Arrondissement of Yssingeaux

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

## History

When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the _arrondissement_ of Yssingeaux, with the name of _Le Puy_, was part of that original department. In 1988, the name was changed to Puy-en-Velay.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Yssingeaux is bordered to the north by the Loire departmens, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and west by the _arrondissement_ of Le Puy-en-Velay.

The _arrondissement_ is in the northeast of the department and is the smallest _arrondissement_ in area, , but the second in population, with 84,676 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The department is in the basin of the Loire river.

### 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 Yssingeaux, there are 8 cantons:

1. Aurec-sur-Loire <small>(4301)</small>
1. Bas-en-Basset <small>(4302)</small>
1. Boutières <small>(4303)</small>
1. Deux Rivières et Vallées <small>(4305)</small>
1. Mézenc <small>(4308)</small> (partly)
1. Monistrol-sur-Loire <small>(4309</small>
1. Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique <small>(4311)</small> (partly)
1. Yssingeaux <small>(4319)</small>

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Yssingeaux has 44 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Araules <small>(43007)</small>
1. Aurec-sur-Loire <small>(43012)</small>
1. Bas-en-Basset <small>(43020)</small>
1. Beaux <small>(43024)</small>
1. Beauzac <small>(43025)</small>
1. Bessamorel <small>(43028)</small>
1. Boisset <small>(43034)</small>
1. Chenereilles <small>(43069)</small>
1. Dunières <small>(43087)</small>
1. Grazac <small>(43102)</small>
1. La Chapelle-d'Aurec <small>(43058)</small>
1. La Séauve-sur-Semène <small>(43236)</small>
1. Lapte <small>(43114)</small>
1. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon <small>(43051)</small>
1. Le Mas-de-Tence <small>(43129)</small>
1. Les Villettes <small>(43265)</small>
1. Malvalette <small>(43127)</small>
1. Mazet-Saint-Voy <small>(43130)</small>
1. Monistrol-sur-Loire <small>(43137)</small>
1. Montfaucon-en-Velay <small>(43141)</small>
1. Montregard <small>(43142)</small>
1. Pont-Salomon <small>(43153)</small>
1. Raucoules <small>(43159)</small>
1. Retournac <small>(43162)</small>
1. Riotord <small>(43163)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Chalencon <small>(43166)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid <small>(43172)</small>
1. Saint-Didier-en-Velay <small>(43177)</small>
1. Saint-Ferréol-d'Auroure <small>(43184)</small>
1. Saint-Jeures <small>(43199)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-Molhesabate <small>(43204)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-du-Pinet <small>(43203)</small>
1. Saint-Just-Malmont <small>(43205)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon <small>(43211)</small>
1. Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon <small>(43212)</small>
1. Saint-Pal-de-Mons <small>(43213)</small>
1. Saint-Romain-Lachalm <small>(43223)</small>
1. Saint-Victor-Malescours <small>(43227)</small>
1. Sainte-Sigolène <small>(43224)</small>
1. Solignac-sous-Roche <small>(43240)</small>
1. Tence <small>(43244)</small>
1. Tiranges <small>(43246)</small>
1. Valprivas <small>(43249)</small>
1. Yssingeaux <small>(43268)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|43137|Monistrol-sur-Loire|8,808|Monistrol-sur-Loire|Marches du Velay-Rochebaron|
|43268|Yssingeaux|7,105|Yssingeaux|Les Sucs|
|43012|Aurec-sur-Loire|6,035|Aurec-sur-Loire|Loire et Semène|
|43224|Sainte-Sigolène|5,952|Les Deux Rivières et Vallées|Marches du Velay-Rochebaron|
|43020|Bas-en-Basset|4,314|Bas-en-Basset|Marches du Velay-Rochebaron|
|43205|Saint-Just-Malmont|4,153|Aurec-sur-Loire|Loire et Semène|
|43177|Saint-Didier-en-Velay|3,465|Les Deux Rivières et Vallées|Loire et Semène|
|43244|Tence|3,127|Boutières|Le Haut-Lignon|
|43162|Retournac|2,886|Bas-en-Basset|Les Sucs|
|43087|Dunières|2,875|Boutières|Le Pays de Montfaucon|
|43025|Beauzac|2,854|Bas-en-Basset|Marches du Velay-Rochebaron|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Yssingeaux
- **insee**: 433
- **nbcomm**: 44
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Yssingeaux
- **area**: 1159.7
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Yssingeaux 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes