Arrondissement of Aurillac

The **arrondissement of Aurillac** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Cantal *département* in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Aurillac.

## History
When the *arrondissements* were created in 1800, Aurillac was one of them in the Cantal department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Aurillac is in the southwest of the department and has an area of , the second largest in area, and the most populated of the department with 82,347 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The *arrondissement* is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* of Mauriac, to the northeast by the *arrondissement* of Saint-Flour, to the east and south by the Aveyron department (Occitanie) and to the northwest by the Corrèze department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).

## 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 Aurillac, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the *arrondissement*, Naucelles. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and *arrondissements*:

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Aurillac has 94 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Arnac (15011)
# Arpajon-sur-Cère (15012)
# Aurillac (15014)
# Ayrens (15016)
# Badailhac (15017)
# Besse (15269)
# Boisset (15021)
# Calvinet (15027)
# Carlat (15028)
# Cassaniouze (15029)
# Cayrols (15030)
# Crandelles (15056)
# Cros-de-Montvert (15057)
# Cros-de-Ronesque (15058)
# Freix-Anglards (15072)
# Giou-de-Mamou (15074)
# Girgols (15075)
# Glénat (15076)
# Jou-sous-Monjou (15081)
# Junhac (15082)
# Jussac (15083)
# Labesserette (15084)
# Labrousse (15085)
# Lacapelle-Viescamp (15088)
# Lacapelle-del-Fraisse (15087)
# Ladinhac (15089)
# Lafeuillade-en-Vézie (15090)
# Lapeyrugue (15093)
# Laroquebrou (15094)
# Laroquevieille (15095)
# Lascelle (15096)
# Leucamp (15103)
# Leynhac (15104)
# Mandailles-Saint-Julien (15113)
# Marcolès (15117)
# Marmanhac (15118)
# Maurs (15122)
# Montmurat (15133)
# Montsalvy (15134)
# Montvert (15135)
# Mourjou (15136)
# Naucelles (15140)
# Nieudan (15143)
# Omps (15144)
# Pailherols (15146)
# Parlan (15147)
# Polminhac (15154)
# Prunet (15156)
# Quézac (15157)
# Raulhac (15159)
# Reilhac (15160)
# Roannes-Saint-Mary (15163)
# Rouffiac (15165)
# Le Rouget-Pers (15268)
# Roumégoux (15166)
# Rouziers (15167)
# Saint-Antoine (15172)
# Saint-Cernin (15175)
# Saint-Cirgues-de-Jordanne (15178)
# Saint-Cirgues-de-Malbert (15179)
# Saint-Clément (15180)
# Saint-Constant-Fournoulès (15181)
# Saint-Étienne-Cantalès (15182)
# Saint-Étienne-de-Carlat (15183)
# Saint-Étienne-de-Maurs (15184)
# Saint-Gérons (15189)
# Saint-Illide (15191)
# Saint-Jacques-des-Blats (15192)
# Saint-Julien-de-Toursac (15194)
# Saint-Mamet-la-Salvetat (15196)
# Saint-Paul-des-Landes (15204)
# Saint-Santin-Cantalès (15211)
# Saint-Santin-de-Maurs (15212)
# Saint-Saury (15214)
# Saint-Simon (15215)
# Saint-Victor (15217)
# Sansac-Veinazès (15222)
# Sansac-de-Marmiesse (15221)
# La Ségalassière (15224)
# Sénezergues (15226)
# Siran (15228)
# Teissières-de-Cornet (15233)
# Teissières-lès-Bouliès (15234)
# Thiézac (15236)
# Tournemire (15238)
# Le Trioulou (15242)
# Velzic (15252)
# Vézac (15255)
# Vezels-Roussy (15257)
# Vic-sur-Cère (15258)
# Vieillevie (15260)
# Vitrac (15264)
# Yolet (15266)
# Ytrac (15267)

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Cantal department
* Communes of the Cantal department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References