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:

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

## References