Arrondissement of Aurillac

The **arrondissement of Aurillac** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Cantal _département_ in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Aurillac.

## History

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

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Aurillac is in the southwest of the department and has an area of , the second largest in area, and the most populated of the department with 82,347 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Mauriac, to the northeast by the _arrondissement_ of Saint-Flour, to the east and south by the Aveyron department (Occitanie) and to the northwest by the Corrèze department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).

### 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 Aurillac, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_, Naucelles. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|INSEE Code || Canton || Aurillac || Mauriac || Saint-Flour || Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1501|Arpajon-sur-Cère|15|||**15**|
|1502|Aurillac-1|1 + part of Aurillac|||**1 + part of Aurillac**|
|1503|Aurillac-2|part of Aurillac|||**part of Aurillac **|
|1504|Aurillac-3|part of Aurillac|||**part of Aurillac **|
|1506|Maurs|18|||**18**|
|1508|Naucelles|14|2||**16**|
|1513|Saint-Paul-des-Landes|22|||**22**|
|1514|Vic-sur-Cère|23|||**23**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Aurillac has 94 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Arnac <small>(15011)</small>
1. Arpajon-sur-Cère <small>(15012)</small>
1. Aurillac <small>(15014)</small>
1. Ayrens <small>(15016)</small>
1. Badailhac <small>(15017)</small>
1. Besse <small>(15269)</small>
1. Boisset <small>(15021)</small>
1. Calvinet <small>(15027)</small>
1. Carlat <small>(15028)</small>
1. Cassaniouze <small>(15029)</small>
1. Cayrols <small>(15030)</small>
1. Crandelles <small>(15056)</small>
1. Cros-de-Montvert <small>(15057)</small>
1. Cros-de-Ronesque <small>(15058)</small>
1. Freix-Anglards <small>(15072)</small>
1. Giou-de-Mamou <small>(15074)</small>
1. Girgols <small>(15075)</small>
1. Glénat <small>(15076)</small>
1. Jou-sous-Monjou <small>(15081)</small>
1. Junhac <small>(15082)</small>
1. Jussac <small>(15083)</small>
1. Labesserette <small>(15084)</small>
1. Labrousse <small>(15085)</small>
1. Lacapelle-Viescamp <small>(15088)</small>
1. Lacapelle-del-Fraisse <small>(15087)</small>
1. Ladinhac <small>(15089)</small>
1. Lafeuillade-en-Vézie <small>(15090)</small>
1. Lapeyrugue <small>(15093)</small>
1. Laroquebrou <small>(15094)</small>
1. Laroquevieille <small>(15095)</small>
1. Lascelle <small>(15096)</small>
1. Leucamp <small>(15103)</small>
1. Leynhac <small>(15104)</small>
1. Mandailles-Saint-Julien <small>(15113)</small>
1. Marcolès <small>(15117)</small>
1. Marmanhac <small>(15118)</small>
1. Maurs <small>(15122)</small>
1. Montmurat <small>(15133)</small>
1. Montsalvy <small>(15134)</small>
1. Montvert <small>(15135)</small>
1. Mourjou <small>(15136)</small>
1. Naucelles <small>(15140)</small>
1. Nieudan <small>(15143)</small>
1. Omps <small>(15144)</small>
1. Pailherols <small>(15146)</small>
1. Parlan <small>(15147)</small>
1. Polminhac <small>(15154)</small>
1. Prunet <small>(15156)</small>
1. Quézac <small>(15157)</small>
1. Raulhac <small>(15159)</small>
1. Reilhac <small>(15160)</small>
1. Roannes-Saint-Mary <small>(15163)</small>
1. Rouffiac <small>(15165)</small>
1. Le Rouget-Pers <small>(15268)</small>
1. Roumégoux <small>(15166)</small>
1. Rouziers <small>(15167)</small>
1. Saint-Antoine <small>(15172)</small>
1. Saint-Cernin <small>(15175)</small>
1. Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne <small>(15178)</small>
1. Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert <small>(15179)</small>
1. Saint-Clément <small>(15180)</small>
1. Saint-Constant-Fournoulès <small>(15181)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-Cantalès <small>(15182)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-de-Carlat <small>(15183)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-de-Maurs <small>(15184)</small>
1. Saint-Gérons <small>(15189)</small>
1. Saint-Illide <small>(15191)</small>
1. Saint-Jacques-des-Blats <small>(15192)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-de-Toursac <small>(15194)</small>
1. Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat <small>(15196)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-des-Landes <small>(15204)</small>
1. Saint-Santin-Cantalès <small>(15211)</small>
1. Saint-Santin-de-Maurs <small>(15212)</small>
1. Saint-Saury <small>(15214)</small>
1. Saint-Simon <small>(15215)</small>
1. Saint-Victor <small>(15217)</small>
1. Sansac-Veinazès <small>(15222)</small>
1. Sansac-de-Marmiesse <small>(15221)</small>
1. La Ségalassière <small>(15224)</small>
1. Sénezergues <small>(15226)</small>
1. Siran <small>(15228)</small>
1. Teissières-de-Cornet <small>(15233)</small>
1. Teissières-lès-Bouliès <small>(15234)</small>
1. Thiézac <small>(15236)</small>
1. Tournemire <small>(15238)</small>
1. Le Trioulou <small>(15242)</small>
1. Velzic <small>(15252)</small>
1. Vézac <small>(15255)</small>
1. Vezels-Roussy <small>(15257)</small>
1. Vic-sur-Cère <small>(15258)</small>
1. Vieillevie <small>(15260)</small>
1. Vitrac <small>(15264)</small>
1. Yolet <small>(15266)</small>
1. Ytrac <small>(15267)</small>

The _communes_ with more inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|15014|Aurillac|26,135|Aurillac-1, Aurillac-2 and Aurillac-3|Bassin d'Aurillac|
|15012|Arpajon-sur-Cère|6,233|Arpajon-sur-Cère|Bassin d'Aurillac|
|15267|Ytrac|4,121|Aurillac-1|Bassin d'Aurillac|
|15122|Maurs|2,170|Maurs|La Châtaigneraie Cantalienne|
|15083|Jussac|2,010|Naucelles|Bassin d'Aurillac|
|15140|Naucelles|1,942|Naucelles|Bassin d'Aurillac|
|15258|Vic-sur-Cère|1,917|Vic-sur-Cère|Cère et Goul en Carladès|
|15196|Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat|1,544|Maurs|La Châtaigneraie Cantalienne|
|15204|Saint-Paul-des-Landes|1,533|Saint-Paul-des-Landes|Bassin d'Aurillac|
|15221|Sansac-de-Marmiesse|1,352|Maurs|Bassin d'Aurillac|

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Aurillac
- **insee**: 151
- **nbcomm**: 93
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Aurillac
- **area**: 1936.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Aurillac 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes