Arrondissement of Saint-Flour

The arrondissement of Saint-Flour 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 Saint-Flour.

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Saint-Flour is in the most eastern arrondissement of the department and has an area of , the largest in the department, and a population of 38,079 inhabitants with a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the Haute-Loire department, to the southeast by the Lozère department (Occitanie), to the southeast by the Aveyron department (Occitanie) and to the west by the arrondissements of Aurillac and Mauriac.

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 Saint-Flour, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: the 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  Total1507  Murat 27 271509  Neuvéglise  28 281510  Riom-ès-Montagnes  14  9 231511  Saint-Flour-1  23 + part of Saint-Flour 23 + part of Saint-Flour1512  Saint-Flour-2  18 + part of Saint-Flour 18 + part of Saint-Flour
Communes
The arrondissement of Saint-Flour has 106 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Albepierre-Bredons (15025)
 Allanche (15001)
 Alleuze (15002)
 Andelat (15004)
 Anglards-de-Saint-Flour (15005)
 Anterrieux (15007)
 Auriac-l'Église (15013)
 Bonnac (15022)
 Brezons (15026)
 Celles (15031)
 Celoux (15032)
 Cézens (15033)
 Chaliers (15034)
 Chalinargues (15035)
 Chanterelle (15040)
 La Chapelle-d'Alagnon (15041)
 La Chapelle-Laurent (15042)
 Charmensac (15043)
 Chastel-sur-Murat (15044)
 Chaudes-Aigues (15045)
 Chavagnac (15047)
 Chazelles (15048)
 Cheylade (15049)
 Le Claux (15050)
 Clavières (15051)
 Coltines (15053)
 Condat (15054)
 Coren (15055)
 Cussac (15059)
 Deux-Verges (15060)
 Dienne (15061)
 Espinasse (15065)
 Ferrières-Saint-Mary (15069)
 Fridefont (15073)
 Gourdièges (15077)
 Jabrun (15078)
 Joursac (15080)
 Lacapelle-Barrès (15086)
 Landeyrat (15091)
 Lastic (15097)
 Laurie (15098)
 Lavastrie (15099)
 Laveissenet (15100)
 Laveissière (15101)
 Lavigerie (15102)
 Leyvaux (15105)
 Lieutadès (15106)
 Lorcières (15107)
 Lugarde (15110)
 Malbo (15112)
 Marcenat (15114)
 Marchastel (15116)
 Massiac (15119)
 Maurines (15121)
 Mentières (15125)
 Molèdes (15126)
 Molompize (15127)
 Montboudif (15129)
 Montchamp (15130)
 Montgreleix (15132)
 Murat (15138)
 Narnhac (15139)
 Neussargues-Moissac (15141)
 Neuvéglise (15142)
 Oradour (15145)
 Paulhac (15148)
 Paulhenc (15149)
 Peyrusse (15151)
 Pierrefort (15152)
 Pradiers (15155)
 Rageade (15158)
 Rézentières (15161)
 Roffiac (15164)
 Ruynes-en-Margeride (15168)
 Saint-Amandin (15170)
 Saint-Bonnet-de-Condat (15173)
 Sainte-Anastasie (15171)
 Sainte-Marie (15198)
 Saint-Flour (15187)
 Saint-Georges (15188)
 Saint-Martial (15199)
 Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux (15201)
 Saint-Mary-le-Plain (15203)
 Saint-Poncy (15207)
 Saint-Rémy-de-Chaudes-Aigues (15209)
 Saint-Saturnin (15213)
 Saint-Urcize (15216)
 Ségur-les-Villas (15225)
 Sériers (15227)
 Soulages (15229)
 Talizat (15231)
 Tanavelle (15232)
 Les Ternes (15235)
 Tiviers (15237)
 La Trinitat (15241)
 Ussel (15244)
 Vabres (15245)
 Val d'Arcomie (15108)
 Valjouze (15247)
 Valuéjols (15248)
 Védrines-Saint-Loup (15251)
 Vernols (15253)
 Vèze (15256)
 Vieillespesse (15259)
 Villedieu (15262)
 Virargues (15263)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 15187  Saint-Flour  6,643  Saint-Flour-1 and Saint-Flour-2  Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride 15138  Murat  1,880  Murat  Pays de Murat 15119  Massiac  1,735  Saint-Flour-1  Pays de Massiac 15188  Saint-Georges  1,138  Neuvéglise  Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride 15142  Neuvéglise  1,104  Neuvéglise  Pays de Pierrefort-Neuvéglise 15054  Condat  1,031  Riom-ès-Montagnes  Cézallier 15108  Val d'Arcomie  1,005  Neuvéglise  Pays de Saint-Flour Margeride 15141  Neussargues-Moissac  1,004  Murat  Pays de Murat
Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Cantal department
 Communes of the Cantal department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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