### 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 Mauriac, there is only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_, Naucelles and 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||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1505|Mauriac||20||**20**|
|1508|Naucelles|14|2||**16**|
|1510|Riom-ès-Montagnes||14|9|**23**|
|1515|Ydes||19||**19**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Mauriac has 55 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Ally <small>(15003)</small>
1. Anglards-de-Salers <small>(15006)</small>
1. Antignac <small>(15008)</small>
1. Apchon <small>(15009)</small>
1. Arches <small>(15010)</small>
1. Auzers <small>(15015)</small>
1. Barriac-les-Bosquets <small>(15018)</small>
1. Bassignac <small>(15019)</small>
1. Beaulieu <small>(15020)</small>
1. Brageac <small>(15024)</small>
1. Chalvignac <small>(15036)</small>
1. Champagnac <small>(15037)</small>
1. Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal <small>(15038)</small>
1. Chaussenac <small>(15046)</small>
1. Collandres <small>(15052)</small>
1. Drugeac <small>(15063)</small>
1. Escorailles <small>(15064)</small>
1. Fontanges <small>(15070)</small>
1. Jaleyrac <small>(15079)</small>
1. La Monselie <small>(15128)</small>
1. Lanobre <small>(15092)</small>
1. Le Falgoux <small>(15066)</small>
1. Le Fau <small>(15067)</small>
1. Le Monteil <small>(15131)</small>
1. Le Vaulmier <small>(15249)</small>
1. Le Vigean <small>(15261)</small>
1. Madic <small>(15111)</small>
1. Mauriac <small>(15120)</small>
1. Menet <small>(15124)</small>
1. Moussages <small>(15137)</small>
1. Méallet <small>(15123)</small>
1. Pleaux <small>(15153)</small>
1. Riom-ès-Montagnes <small>(15162)</small>
1. Saignes <small>(15169)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers <small>(15174)</small>
1. Saint-Chamant <small>(15176)</small>
1. Saint-Hippolyte <small>(15190)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-Cantalès <small>(15200)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-Valmeroux <small>(15202)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-de-Salers <small>(15205)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre <small>(15206)</small>
1. Saint-Projet-de-Salers <small>(15208)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-de-Salers <small>(15218)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil <small>(15185)</small>
1. Sainte-Eulalie <small>(15186)</small>
1. Salers <small>(15219)</small>
1. Salins <small>(15220)</small>
1. Sauvat <small>(15223)</small>
1. Sourniac <small>(15230)</small>
1. Trizac <small>(15243)</small>
1. Trémouille <small>(15240)</small>
1. Valette <small>(15246)</small>
1. Vebret <small>(15250)</small>
1. Veyrières <small>(15254)</small>
1. Ydes <small>(15265)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15120|Mauriac|3,682|Mauriac|Le Pays de Mauriac|
|15162|Riom-ès-Montagnes|2,661|Riom-ès-Montagnes|Le Pays Gentiane|
|15265|Ydes|1,778|Ydes|Sumène - Artense|
|15153|Pleaux|1,531|Mauriac|Le Pays de Salers|
|15092|Lanobre|1,441|Ydes|Sumène - Artense|
|15037|Champagnac|1,066|Ydes|Sumène - Artense|
|15038|Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal|1,050|Ydes|Sumène - Artense|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Mauriac
- **insee**: 152
- **nbcomm**: 55
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Mauriac, Cantal, Mauriac
- **pop**: 25,881
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 1278.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Mauriac 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes