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:

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

## References