Arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde

The arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde is an arrondissement of France, in the Correze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Brive-la-Gaillarde (or Brive for short).
History
When the Correze department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde was part of that original department.
Geography
It is the southernmost of the arrondissements of the department with an area of . It has 130,034 inhabitants (2014) and a density of inhabitants/km2.
The arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde is in the southeastern part of department and is bordered to the north by the Haute-Vienne department, to the northeast and east by the arrondissement of Tulle, to the south by the Lot department and to the west by the Dordogne department.
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 Brive-la-Gaillarde, only two cantons do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement: (Midi correzien and Uzerche). The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
Communes
The arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde has 97 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Albignac (19003)
Allassac (19005)
Altillac (19007)
Arnac-Pompadour (19011)
Astaillac (19012)
Aubazines (19013)
Ayen (19015)
Beaulieu-sur-Dordogne (19019)
Benayes (19022)
Beynat (19023)
Beyssac (19024)
Beyssenac (19025)
Bilhac (19026)
Branceilles (19029)
Brignac-la-Plaine (19030)
Brive-la-Gaillarde (19031)
Brivezac (19032)
Chabrignac (19035)
La Chapelle-aux-Brocs (19043)
La Chapelle-aux-Saints (19044)
Chartrier-Ferriere (19047)
Chasteaux (19049)
Chauffour-sur-Vell (19050)
Chenailler-Mascheix (19054)
Collonges-la-Rouge (19057)
Conceze (19059)
Cosnac (19063)
Cublac (19066)
Curemonte (19067)
Dampniat (19068)
Donzenac (19072)
Estivals (19077)
Estivaux (19078)
Jugeals-Nazareth (19093)
Juillac (19094)
Lagleygeolle (19099)
Lanteuil (19105)
Larche (19107)
Lascaux (19109)
Ligneyrac (19115)
Liourdres (19116)
Lissac-sur-Couze (19117)
Lostanges (19119)
Louignac (19120)
Lubersac (19121)
Malemort (19123)
Mansac (19124)
Marcillac-la-Croze (19126)
Menoire (19132)
Meyssac (19138)
Montgibaud (19144)
Nespouls (19147)
Noailhac (19150)
Noailles (19151)
Nonards (19152)
Objat (19153)
Palazinges (19156)
Perpezac-le-Blanc (19161)
Le Pescher (19163)
Puy-d'Arnac (19169)
Queyssac-les-Vignes (19170)
Rosiers-de-Juillac (19177)
Sadroc (19178)
Saillac (19179)
Saint-Aulaire (19182)
Saint-Bazile-de-Meyssac (19184)
Saint-Bonnet-la-Riviere (19187)
Saint-Bonnet-l'Enfantier (19188)
Saint-Cernin-de-Larche (19191)
Saint-Cyprien (19195)
Saint-Cyr-la-Roche (19196)
Saint-Eloy-les-Tuileries (19198)
Sainte-Fereole (19202)
Saint-Julien-le-Vendomois (19216)
Saint-Julien-Maumont (19217)
Saint-Martin-Sepert (19223)
Saint-Pantaleon-de-Larche (19229)
Saint-Pardoux-Corbier (19230)
Saint-Pardoux-l'Ortigier (19234)
Saint-Robert (19239)
Saint-Solve (19242)
Saint-Sornin-Lavolps (19243)
Saint-Viance (19246)
Segonzac (19253)
Segur-le-Chateau (19254)
Serilhac (19257)
Sioniac (19260)
Troche (19270)
Tudeils (19271)
Turenne (19273)
Ussac (19274)
Varetz (19278)
Vars-sur-Roseix (19279)
Vegennes (19280)
Vignols (19286)
Voutezac (19288)
Yssandon (19289)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
Related pages
Arrondissements of the Correze department
List of arrondissements of France
References
Brive-la-Gaillarde