Arrondissement of Brioude

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

History
When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Brioude was part of that original department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Brioude is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the Cantal department.

It is the most western of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the second largest of the department but it is the one with fewest people living in it with 45,848 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The Allier river flows through this arrondissement.

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 Brioude, there are 5 cantons:
 Brioude (4304)
 Gorges de l'Allier-Gévaudan (4307)
 Pays de Lafayette (4310)
 Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique (4311) (partly)
 Sainte-Florine (4317)

Communes
The arrondissement of Brioude has 111 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Agnat (43001)
 Ally (43006)
 Arlet (43009)
 Aubazat (43011)
 Vissac-Auteyrac (43013)
 Autrac (43014)
 Auvers (43015)
 Auzon (43016)
 Azérat (43017)
 Beaumont (43022)
 Berbezit (43027)
 La Besseyre-Saint-Mary (43029)
 Blassac (43031)
 Blesle (43033)
 Bonneval (43035)
 Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre (43038)
 Brioude (43040)
 Cerzat (43044)
 La Chaise-Dieu (43048)
 Chambezon (43050)
 Champagnac-le-Vieux (43052)
 Chanaleilles (43054)
 Chaniat (43055)
 Chanteuges (43056)
 La Chapelle-Geneste (43059)
 Charraix (43060)
 Chassagnes (43063)
 Chassignolles (43064)
 Chastel (43065)
 Chavaniac-Lafayette (43067)
 Chazelles (43068)
 Chilhac (43070)
 La Chomette (43072)
 Cistrières (43073)
 Cohade (43074)
 Collat (43075)
 Connangles (43076)
 Couteuges (43079)
 Cronce (43082)
 Cubelles (43083)
 Desges (43085)
 Domeyrat (43086)
 Espalem (43088)
 Esplantas-Vazeilles (43090)
 Félines (43093)
 Ferrussac (43094)
 Fontannes (43096)
 Frugerès-les-Mines (43099)
 Frugières-le-Pin (43100)
 Grenier-Montgon (43103)
 Grèzes (43104)
 Javaugues (43105)
 Jax (43106)
 Josat (43107)
 Lamothe (43110)
 Langeac (43112)
 Laval-sur-Doulon (43116)
 Lavaudieu (43117)
 Lavoûte-Chilhac (43118)
 Lempdes-sur-Allagnon (43120)
 Léotoing (43121)
 Lorlanges (43123)
 Lubilhac (43125)
 Malvières (43128)
 Mazerat-Aurouze (43131)
 Mazeyrat-d'Allier (43132)
 Mercœur (43133)
 Monistrol-d'Allier (43136)
 Montclard (43139)
 Paulhac (43147)
 Paulhaguet (43148)
 Pébrac (43149)
 Pinols (43151)
 Prades (43155)
 Saint-Arcons-d'Allier (43167)
 Saint-Austremoine (43169)
 Saint-Beauzire (43170)
 Saint-Bérain (43171)
 Saint-Christophe-d'Allier (43173)
 Saint-Cirgues (43175)
 Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon (43178)
 Saint-Étienne-sur-Blesle (43182)
 Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve (43183)
 Sainte-Florine (43185)
 Saint-Georges-d'Aurac (43188)
 Saint-Géron (43191)
 Saint-Hilaire (43193)
 Saint-Ilpize (43195)
 Saint-Julien-des-Chazes (43202)
 Saint-Just-près-Brioude (43206)
 Saint-Laurent-Chabreuges (43207)
 Sainte-Marguerite (43208)
 Saint-Pal-de-Senouire (43214)
 Saint-Préjet-Armandon (43219)
 Saint-Préjet-d'Allier (43220)
 Saint-Privat-du-Dragon (43222)
 Saint-Vénérand (43225)
 Saint-Vert (43226)
 Salzuit (43232)
 Saugues (43234)
 Sembadel (43237)
 Siaugues-Sainte-Marie (43239)
 Tailhac (43242)
 Thoras (43245)
 Torsiac (43247)
 Vals-le-Chastel (43250)
 Venteuges (43256)
 Vergongheon (43258)
 Vézézoux (43261)
 Vieille-Brioude (43262)
 Villeneuve-d'Allier (43264) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 43040  Brioude  6,700  Brioude  Le Brivadois 43112  Langeac  3,758  Gorges de l'Allier-Gévaudan  Les Rives du Haut-Allier 43185  Sainte-Florine  3,079  Sainte-Florine  Auzon Communauté 43258  Vergongheon  1,834  Sainte-Florine  Auzon Communauté 43234  Saugues  1,814  Gorges de l'Allier-Gévaudan  Les Rives du Haut-Allier 43132  Mazeyrat-d'Allier  1,520  Pays de Lafayette  Les Rives du Haut-Allier 43120  Lempdes-sur-Allagnon  1,327  Sainte-Florine  Auzon Communauté 43262  Vieille-Brioude  1,225  Brioude  Le Brivadois 43038  Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre  1,005  Brioude  Le Brivadois

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

References

Brioude