Arrondissement of Ambert

The arrondissement of Ambert 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 Ambert.

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

In 1926, the arrondissement of Ambert was eliminated but, in 1942, it became again an arrondissement of the department.

Geography
The arrondissement of Ambert is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Thiers, to the east by the Loire department, to the south by the Haute-Loire department, to the west by the arrondissement of Issoire and to the northwest by the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand.

It is in the southeast of the department and has an area of , and is the arrondissement with fewest people living in it, with a population of 26,653 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 Ambert there are only 2 cantons:

 Ambert (6302)
 Les Monts du Livradois (6322) (partly)

Communes
The arrondissement of Ambert has 58 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 Aix-la-Fayette (63002)
 Ambert (63003)
 Arlanc (63010)
 Auzelles (63023)
 Baffie (63027)
 Bertignat (63037)
 Beurières (63039)
 Brousse (63056)
 Le Brugeron (63057)
 Ceilloux (63065)
 Chambon-sur-Dolore (63076)
 Champétières (63081)
 La Chapelle-Agnon (63086)
 La Chaulme (63104)
 Chaumont-le-Bourg (63105)
 Condat-lès-Montboissier (63119)
 Cunlhat (63132)
 Domaize (63136)
 Doranges (63137)
 Dore-l'Église (63139)
 Échandelys (63142)
 Églisolles (63147)
 Fayet-Ronaye (63158)
 La Forie (63161)
 Fournols (63162)
 Grandrif (63173)
 Grandval (63174)
 Job (63179)
 Marat (63207)
 Marsac-en-Livradois (63211)
 Mayres (63218)
 Medeyrolles (63221)
 Le Monestier (63230)
 Novacelles (63256)
 Olliergues (63258)
 Saillant (63309)
 Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc (63312)
 Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine (63314)
 Saint-Anthème (63319)
 Saint-Bonnet-le-Bourg (63323)
 Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel (63324)
 Saint-Clément-de-Valorgue (63331)
 Sainte-Catherine (63328)
 Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière (63337)
 Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes (63341)
 Saint-Germain-l'Herm (63353)
 Saint-Gervais-sous-Meymont (63355)
 Saint-Just (63371)
 Saint-Martin-des-Olmes (63374)
 Saint-Pierre-la-Bourlhonne (63384)
 Saint-Romain (63394)
 Saint-Sauveur-la-Sagne (63398)
 Sauvessanges (63412)
 Thiolières (63431)
 Tours-sur-Meymont (63434)
 Valcivières (63441)
 Vertolaye (63454)
 Viverols (63465)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

 INSEEcode  Commune  Population(2014)  Canton  Intercommunality 63003  Ambert  6,794  Ambert  Ambert Livradois Forez 63010  Arlanc  1,917  Ambert  Ambert Livradois Forez 63211  Marsac-en-Livradois  1,461  Ambert  Ambert Livradois Forez 63132  Cunlhat  1,260  Les Monts du Livradois  Ambert Livradois Forez 63179  Job  1,034  Ambert  Ambert Livradois Forez 63207  Marat  837  Les Monts du Livradois  Ambert Livradois Forez 63258  Olliergues  737  Les Monts du Livradois  Ambert Livradois Forez 63319  Saint-Anthème  711  Ambert  Ambert Livradois Forez 63139  Dore-l'Église  628  Ambert  Ambert Livradois Forez 63454  Vertolaye  547  Les Monts du Livradois  Ambert Livradois Forez

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

References

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