Arrondissement of Bellac

The **arrondissement of Bellac** is an arrondissement of France, in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Bellac.

## History

When the Haute-Vienne department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Bellac was part of that original department.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Bellac is the most northern _arrondissement_ of the Haute-Vienne department. It is bordered to the northwest and north by the Vienne department, to the east by the Creuse department, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of  Limoges, to the southwest by the _arrondissement_ of Rochechouart and to the west by the  Charente department.

The _arrondissement_ of Bellac is the second _arrondissement_ of the department, after the _arrondissement_ of Limoges, in area, , and population (39,744 inhabitants). It has a population 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 Bellac, the canton of Bellac and the canton of Châteauponsac have all their _communes_. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|8702|Ambazac|5|11||**16**|
|8703|Bellac|26|||**26**|
|8704|Châteauponsac|32|||**32**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Bellac has 62 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Arnac-la-Poste <small>(87003)</small>
1. Azat-le-Ris <small>(87006)</small>
1. Balledent <small>(87007)</small>
1. La Bazeuge <small>(87008)</small>
1. Bellac <small>(87011)</small>
1. Berneuil <small>(87012)</small>
1. Bessines-sur-Gartempe <small>(87014)</small>
1. Blanzac <small>(87017)</small>
1. Blond <small>(87018)</small>
1. Breuilaufa <small>(87022)</small>
1. Le Buis <small>(87023)</small>
1. Bussière-Poitevine <small>(87028)</small>
1. Chamboret <small>(87033)</small>
1. Châteauponsac <small>(87041)</small>
1. Cieux <small>(87045)</small>
1. Compreignac <small>(87047)</small>
1. La Croix-sur-Gartempe <small>(87052)</small>
1. Cromac <small>(87053)</small>
1. Darnac <small>(87055)</small>
1. Dinsac <small>(87056)</small>
1. Dompierre-les-Églises <small>(87057)</small>
1. Le Dorat <small>(87059)</small>
1. Droux <small>(87061)</small>
1. Folles <small>(87067)</small>
1. Fromental <small>(87068)</small>
1. Gajoubert <small>(87069)</small>
1. Les Grands-Chézeaux <small>(87074)</small>
1. Jouac <small>(87080)</small>
1. Lussac-les-Églises <small>(87087)</small>
1. Magnac-Laval <small>(87089)</small>
1. Mailhac-sur-Benaize <small>(87090)</small>
1. Montrol-Sénard <small>(87100)</small>
1. Mortemart <small>(87101)</small>
1. Nantiat <small>(87103)</small>
1. Nouic <small>(87108)</small>
1. Oradour-Saint-Genest <small>(87109)</small>
1. Peyrat-de-Bellac <small>(87116)</small>
1. Rancon <small>(87121)</small>
1. Razès <small>(87122)</small>
1. Roussac <small>(87128)</small>
1. Saint-Amand-Magnazeix <small>(87133)</small>
1. Saint-Barbant <small>(87136)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac <small>(87139)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-les-Landes <small>(87145)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille <small>(87149)</small>
1. Saint-Junien-les-Combes <small>(87155)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-Magnazeix <small>(87160)</small>
1. Saint-Martial-sur-Isop <small>(87163)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-le-Mault <small>(87165)</small>
1. Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe <small>(87172)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux <small>(87173)</small>
1. Saint-Sornin-la-Marche <small>(87179)</small>
1. Saint-Sornin-Leulac <small>(87180)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles <small>(87182)</small>
1. Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze <small>(87184)</small>
1. Tersannes <small>(87195)</small>
1. Thiat <small>(87196)</small>
1. Thouron <small>(87197)</small>
1. Val-d'Issoire <small>(87097)</small>
1. Vaulry <small>(87198)</small>
1. Verneuil-Moustiers <small>(87200)</small>
1. Villefavard <small>(87206)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|87011|Bellac|4,117|Bellac|Le Haut Limousin|
|87014|Bessines-sur-Gartempe|2,830|Ambazac|Porte d'Occitanie|
|87041|Châteauponsac|2,053|Châteauponsac|Gartempe – Saint-Pardoux|
|87047|Compreignac|1,815|Bellac|Porte d'Occitanie|
|87089|Magnac-Laval|1,770|Châteauponsac|Brame Benaize|
|87059|Le Dorat|1,728|Châteauponsac|La Basse Marche|
|87103|Nantiat|1,579|Bellac|L'Aurence et Glane Développement|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Bellac
- **insee**: 871
- **nbcomm**: 57
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Bellac
- **area**: 1779.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Bellac 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine