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.

Composition
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:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Ussel INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Brive-la-Gaillarde  Tulle  Ussel1907 Égletons18181908 Haute-Dordogne224261912 Plateau de Millevaches33331917 Ussel1111

Communes
The arrondissement of Ussel has 80 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

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

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  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

References

Ussel