Arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde

The arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde is an arrondissement of France, in the Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Brive-la-Gaillarde (or Brive for short).

History
When the Corrèze department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde was part of that original department.

Geography
It is the southernmost of the arrondissements of the department with an area of . It has 130,034 inhabitants (2014) and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde is in the southeastern part of department and is bordered to the north by the Haute-Vienne department, to the northeast and east by the arrondissement of Tulle, to the south by the Lot department and to the west by the Dordogne department.

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 Brive-la-Gaillarde, only two cantons do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement:  (Midi corrézien and Uzerche). The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Brive-la-Gaillarde  Tulle  Ussel1901Allassac12121903Brive-la-Gaillarde-1part of Brivepart of Brive1904Brive-la-Gaillarde-2part of Brivepart of Brive1905Brive-la-Gaillarde-32 + part of Brive2 + part of Brive1906Brive-la-Gaillarde-4part of Brivepart of Brive1909Malemort-sur-Corrèze441910Midi corrézien331341913Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche13131918Uzerche129211919L'Yssandonnais2121

Communes
The arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde has 97 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

 Albignac (19003)
 Allassac (19005)
 Altillac (19007)
 Arnac-Pompadour (19011)
 Astaillac (19012)
 Aubazines (19013)
 Ayen (19015)
 Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne (19019)
 Benayes (19022)
 Beynat (19023)
 Beyssac (19024)
 Beyssenac (19025)
 Bilhac (19026)
 Branceilles (19029)
 Brignac-la-Plaine (19030)
 Brive-la-Gaillarde (19031)
 Brivezac (19032)
 Chabrignac (19035)
 La Chapelle-aux-Brocs (19043)
 La Chapelle-aux-Saints (19044)
 Chartrier-Ferrière (19047)
 Chasteaux (19049)
 Chauffour-sur-Vell (19050)
 Chenailler-Mascheix (19054)
 Collonges-la-Rouge (19057)
 Concèze (19059)
 Cosnac (19063)
 Cublac (19066)
 Curemonte (19067)
 Dampniat (19068)
 Donzenac (19072)
 Estivals (19077)
 Estivaux (19078)
 Jugeals-Nazareth (19093)
 Juillac (19094)
 Lagleygeolle (19099)
 Lanteuil (19105)
 Larche (19107)
 Lascaux (19109)
 Ligneyrac (19115)
 Liourdres (19116)
 Lissac-sur-Couze (19117)
 Lostanges (19119)
 Louignac (19120)
 Lubersac (19121)
 Malemort (19123)
 Mansac (19124)
 Marcillac-la-Croze (19126)
 Ménoire (19132)
 Meyssac (19138)
 Montgibaud (19144)
 Nespouls (19147)
 Noailhac (19150)
 Noailles (19151)
 Nonards (19152)
 Objat (19153)
 Palazinges (19156)
 Perpezac-le-Blanc (19161)
 Le Pescher (19163)
 Puy-d'Arnac (19169)
 Queyssac-les-Vignes (19170)
 Rosiers-de-Juillac (19177)
 Sadroc (19178)
 Saillac (19179)
 Saint-Aulaire (19182)
 Saint-Bazile-de-Meyssac (19184)
 Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière (19187)
 Saint-Bonnet-l'Enfantier (19188)
 Saint-Cernin-de-Larche (19191)
 Saint-Cyprien (19195)
 Saint-Cyr-la-Roche (19196)
 Saint-Éloy-les-Tuileries (19198)
 Sainte-Féréole (19202)
 Saint-Julien-le-Vendômois (19216)
 Saint-Julien-Maumont (19217)
 Saint-Martin-Sepert (19223)
 Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche (19229)
 Saint-Pardoux-Corbier (19230)
 Saint-Pardoux-l'Ortigier (19234)
 Saint-Robert (19239)
 Saint-Solve (19242)
 Saint-Sornin-Lavolps (19243)
 Saint-Viance (19246)
 Segonzac (19253)
 Ségur-le-Château (19254)
 Sérilhac (19257)
 Sioniac (19260)
 Troche (19270)
 Tudeils (19271)
 Turenne (19273)
 Ussac (19274)
 Varetz (19278)
 Vars-sur-Roseix (19279)
 Végennes (19280)
 Vignols (19286)
 Voutezac (19288)
 Yssandon (19289)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 19031  Brive-la-Gaillarde  46,961  Brive-la-Gaillarde-1, Brive-la-Gaillarde-2,Brive-la-Gaillarde-3 and Brive-la-Gaillarde-4  Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive 19123  Malemort  7,984  Malemort-sur-Corrèze  Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive 19229  Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche  4,778  Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche  Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive 19274  Ussac  4,060  Malemort-sur-Corrèze  Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive 19005  Allassac  3,882  Allassac  Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive 19153  Objat  3,574  L’Yssandonnais  Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive 19063  Cosnac  2,972  Brive-la-Gaillarde-3  Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive 19072  Donzenac  2,620  Allassac  Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive 19278  Varetz  2,370  Malemort-sur-Corrèze  Communauté d'agglomération du Bassin de Brive 19121  Lubersac  2,233  Uzerche  Le Pays de Lubersac-Pompadour

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Corrèze department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Brive-la-Gaillarde