Arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay

The arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Haute-Loire département. Its capital, and the prefecture of the department, is the city of Le Puy-en-Velay.

History
When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay, 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 Puy-en-Velay is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme and Loire departments, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Yssingeaux, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the arrondissement of Brioude.

It is the central arrondissement of the department and is the largest arrondissement both in area, , and in population, with 96,041 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The Loire 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 Puy-en-Velay, there are 9 cantons:

 Emblavez-et-Meygal (4306)
 Mézenc (4308) (partly)
 Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique (4311) (partly)
 Le Puy-en-Velay-1 (4312)
 Le Puy-en-Velay-2 (4313)
 Le Puy-en-Velay-3 (4314)
 Le Puy-en-Velay-4 (4315)
 Saint-Paulien (4316)
 Velay volcanique (4318)

Communes
The arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay has 102 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aiguilhe (43002)
 Allègre (43003)
 Alleyrac (43004)
 Alleyras (43005)
 Arlempdes (43008)
 Arsac-en-Velay (43010)
 Bains (43018)
 Barges (43019)
 Beaulieu (43021)
 Beaune-sur-Arzon (43023)
 Bellevue-la-Montagne (43026)
 Blanzac (43030)
 Blavozy (43032)
 Borne (43036)
 Le Bouchet-Saint-Nicolas (43037)
 Le Brignon (43039)
 Brives-Charensac (43041)
 Cayres (43042)
 Céaux-d'Allègre (43043)
 Ceyssac (43045)
 Chadrac (43046)
 Chadron (43047)
 Chamalières-sur-Loire (43049)
 Champclause (43053)
 La Chapelle-Bertin (43057)
 Chaspinhac (43061)
 Chaspuzac (43062)
 Chaudeyrolles (43066)
 Chomelix (43071)
 Costaros (43077)
 Coubon (43078)
 Craponne-sur-Arzon (43080)
 Cussac-sur-Loire (43084)
 Espaly-Saint-Marcel (43089)
 Les Estables (43091)
 Fay-sur-Lignon (43092)
 Fix-Saint-Geneys (43095)
 Freycenet-la-Cuche (43097)
 Freycenet-la-Tour (43098)
 Goudet (43101)
 Jullianges (43108)
 Lafarre (43109)
 Landos (43111)
 Lantriac (43113)
 Laussonne (43115)
 Lavoûte-sur-Loire (43119)
 Lissac (43122)
 Loudes (43124)
 Malrevers (43126)
 Mézères (43134)
 Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille (43135)
 Monlet (43138)
 Le Monteil (43140)
 Montusclat (43143)
 Moudeyres (43144)
 Ouides (43145)
 Le Pertuis (43150)
 Polignac (43152)
 Pradelles (43154)
 Présailles (43156)
 Le Puy-en-Velay (43157)
 Queyrières (43158)
 Rauret (43160)
 Roche-en-Régnier (43164)
 Rosières (43165)
 Saint-Arcons-de-Barges (43168)
 Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaison (43174)
 Saint-Étienne-du-Vigan (43180)
 Saint-Étienne-Lardeyrol (43181)
 Saint-Front (43186)
 Saint-Geneys-près-Saint-Paulien (43187)
 Saint-Georges-Lagricol (43189)
 Saint-Germain-Laprade (43190)
 Saint-Haon (43192)
 Saint-Hostien (43194)
 Saint-Jean-d'Aubrigoux (43196)
 Saint-Jean-de-Nay (43197)
 Saint-Jean-Lachalm (43198)
 Saint-Julien-Chapteuil (43200)
 Saint-Julien-d'Ance (43201)
 Saint-Martin-de-Fugères (43210)
 Saint-Paul-de-Tartas (43215)
 Saint-Paulien (43216)
 Saint-Pierre-du-Champ (43217)
 Saint-Pierre-Eynac (43218)
 Saint-Privat-d'Allier (43221)
 Saint-Victor-sur-Arlanc (43228)
 Saint-Vidal (43229)
 Saint-Vincent (43230)
 Salettes (43231)
 Sanssac-l'Église (43233)
 Séneujols (43238)
 Solignac-sur-Loire (43241)
 Vals-près-le-Puy (43251)
 Varennes-Saint-Honorat (43252)
 Les Vastres (43253)
 Vazeilles-Limandre (43254)
 Vergezac (43257)
 Vernassal (43259)
 Le Vernet (43260)
 Vielprat (43263)
 Vorey (43267) 

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 43157  Le Puy-en-Velay  18,634  Le Puy-en-Velay-1, Le Puy-en-Velay-2Le Puy-en-Velay-3, Le Puy-en-Velay-4  CA Le Puy-en-Velay 43041  Brives-Charensac  4,153  Le Puy-en-Velay-3  CA Le Puy-en-Velay 43190  Saint-Germain-Laprade  3,546  Le Puy-en-Velay-3  CA Le Puy-en-Velay 43089  Espaly-Saint-Marcel  3,542  Le Puy-en-Velay-1  CA Le Puy-en-Velay 43251  Vals-près-le-Puy  3,345  Le Puy-en-Velay-1  CA Le Puy-en-Velay 43078  Coubon  3,104  Le Puy-en-Velay-4  CA Le Puy-en-Velay 43152  Polignac  2,821  Le Puy-en-Velay-2  CA Le Puy-en-Velay 43046  Chadrac  2,620  Le Puy-en-Velay-2  CA Le Puy-en-Velay 43216  Saint-Paulien  2,400  Saint-Paulien  CA Le Puy-en-Velay 43080  Craponne-sur-Arzon  2,129  Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique  CA Le Puy-en-Velay
Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Haute-Loire department
 List of arrondissements of France

References

Le Puy-en-Velay