Arrondissement of Saint-Flour

The arrondissement of Saint-Flour is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Cantal departement in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region. Its capital, and subprefecture of the department, is the city of Saint-Flour.
History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Saint-Flour was one of them in the Cantal department.
Geography
The arrondissement of Saint-Flour is in the most eastern arrondissement of the department and has an area of , the largest in the department, and a population of 38,079 inhabitants with a population density of inhabitants/km2.
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dome department, to the east by the Haute-Loire department, to the southeast by the Lozere department (Occitanie), to the southeast by the Aveyron department (Occitanie) and to the west by the arrondissements of Aurillac and Mauriac.
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 Saint-Flour, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement: the Riom-es-Montagnes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
Communes
The arrondissement of Saint-Flour has 106 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
Albepierre-Bredons (15025)
Allanche (15001)
Alleuze (15002)
Andelat (15004)
Anglards-de-Saint-Flour (15005)
Anterrieux (15007)
Auriac-l'Eglise (15013)
Bonnac (15022)
Brezons (15026)
Celles (15031)
Celoux (15032)
Cezens (15033)
Chaliers (15034)
Chalinargues (15035)
Chanterelle (15040)
La Chapelle-d'Alagnon (15041)
La Chapelle-Laurent (15042)
Charmensac (15043)
Chastel-sur-Murat (15044)
Chaudes-Aigues (15045)
Chavagnac (15047)
Chazelles (15048)
Cheylade (15049)
Le Claux (15050)
Clavieres (15051)
Coltines (15053)
Condat (15054)
Coren (15055)
Cussac (15059)
Deux-Verges (15060)
Dienne (15061)
Espinasse (15065)
Ferrieres-Saint-Mary (15069)
Fridefont (15073)
Gourdieges (15077)
Jabrun (15078)
Joursac (15080)
Lacapelle-Barres (15086)
Landeyrat (15091)
Lastic (15097)
Laurie (15098)
Lavastrie (15099)
Laveissenet (15100)
Laveissiere (15101)
Lavigerie (15102)
Leyvaux (15105)
Lieutades (15106)
Lorcieres (15107)
Lugarde (15110)
Malbo (15112)
Marcenat (15114)
Marchastel (15116)
Massiac (15119)
Maurines (15121)
Mentieres (15125)
Moledes (15126)
Molompize (15127)
Montboudif (15129)
Montchamp (15130)
Montgreleix (15132)
Murat (15138)
Narnhac (15139)
Neussargues-Moissac (15141)
Neuveglise (15142)
Oradour (15145)
Paulhac (15148)
Paulhenc (15149)
Peyrusse (15151)
Pierrefort (15152)
Pradiers (15155)
Rageade (15158)
Rezentieres (15161)
Roffiac (15164)
Ruynes-en-Margeride (15168)
Saint-Amandin (15170)
Saint-Bonnet-de-Condat (15173)
Sainte-Anastasie (15171)
Sainte-Marie (15198)
Saint-Flour (15187)
Saint-Georges (15188)
Saint-Martial (15199)
Saint-Martin-sous-Vigouroux (15201)
Saint-Mary-le-Plain (15203)
Saint-Poncy (15207)
Saint-Remy-de-Chaudes-Aigues (15209)
Saint-Saturnin (15213)
Saint-Urcize (15216)
Segur-les-Villas (15225)
Seriers (15227)
Soulages (15229)
Talizat (15231)
Tanavelle (15232)
Les Ternes (15235)
Tiviers (15237)
La Trinitat (15241)
Ussel (15244)
Vabres (15245)
Val d'Arcomie (15108)
Valjouze (15247)
Valuejols (15248)
Vedrines-Saint-Loup (15251)
Vernols (15253)
Veze (15256)
Vieillespesse (15259)
Villedieu (15262)
Virargues (15263)
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
Saint-Flour