Arrondissement of Bellac

The arrondissement of Bellac is an arrondissement of France, in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Bellac.

History
When the Haute-Vienne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Bellac was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Bellac is the most northern arrondissement of the Haute-Vienne department. It is bordered to the northwest and north by the Vienne department, to the east by the Creuse department, to the south by the arrondissement of  Limoges, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Rochechouart and to the west by the  Charente department.

The arrondissement of Bellac is the second arrondissement of the department, after the arrondissement of Limoges, in area, , and population (39,744 inhabitants). It has a population density of  inhabitants/km².

Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,Décret n° 2014-194 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Vienne cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.

In the arrondissement of Bellac, the canton of Bellac and the canton of Châteauponsac have all their communes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

+ Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Bellac INSEECode  Canton  Arrondissements  Total Bellac  Limoges  Rochechouart8702 Ambazac511168703 Bellac26268704 Châteauponsac3232

Communes
The arrondissement of Bellac has 62 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː


 Arnac-la-Poste (87003)
 Azat-le-Ris (87006)
 Balledent (87007)
 La Bazeuge (87008)
 Bellac (87011)
 Berneuil (87012)
 Bessines-sur-Gartempe (87014)
 Blanzac (87017)
 Blond (87018)
 Breuilaufa (87022)
 Le Buis (87023)
 Bussière-Poitevine (87028)
 Chamboret (87033)
 Châteauponsac (87041)
 Cieux (87045)
 Compreignac (87047)
 La Croix-sur-Gartempe (87052)
 Cromac (87053)
 Darnac (87055)
 Dinsac (87056)
 Dompierre-les-Églises (87057)
 Le Dorat (87059)
 Droux (87061)
 Folles (87067)
 Fromental (87068)
 Gajoubert (87069)
 Les Grands-Chézeaux (87074)
 Jouac (87080)
 Lussac-les-Églises (87087)
 Magnac-Laval (87089)
 Mailhac-sur-Benaize (87090)
 Montrol-Sénard (87100)
 Mortemart (87101)
 Nantiat (87103)
 Nouic (87108)
 Oradour-Saint-Genest (87109)
 Peyrat-de-Bellac (87116)
 Rancon (87121)
 Razès (87122)
 Roussac (87128)
 Saint-Amand-Magnazeix (87133)
 Saint-Barbant (87136)
 Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac (87139)
 Saint-Georges-les-Landes (87145)
 Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille (87149)
 Saint-Junien-les-Combes (87155)
 Saint-Léger-Magnazeix (87160)
 Saint-Martial-sur-Isop (87163)
 Saint-Martin-le-Mault (87165)
 Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe (87172)
 Saint-Pardoux (87173)
 Saint-Sornin-la-Marche (87179)
 Saint-Sornin-Leulac (87180)
 Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles (87182)
 Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze (87184)
 Tersannes (87195)
 Thiat (87196)
 Thouron (87197)
 Val-d'Issoire (87097)
 Vaulry (87198)
 Verneuil-Moustiers (87200)
 Villefavard (87206)

The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 87011  Bellac  4,117  Bellac  Le Haut Limousin 87014  Bessines-sur-Gartempe  2,830  Ambazac  Porte d'Occitanie 87041  Châteauponsac  2,053  Châteauponsac  Gartempe – Saint-Pardoux 87047  Compreignac  1,815 Bellac  Porte d'Occitanie 87089  Magnac-Laval  1,770  Châteauponsac  Brame Benaize 87059  Le Dorat  1,728  Châteauponsac  La Basse Marche 87103  Nantiat  1,579  Bellac  L'Aurence et Glane Développement

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Haute-Vienne department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Bellac