Arrondissement of Ussel

The **arrondissement of Ussel** is an arrondissement of France, in the Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Ussel.

## History

When the Corrèze department was created on 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Ussel was part of that original department.

## Geography

It is the northernmost _arrondissement_ of the department with an area of . It has 32,898 inhabitants (2014) and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Ussel is in the northern part of the department and is bordered to the northwest (a small part) by the Haute-Vienne department, to the north by the Creuse department, to the east by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the southeast by the Cantal department, and to the southwest and west by the _arrondissement_ of Tulle.

### 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 Ussel, only one canton does not have all their "communes" in the _arrondissement_: the Haute-Dordogne. 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|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1907|Égletons|||18|**18**|
|1908|Haute-Dordogne||2|24|**26**|
|1912|Plateau de Millevaches|||33|**33**|
|1917|Ussel|||11|**11**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Ussel has 80 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

1. Aix <small>(19002)</small>
1. Alleyrat <small>(19006)</small>
1. Ambrugeat <small>(19008)</small>
1. Bellechassagne <small>(19021)</small>
1. Bort-les-Orgues <small>(19028)</small>
1. Bugeat <small>(19033)</small>
1. Champagnac-la-Noaille <small>(19039)</small>
1. Chapelle-Spinasse <small>(19046)</small>
1. Chaumeil <small>(19051)</small>
1. Chavanac <small>(19052)</small>
1. Chaveroche <small>(19053)</small>
1. Chirac-Bellevue <small>(19055)</small>
1. Combressol <small>(19058)</small>
1. Couffy-sur-Sarsonne <small>(19064)</small>
1. Courteix <small>(19065)</small>
1. Darnets <small>(19070)</small>
1. Davignac <small>(19071)</small>
1. Égletons <small>(19073)</small>
1. Eygurande <small>(19080)</small>
1. Feyt <small>(19083)</small>
1. Le Jardin <small>(19092)</small>
1. Lafage-sur-Sombre <small>(19097)</small>
1. Lamazière-Basse <small>(19102)</small>
1. Lamazière-Haute <small>(19103)</small>
1. Lapleau <small>(19106)</small>
1. Laroche-près-Feyt <small>(19108)</small>
1. Latronche <small>(19110)</small>
1. Laval-sur-Luzège <small>(19111)</small>
1. Liginiac <small>(19113)</small>
1. Lignareix <small>(19114)</small>
1. Marcillac-la-Croisille <small>(19125)</small>
1. Margerides <small>(19128)</small>
1. Maussac <small>(19130)</small>
1. Merlines <small>(19134)</small>
1. Mestes <small>(19135)</small>
1. Meymac <small>(19136)</small>
1. Meyrignac-l'Église <small>(19137)</small>
1. Millevaches <small>(19139)</small>
1. Monestier-Merlines <small>(19141)</small>
1. Monestier-Port-Dieu <small>(19142)</small>
1. Montaignac-Saint-Hippolyte <small>(19143)</small>
1. Moustier-Ventadour <small>(19145)</small>
1. Neuvic <small>(19148)</small>
1. Palisse <small>(19157)</small>
1. Péret-Bel-Air <small>(19159)</small>
1. Pérols-sur-Vézère <small>(19160)</small>
1. Peyrelevade <small>(19164)</small>
1. Confolent-Port-Dieu <small>(19167)</small>
1. Roche-le-Peyroux <small>(19175)</small>
1. Rosiers-d'Égletons <small>(19176)</small>
1. Saint-Angel <small>(19180)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort <small>(19190)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos <small>(19199)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-la-Geneste <small>(19200)</small>
1. Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches <small>(19201)</small>
1. Saint-Fréjoux <small>(19204)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-Lavolps <small>(19206)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-Foissac <small>(19208)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-Luc <small>(19210)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie-Lapanouze <small>(19219)</small>
1. Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau <small>(19225)</small>
1. Saint-Merd-les-Oussines <small>(19226)</small>
1. Saint-Pantaléon-de-Lapleau <small>(19228)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf <small>(19232)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux <small>(19233)</small>
1. Saint-Rémy <small>(19238)</small>
1. Saint-Setiers <small>(19241)</small>
1. Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois <small>(19244)</small>
1. Saint-Victour <small>(19247)</small>
1. Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat <small>(19249)</small>
1. Sarran <small>(19251)</small>
1. Sarroux-Saint Julien <small>(19252)</small>
1. Sérandon <small>(19256)</small>
1. Sornac <small>(19261)</small>
1. Soudeilles <small>(19263)</small>
1. Soursac <small>(19264)</small>
1. Thalamy <small>(19266)</small>
1. Ussel <small>(19275)</small>
1. Valiergues <small>(19277)</small>
1. Veyrières <small>(19283)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|19275|Ussel|9,772|Ussel|Haute-Corrèze Communauté|
|19073|Égletons|4,304|Égletons|Ventadour - Egletons - Monédières|
|19028|Bort-les-Orgues|2,792|Haute-Dordogne|Haute-Corrèze Communauté|
|19136|Meymac|2,428|Plateau de Millevaches|Haute-Corrèze Communauté|
|19148|Neuvic|1,764|Haute-Dordogne|Haute-Corrèze Communauté|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Corrèze department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Ussel
- **insee**: 193
- **nbcomm**: 79
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Ussel, Corrèze, Ussel
- **area**: 2021.9
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Ussel 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine