Arrondissement of Issoire

The **arrondissement of Issoire** 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 Issoire.

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

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Issoire is in the southwest of the department and borders to the north with the *arrondissement* of Clermont-Ferrand, to the east with the *arrondissement* of Ambert, to the southeast with the Haute-Loire department, to the south with the Cantal department, and to the west and northwest with the *arrondissement* of Riom.

The *arrondissement* of Issoire is the second largest *arrondissement* of the department, with an area of . It has a population of 62,931 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 Issoire there are 5 cantons:

# Brassac-les-Mines (6306)
# Issoire (6318)
# Orcines (6323) (partly)
# Le Sancy (6329) (partly)
# Vic-le-Comte (6331) (partly)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Issoire has 135 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes):

# Antoingt (63005)
# Anzat-le-Luguet (63006)
# Apchat (63007)
# Ardes (63009)
# Augnat (63017)
# Aulhat-Flat (63160)
# Aurières (63020)
# Auzat-la-Combelle (63022)
# Avèze (63024)
# Bagnols (63028)
# Bansat (63029)
# Beaulieu (63031)
# Bergonne (63036)
# Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise (63038)
# Boudes (63046)
# La Bourboule (63047)
# Brassac-les-Mines (63050)
# Brenat (63051)
# Le Breuil-sur-Couze (63052)
# Le Broc (63054)
# Ceyssat (63071)
# Chadeleuf (63073)
# Chalus (63074)
# Chambon-sur-Lac (63077)
# Chaméane (63078)
# Champagnat-le-Jeune (63079)
# Champeix (63080)
# La Chapelle-Marcousse (63087)
# La Chapelle-sur-Usson (63088)
# Charbonnier-les-Mines (63091)
# Chassagne (63097)
# Chastreix (63098)
# Chidrac (63109)
# Clémensat (63111)
# Collanges (63114)
# Compains (63117)
# Coudes (63121)
# Courgoul (63122)
# Creste (63127)
# Cros (63129)
# Dauzat-sur-Vodable (63134)
# Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues (63144)
# Égliseneuve-des-Liards (63145)
# Espinchal (63153)
# Esteil (63156)
# Gelles (63163)
# Gignat (63166)
# La Godivelle (63169)
# Grandeyrolles (63172)
# Heume-l'Église (63176)
# Issoire (63178)
# Jumeaux (63182)
# Labessette (63183)
# Lamontgie (63185)
# Laqueuille (63189)
# Larodde (63190)
# Ludesse (63199)
# Madriat (63202)
# Mareugheol (63209)
# Mazaye (63219)
# Mazoires (63220)
# Meilhaud (63222)
# Montaigut-le-Blanc (63234)
# Mont-Dore (63236)
# Montpeyroux (63241)
# Moriat (63242)
# Murat-le-Quaire (63246)
# Murol (63247)
# Nébouzat (63248)
# Neschers (63250)
# Nonette-Orsonnette (63255)
# Olby (63257)
# Orbeil (63261)
# Orcival (63264)
# Pardines (63268)
# Parent (63269)
# Parentignat (63270)
# Perpezat (63274)
# Perrier (63275)
# Peslières (63277)
# Picherande (63279)
# Plauzat (63282)
# Les Pradeaux (63287)
# Rentières (63299)
# Roche-Charles-la-Mayrand (63303)
# Rochefort-Montagne (63305)
# Saint-Alyre-ès-Montagne (63313)
# Saint-Babel (63321)
# Saint-Bonnet-près-Orcival (63326)
# Saint-Cirgues-sur-Couze (63330)
# Saint-Diéry (63335)
# Saint-Donat (63336)
# Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson (63340)
# Saint-Floret (63342)
# Saint-Genès-Champespe (63346)
# Saint-Genès-la-Tourette (63348)
# Saint-Germain-Lembron (63352)
# Saint-Gervazy (63356)
# Saint-Hérent (63357)
# Saint-Jean-en-Val (63366)
# Saint-Jean-Saint-Gervais (63367)
# Saint-Julien-Puy-Lavèze (63370)
# Saint-Martin-des-Plains (63375)
# Saint-Martin-d'Ollières (63376)
# Saint-Nectaire (63380)
# Saint-Pierre-Colamine (63383)
# Saint-Pierre-Roche (63386)
# Saint-Quentin-sur-Sauxillanges (63389)
# Saint-Rémy-de-Chargnat (63392)
# Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne (63397)
# Saint-Victor-la-Rivière (63401)
# Saint-Vincent (63403)
# Saint-Yvoine (63404)
# Saurier (63409)
# Sauvagnat-Sainte-Marthe (63411)
# Sauxillanges (63415)
# Singles (63421)
# Solignat (63422)
# Sugères (63423)
# Tauves (63426)
# Ternant-les-Eaux (63429)
# La Tour-d'Auvergne (63192)
# Tourzel-Ronzières (63435)
# Trémouille-Saint-Loup (63437)
# Usson (63439)
# Valbeleix (63440)
# Valz-sous-Châteauneuf (63442)
# Varennes-sur-Usson (63444)
# Vernet-la-Varenne (63448)
# Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite (63449)
# Vernines (63451)
# Verrières (63452)
# Vichel (63456)
# Villeneuve (63458)
# Vodable (63466)

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

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

## References