Arrondissement of Brioude

The **arrondissement of Brioude** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Haute-Loire _département_. Its capital is the city of Brioude, a subprefecture of the department.

## History

When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the _arrondissement_ of Brioude was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Brioude is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Le Puy-en-Velay, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the Cantal department.

It is the most western of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of , the second largest of the department but it is the one with fewest people living in it with 45,848 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The Allier river flows through this _arrondissement_.

### 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 Brioude, there are 5 cantons:
1. Brioude <small>(4304)</small>
1. Gorges de l'Allier-Gévaudan <small>(4307)</small>
1. Pays de Lafayette <small>(4310)</small>
1. Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique <small>(4311)</small> (partly)
1. Sainte-Florine <small>(4317)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Brioude has 111 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Agnat <small>(43001)</small>
1. Ally <small>(43006)</small>
1. Arlet <small>(43009)</small>
1. Aubazat <small>(43011)</small>
1. Vissac-Auteyrac <small>(43013)</small>
1. Autrac <small>(43014)</small>
1. Auvers <small>(43015)</small>
1. Auzon <small>(43016)</small>
1. Azérat <small>(43017)</small>
1. Beaumont <small>(43022)</small>
1. Berbezit <small>(43027)</small>
1. La Besseyre-Saint-Mary <small>(43029)</small>
1. Blassac <small>(43031)</small>
1. Blesle <small>(43033)</small>
1. Bonneval <small>(43035)</small>
1. Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre <small>(43038)</small>
1. Brioude <small>(43040)</small>
1. Cerzat <small>(43044)</small>
1. La Chaise-Dieu <small>(43048)</small>
1. Chambezon <small>(43050)</small>
1. Champagnac-le-Vieux <small>(43052)</small>
1. Chanaleilles <small>(43054)</small>
1. Chaniat <small>(43055)</small>
1. Chanteuges <small>(43056)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Geneste <small>(43059)</small>
1. Charraix <small>(43060)</small>
1. Chassagnes <small>(43063)</small>
1. Chassignolles <small>(43064)</small>
1. Chastel <small>(43065)</small>
1. Chavaniac-Lafayette <small>(43067)</small>
1. Chazelles <small>(43068)</small>
1. Chilhac <small>(43070)</small>
1. La Chomette <small>(43072)</small>
1. Cistrières <small>(43073)</small>
1. Cohade <small>(43074)</small>
1. Collat <small>(43075)</small>
1. Connangles <small>(43076)</small>
1. Couteuges <small>(43079)</small>
1. Cronce <small>(43082)</small>
1. Cubelles <small>(43083)</small>
1. Desges <small>(43085)</small>
1. Domeyrat <small>(43086)</small>
1. Espalem <small>(43088)</small>
1. Esplantas-Vazeilles <small>(43090)</small>
1. Félines <small>(43093)</small>
1. Ferrussac <small>(43094)</small>
1. Fontannes <small>(43096)</small>
1. Frugerès-les-Mines <small>(43099)</small>
1. Frugières-le-Pin <small>(43100)</small>
1. Grenier-Montgon <small>(43103)</small>
1. Grèzes <small>(43104)</small>
1. Javaugues <small>(43105)</small>
1. Jax <small>(43106)</small>
1. Josat <small>(43107)</small>
1. Lamothe <small>(43110)</small>
1. Langeac <small>(43112)</small>
1. Laval-sur-Doulon <small>(43116)</small>
1. Lavaudieu <small>(43117)</small>
1. Lavoûte-Chilhac <small>(43118)</small>
1. Lempdes-sur-Allagnon <small>(43120)</small>
1. Léotoing <small>(43121)</small>
1. Lorlanges <small>(43123)</small>
1. Lubilhac <small>(43125)</small>
1. Malvières <small>(43128)</small>
1. Mazerat-Aurouze <small>(43131)</small>
1. Mazeyrat-d'Allier <small>(43132)</small>
1. Mercœur <small>(43133)</small>
1. Monistrol-d'Allier <small>(43136)</small>
1. Montclard <small>(43139)</small>
1. Paulhac <small>(43147)</small>
1. Paulhaguet <small>(43148)</small>
1. Pébrac <small>(43149)</small>
1. Pinols <small>(43151)</small>
1. Prades <small>(43155)</small>
1. Saint-Arcons-d'Allier <small>(43167)</small>
1. Saint-Austremoine <small>(43169)</small>
1. Saint-Beauzire <small>(43170)</small>
1. Saint-Bérain <small>(43171)</small>
1. Saint-Christophe-d'Allier <small>(43173)</small>
1. Saint-Cirgues <small>(43175)</small>
1. Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon <small>(43178)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-sur-Blesle <small>(43182)</small>
1. Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve <small>(43183)</small>
1. Sainte-Florine <small>(43185)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-d'Aurac <small>(43188)</small>
1. Saint-Géron <small>(43191)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire <small>(43193)</small>
1. Saint-Ilpize <small>(43195)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-des-Chazes <small>(43202)</small>
1. Saint-Just-près-Brioude <small>(43206)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-Chabreuges <small>(43207)</small>
1. Sainte-Marguerite <small>(43208)</small>
1. Saint-Pal-de-Senouire <small>(43214)</small>
1. Saint-Préjet-Armandon <small>(43219)</small>
1. Saint-Préjet-d'Allier <small>(43220)</small>
1. Saint-Privat-du-Dragon <small>(43222)</small>
1. Saint-Vénérand <small>(43225)</small>
1. Saint-Vert <small>(43226)</small>
1. Salzuit <small>(43232)</small>
1. Saugues <small>(43234)</small>
1. Sembadel <small>(43237)</small>
1. Siaugues-Sainte-Marie <small>(43239)</small>
1. Tailhac <small>(43242)</small>
1. Thoras <small>(43245)</small>
1. Torsiac <small>(43247)</small>
1. Vals-le-Chastel <small>(43250)</small>
1. Venteuges <small>(43256)</small>
1. Vergongheon <small>(43258)</small>
1. Vézézoux <small>(43261)</small>
1. Vieille-Brioude <small>(43262)</small>
1. Villeneuve-d'Allier <small>(43264)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|43040|Brioude|6,700|Brioude|Le Brivadois|
|43112|Langeac|3,758|Gorges de l'Allier-Gévaudan|Les Rives du Haut-Allier|
|43185|Sainte-Florine|3,079|Sainte-Florine|Auzon Communauté|
|43258|Vergongheon|1,834|Sainte-Florine|Auzon Communauté|
|43234|Saugues|1,814|Gorges de l'Allier-Gévaudan|Les Rives du Haut-Allier|
|43132|Mazeyrat-d'Allier|1,520|Pays de Lafayette|Les Rives du Haut-Allier|
|43120|Lempdes-sur-Allagnon|1,327|Sainte-Florine|Auzon Communauté|
|43262|Vieille-Brioude|1,225|Brioude|Le Brivadois|
|43038|Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre|1,005|Brioude|Le Brivadois|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Haute-Loire department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Brioude
- **insee**: 431
- **nbcomm**: 111
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Brioude
- **area**: 1886.8
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Brioude 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes