Arrondissements of the Puy-de-Dôme department

There are 5 arrondissements in the Puy-de-Dôme department. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts (in some cases, as boroughs). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The 5 arrondissements of Puy-de-Dôme are:


+ Arrondissements of Puy-de-Dôme INSEEcode  Arrondissement  Capital  Population(2014)  Area(km²)  Density(Inh./km²)  Communes 631  Ambert  Ambert 26,653  1,188.1    58 632  Clermont-Ferrand  Clermont-Ferrand  375,518  1,796.5    75 633  Issoire  Issoire  62,931  1,819.6    135 634  Riom  Riom  121,158  2,299.7    155 635  Thiers  Thiers  57,956  865.8    44
History
Since its creation, the Puy-de-Dôme department has had some changes:
 1790 : creation of the Puy-de-Dôme department with eight districts: Ambert, Besse, Billom, Clermont-Ferrand, Issoire, Montaigu, Riom and Thiers, with Clermont-Ferrand as its capital.
 1800 : creation of the arrondissements: Ambert, Clermont-Ferrand, Issoire, Riom and Thiers.
 1926 : the arrondissement of  Ambert was eliminated.
 1942 : Ambert became again an arrondissement of the department.

Related pages
 Arrondissement of Ambert
 Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand
 Arrondissement of Issoire
 Arrondissement of Riom
 Arrondissement of Thiers
 List of arrondissements of France

References

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