Arrondissement of Yssingeaux

The arrondissement of Yssingeaux is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Haute-Loire département. Its capital is the city of Yssingeaux, a subprefecture of the department.

History
When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Yssingeaux, with the name of Le Puy, was part of that original department. In 1988, the name was changed to Puy-en-Velay.

Geography
The arrondissement of Yssingeaux is bordered to the north by the Loire departmens, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and west by the arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay.

The arrondissement is in the northeast of the department and is the smallest arrondissement in area, , but the second in population, with 84,676 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The department is in the basin of the Loire river.

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 Yssingeaux, there are 8 cantons:

 Aurec-sur-Loire (4301)
 Bas-en-Basset (4302)
 Boutières (4303)
 Deux Rivières et Vallées (4305)
 Mézenc (4308) (partly)
 Monistrol-sur-Loire (4309
 Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique (4311) (partly)
 Yssingeaux (4319)

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

 Araules (43007)
 Aurec-sur-Loire (43012)
 Bas-en-Basset (43020)
 Beaux (43024)
 Beauzac (43025)
 Bessamorel (43028)
 Boisset (43034)
 Chenereilles (43069)
 Dunières (43087)
 Grazac (43102)
 La Chapelle-d'Aurec (43058)
 La Séauve-sur-Semène (43236)
 Lapte (43114)
 Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (43051)
 Le Mas-de-Tence (43129)
 Les Villettes (43265)
 Malvalette (43127)
 Mazet-Saint-Voy (43130)
 Monistrol-sur-Loire (43137)
 Montfaucon-en-Velay (43141)
 Montregard (43142)
 Pont-Salomon (43153)
 Raucoules (43159)
 Retournac (43162)
 Riotord (43163)
 Saint-André-de-Chalencon (43166)
 Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid (43172)
 Saint-Didier-en-Velay (43177)
 Saint-Ferréol-d'Auroure (43184)
 Saint-Jeures (43199)
 Saint-Julien-Molhesabate (43204)
 Saint-Julien-du-Pinet (43203)
 Saint-Just-Malmont (43205)
 Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon (43211)
 Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon (43212)
 Saint-Pal-de-Mons (43213)
 Saint-Romain-Lachalm (43223)
 Saint-Victor-Malescours (43227)
 Sainte-Sigolène (43224)
 Solignac-sous-Roche (43240)
 Tence (43244)
 Tiranges (43246)
 Valprivas (43249)
 Yssingeaux (43268)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 43137  Monistrol-sur-Loire  8,808  Monistrol-sur-Loire  Marches du Velay-Rochebaron 43268  Yssingeaux  7,105  Yssingeaux  Les Sucs 43012  Aurec-sur-Loire  6,035  Aurec-sur-Loire  Loire et Semène 43224  Sainte-Sigolène  5,952  Les Deux Rivières et Vallées  Marches du Velay-Rochebaron 43020  Bas-en-Basset  4,314  Bas-en-Basset  Marches du Velay-Rochebaron 43205  Saint-Just-Malmont  4,153  Aurec-sur-Loire  Loire et Semène 43177  Saint-Didier-en-Velay  3,465  Les Deux Rivières et Vallées  Loire et Semène 43244  Tence  3,127  Boutières  Le Haut-Lignon 43162  Retournac  2,886  Bas-en-Basset  Les Sucs 43087  Dunières  2,875  Boutières  Le Pays de Montfaucon 43025  Beauzac  2,854  Bas-en-Basset  Marches du Velay-Rochebaron

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

References

Yssingeaux