Arrondissement of Mauriac

The arrondissement of Mauriac is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Cantal département in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and subpréfecture of the department, is the city of Mauriac.

History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Mauriac was one of them in the Cantal department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Mauriac is in the northwest of the department and has an area of , the smallest and with fewest people living in it with 26,192 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north and west by the Corrèze department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), to the northeast by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the arrondissement of Saint-Flour and to the south by the arrondissement of Aurillac.

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 Mauriac, there is only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement, Naucelles and Riom-ès-Montagnes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Mauriac INSEECode  Canton  Aurillac  Mauriac  Saint-Flour  Total1505  Mauriac 20 201508  Naucelles 14 2161510  Riom-ès-Montagnes  14  9 231515  Ydes  19 19

Communes
The arrondissement of Mauriac has 55 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Ally (15003)
 Anglards-de-Salers (15006)
 Antignac (15008)
 Apchon (15009)
 Arches (15010)
 Auzers (15015)
 Barriac-les-Bosquets (15018)
 Bassignac (15019)
 Beaulieu (15020)
 Brageac (15024)
 Chalvignac (15036)
 Champagnac (15037)
 Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal (15038)
 Chaussenac (15046)
 Collandres (15052)
 Drugeac (15063)
 Escorailles (15064)
 Fontanges (15070)
 Jaleyrac (15079)
 La Monselie (15128)
 Lanobre (15092)
 Le Falgoux (15066)
 Le Fau (15067)
 Le Monteil (15131)
 Le Vaulmier (15249)
 Le Vigean (15261)
 Madic (15111)
 Mauriac (15120)
 Menet (15124)
 Moussages (15137)
 Méallet (15123)
 Pleaux (15153)
 Riom-ès-Montagnes (15162)
 Saignes (15169)
 Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers (15174)
 Saint-Chamant (15176)
 Saint-Hippolyte (15190)
 Saint-Martin-Cantalès (15200)
 Saint-Martin-Valmeroux (15202)
 Saint-Paul-de-Salers (15205)
 Saint-Pierre (15206)
 Saint-Projet-de-Salers (15208)
 Saint-Vincent-de-Salers (15218)
 Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil (15185)
 Sainte-Eulalie (15186)
 Salers (15219)
 Salins (15220)
 Sauvat (15223)
 Sourniac (15230)
 Trizac (15243)
 Trémouille (15240)
 Valette (15246)
 Vebret (15250)
 Veyrières (15254)
 Ydes (15265)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 15120  Mauriac  3,682  Mauriac  Le Pays de Mauriac 15162  Riom-ès-Montagnes  2,661  Riom-ès-Montagnes  Le Pays Gentiane 15265  Ydes  1,778  Ydes  Sumène - Artense 15153  Pleaux  1,531  Mauriac  Le Pays de Salers 15092  Lanobre  1,441  Ydes  Sumène - Artense 15037  Champagnac  1,066  Ydes  Sumène - Artense 15038  Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal  1,050  Ydes  Sumène - Artense

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Cantal department
 Communes of the Cantal department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Mauriac