Arrondissement of Thiers

The arrondissement of Thiers is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Puy-de-Dôme département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Thiers.

History
When the Puy-de-Dôme department was created in 1790, the arrondissement of Thiers was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Thiers is in the northeast of the department and borders to the north with the Allier department, to the east with the Loire department, to the south with the arrondissement of Ambert, to the southwest with the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, and to the west and northwest with the arrondissement of Riom.

The arrondissement of Thiers is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of . It has a population of 57,956 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

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 Thiers there are 4 cantons:

 Lezoux (6319)
 Maringues (6320) (partly)
 Les Monts du Livradois (6322) (partly)
 Thiers (6330)

Communes
The arrondissement of Thiers has 44 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Arconsat (63008)
 Aubusson-d'Auvergne (63015)
 Augerolles (63016)
 Bort-l'Étang (63045)
 Bulhon (63058)
 Celles-sur-Durolle (63066)
 Chabreloche (63072)
 Charnat (63095)
 Châteldon (63102)
 Courpière (63125)
 Crevant-Laveine (63128)
 Culhat (63131)
 Dorat (63138)
 Escoutoux (63151)
 Joze (63180)
 Lachaux (63184)
 Lempty (63194)
 Lezoux (63195)
 Moissat (63229)
 La Monnerie-le-Montel (63231)
 Noalhat (63253)
 Néronde-sur-Dore (63249)
 Olmet (63260)
 Orléat (63265)
 Palladuc (63267)
 Paslières (63271)
 Peschadoires (63276)
 Puy-Guillaume (63291)
 Ravel (63296)
 La Renaudie (63298)
 Ris (63301)
 Sainte-Agathe (63310)
 Saint-Flour (63343)
 Saint-Jean-d'Heurs (63364)
 Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle (63393)
 Saint-Victor-Montvianeix (63402)
 Sauviat (63414)
 Sermentizon (63418)
 Seychalles (63420)
 Thiers (63430)
 Vinzelles (63461)
 Viscomtat (63463)
 Vollore-Montagne (63468)
 Vollore-Ville (63469)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 63430  Thiers  11,588  Thiers  Thiers Dore et Montagne 63195  Lezoux  5,864  Lezoux  Entre Dore et Allier 63125  Courpière  4,338  Les Monts du Livradois  Thiers Dore et Montagne 63291  Puy-Guillaume  2,665  Maringues  Thiers Dore et Montagne 63276  Peschadoires  2,110  Lezoux  Entre Dore et Allier 63265  Orléat  2,100  Lezoux  Entre Dore et Allier 63231  La Monnerie-le-Montel  1,786  Thiers  Thiers Dore et Montagne 63393  Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle  1,766  Thiers  Thiers Dore et Montagne 63066  Celles-sur-Durolle  1,755  Thiers  Thiers Dore et Montagne 63271  Paslières  1,556  Maringues  Thiers Dore et Montagne

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Puy-de-Dôme department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Category:Arrondissements of Puy-de-Dôme