Arrondissement of Aurillac

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

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

Geography
The arrondissement of Aurillac is in the southwest of the department and has an area of , the second largest in area, and the most populated of the department with 82,347 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Mauriac, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Saint-Flour, to the east and south by the Aveyron department (Occitanie) and to the northwest by the Corrèze department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).

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 Aurillac, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement, Naucelles. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Aurillac INSEECode  Canton  Aurillac  Mauriac  Saint-Flour  Total1501  Arpajon-sur-Cère15151502  Aurillac-11 + part of Aurillac 1 + part of Aurillac1503  Aurillac-2part of Aurillac part of Aurillac 1504  Aurillac-3part of Aurillac part of Aurillac 1506  Maurs  18 181508  Naucelles 14 2161513  Saint-Paul-des-Landes  22 221514  Vic-sur-Cère  23 23

Communes
The arrondissement of Aurillac has 94 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Arnac (15011)
 Arpajon-sur-Cère (15012)
 Aurillac (15014)
 Ayrens (15016)
 Badailhac (15017)
 Besse (15269)
 Boisset (15021)
 Calvinet (15027)
 Carlat (15028)
 Cassaniouze (15029)
 Cayrols (15030)
 Crandelles (15056)
 Cros-de-Montvert (15057)
 Cros-de-Ronesque (15058)
 Freix-Anglards (15072)
 Giou-de-Mamou (15074)
 Girgols (15075)
 Glénat (15076)
 Jou-sous-Monjou (15081)
 Junhac (15082)
 Jussac (15083)
 Labesserette (15084)
 Labrousse (15085)
 Lacapelle-Viescamp (15088)
 Lacapelle-del-Fraisse (15087)
 Ladinhac (15089)
 Lafeuillade-en-Vézie (15090)
 Lapeyrugue (15093)
 Laroquebrou (15094)
 Laroquevieille (15095)
 Lascelle (15096)
 Leucamp (15103)
 Leynhac (15104)
 Mandailles-Saint-Julien (15113)
 Marcolès (15117)
 Marmanhac (15118)
 Maurs (15122)
 Montmurat (15133)
 Montsalvy (15134)
 Montvert (15135)
 Mourjou (15136)
 Naucelles (15140)
 Nieudan (15143)
 Omps (15144)
 Pailherols (15146)
 Parlan (15147)
 Polminhac (15154)
 Prunet (15156)
 Quézac (15157)
 Raulhac (15159)
 Reilhac (15160)
 Roannes-Saint-Mary (15163)
 Rouffiac (15165)
 Le Rouget-Pers (15268)
 Roumégoux (15166)
 Rouziers (15167)
 Saint-Antoine (15172)
 Saint-Cernin (15175)
 Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne (15178)
 Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert (15179)
 Saint-Clément (15180)
 Saint-Constant-Fournoulès (15181)
 Saint-Étienne-Cantalès (15182)
 Saint-Étienne-de-Carlat (15183)
 Saint-Étienne-de-Maurs (15184)
 Saint-Gérons (15189)
 Saint-Illide (15191)
 Saint-Jacques-des-Blats (15192)
 Saint-Julien-de-Toursac (15194)
 Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat (15196)
 Saint-Paul-des-Landes (15204)
 Saint-Santin-Cantalès (15211)
 Saint-Santin-de-Maurs (15212)
 Saint-Saury (15214)
 Saint-Simon (15215)
 Saint-Victor (15217)
 Sansac-Veinazès (15222)
 Sansac-de-Marmiesse (15221)
 La Ségalassière (15224)
 Sénezergues (15226)
 Siran (15228)
 Teissières-de-Cornet (15233)
 Teissières-lès-Bouliès (15234)
 Thiézac (15236)
 Tournemire (15238)
 Le Trioulou (15242)
 Velzic (15252)
 Vézac (15255)
 Vezels-Roussy (15257)
 Vic-sur-Cère (15258)
 Vieillevie (15260)
 Vitrac (15264)
 Yolet (15266)
 Ytrac (15267)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 15014  Aurillac  26,135 Aurillac-1, Aurillac-2 and Aurillac-3  Bassin d'Aurillac 15012  Arpajon-sur-Cère  6,233  Arpajon-sur-Cère  Bassin d'Aurillac 15267  Ytrac  4,121  Aurillac-1  Bassin d'Aurillac 15122  Maurs  2,170  Maurs  La Châtaigneraie Cantalienne 15083  Jussac  2,010  Naucelles  Bassin d'Aurillac 15140  Naucelles  1,942  Naucelles  Bassin d'Aurillac 15258  Vic-sur-Cère  1,917  Vic-sur-Cère  Cère et Goul en Carladès 15196  Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat  1,544  Maurs  La Châtaigneraie Cantalienne 15204  Saint-Paul-des-Landes  1,533  Saint-Paul-des-Landes  Bassin d'Aurillac 15221  Sansac-de-Marmiesse  1,352  Maurs  Bassin d'Aurillac

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

References

Aurillac