Arrondissement of Issoire

The Arrondissement of Issoire is an arrondissement of France in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 134 communes.^[2] Its population is 78,866 (2018), and its area is 2,296.7 km² (886.8 sq mi).^[3]

Issoire
Arrondissement
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Puy-de-Dôme
No. of communes	134
Subprefecture	Issoire
Area	2,296.7 km2 (886.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	78,742
• Density	34/km2 (90/sq mi)
INSEE code	633

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Issoire, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Antoingt (63005)
2. Anzat-le-Luguet (63006)
3. Apchat (63007)
4. Ardes (63009)
5. Augnat (63017)
6. Aulhat-Flat (63160)
7. Aurières (63020)^[4]
8. Auzat-la-Combelle (63022)
9. Avèze (63024)
10. Bagnols (63028)
11. Bansat (63029)
12. Beaulieu (63031)
13. Bergonne (63036)
14. Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise (63038)
15. Boudes (63046)
16. La Bourboule (63047)^[4]
17. Brassac-les-Mines (63050)
18. Brenat (63051)
19. Le Breuil-sur-Couze (63052)
20. Le Broc (63054)
21. Ceyssat (63071)^[4]
22. Chadeleuf (63073)
23. Chalus (63074)
24. Chambon-sur-Lac (63077)
25. Champagnat-le-Jeune (63079)
26. Champeix (63080)
27. La Chapelle-Marcousse (63087)
28. La Chapelle-sur-Usson (63088)
29. Charbonnier-les-Mines (63091)
30. Chassagne (63097)
31. Chastreix (63098)
32. Chidrac (63109)
33. Clémensat (63111)
34. Collanges (63114)
35. Compains (63117)
36. Coudes (63121)
37. Courgoul (63122)
38. Cros (63129)
39. Dauzat-sur-Vodable (63134)
40. Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues (63144)
41. Égliseneuve-des-Liards (63145)
42. Espinchal (63153)
43. Esteil (63156)
44. Gelles (63163)^[4]
45. Gignat (63166)
46. La Godivelle (63169)
47. Grandeyrolles (63172)
48. Heume-l'Église (63176)^[4]
49. Issoire (63178)
50. Jumeaux (63182)
51. Labessette (63183)
52. Lamontgie (63185)
53. Laqueuille (63189)^[4]
54. Larodde (63190)
55. Ludesse (63199)
56. Madriat (63202)
57. Mareugheol (63209)
58. Mazaye (63219)^[4]
59. Mazoires (63220)
60. Meilhaud (63222)
61. Montaigut-le-Blanc (63234)
62. Mont-Dore (63236)^[4]
63. Montpeyroux (63241)
64. Moriat (63242)
65. Murat-le-Quaire (63246)^[4]
66. Murol (63247)
67. Nébouzat (63248)^[4]
68. Neschers (63250)
69. Nonette-Orsonnette (63255)
70. Olby (63257)^[4]
71. Orbeil (63261)
72. Orcival (63264)^[4]
73. Pardines (63268)
74. Parent (63269)^[4]
75. Parentignat (63270)
76. Perpezat (63274)^[4]
77. Perrier (63275)
78. Peslières (63277)
79. Picherande (63279)
80. Plauzat (63282)^[4]
81. Les Pradeaux (63287)
82. Rentières (63299)
83. Roche-Charles-la-Mayrand (63303)
84. Rochefort-Montagne (63305)^[4]
85. Saint-Alyre-ès-Montagne (63313)
86. Saint-Babel (63321)
87. Saint-Bonnet-près-Orcival (63326)^[4]
88. Saint-Cirgues-sur-Couze (63330)
89. Saint-Diéry (63335)
90. Saint-Donat (63336)
91. Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson (63340)
92. Saint-Floret (63342)
93. Saint-Genès-Champespe (63346)
94. Saint-Genès-la-Tourette (63348)
95. Saint-Germain-Lembron (63352)
96. Saint-Gervazy (63356)
97. Saint-Hérent (63357)
98. Saint-Jean-en-Val (63366)
99. Saint-Jean-Saint-Gervais (63367)
100. Saint-Julien-Puy-Lavèze (63370)^[4]
101. Saint-Martin-des-Plains (63375)
102. Saint-Martin-d'Ollières (63376)
103. Saint-Nectaire (63380)
104. Saint-Pierre-Colamine (63383)
105. Saint-Pierre-Roche (63386)^[4]
106. Saint-Quentin-sur-Sauxillanges (63389)
107. Saint-Rémy-de-Chargnat (63392)
108. Saint-Sauves-d'Auvergne (63397)
109. Saint-Victor-la-Rivière (63401)
110. Saint-Vincent (63403)
111. Saint-Yvoine (63404)
112. Saulzet-le-Froid (63407)
113. Saurier (63409)
114. Sauvagnat-Sainte-Marthe (63411)
115. Sauxillanges (63415)
116. Singles (63421)
117. Solignat (63422)
118. Sugères (63423)
119. Tauves (63426)
120. Ternant-les-Eaux (63429)
121. La Tour-d'Auvergne (63192)
122. Tourzel-Ronzières (63435)
123. Trémouille-Saint-Loup (63437)
124. Usson (63439)
125. Valbeleix (63440)
126. Valz-sous-Châteauneuf (63442)
127. Varennes-sur-Usson (63444)
128. Le Vernet-Chaméane (63448)
129. Le Vernet-Sainte-Marguerite (63449)^[4]
130. Vernines (63451)^[4]
131. Verrières (63452)
132. Vichel (63456)
133. Villeneuve (63458)
134. Vodable (63466)

History

The arrondissement of Issoire was created in 1800.^[5] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Puy-de-Dôme, it gained 21 communes from the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand.^[6] In January 2021 it gained the commune of Saulzet-le-Froid from the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand.^[7]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Issoire were, as of January 2015:^[8]

1. Ardes
2. Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
3. Champeix
4. Issoire
5. Jumeaux
6. Saint-Germain-Lembron
7. Sauxillanges
8. Tauves
9. La Tour-d'Auvergne

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
2. "Arrondissement d'Issoire (633)". INSEE. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
3. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2021". INSEE. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
4. part of the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand before 1 January 2017
5. Historique du Puy-de-Dôme
6. "Arrêté n° 16-536, 21 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 742–745. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
7. "Arrêté préfectoral n° 2020-303, 18 December 2020" (PDF). pp. 127–128. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
8. "Populations légales 2012: 63 Puy-de-Dôme" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014.

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