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The arrondissement of Aubusson is an arrondissement of France, in the Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Aubusson.
Aubusson | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Creuse |
No. of communes | 129 |
Subprefecture | Aubusson |
Area | 2,828.7 km2 (1,092.2 sq mi) |
Population | 43,625 |
INSEE code | 231 |
When the Creuse department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Aubusson was part of that original department.[2]
The arrondissement of Aubusson is the smallest arrondissement of the department both in area, 2,538.8 km2 (980.2 sq mi),[3] and population (37,123 inhabitants).[4]
The arrondissement of Aubusson is the most southern arrondissement of the Creuse department. It is bordered to the northeast by the Allier department, to the east by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the south by the Corrèze department, to the west by the Haute-Vienne department and to the north by the arrondissement of Guéret.
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Aubusson, only three cantons do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement: (Ahun, Bourganeuf, Gouzon). The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
INSEE Code | Canton | Arrondissements | Total | |
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Aubusson | Guéret | |||
2301 | Ahun | 10 | 17 | 27 |
2302 | Aubusson | 21 | 21 | |
2303 | Auzances | 35 | 35 | |
2305 | Bourganeuf | 4 | 13 | 17 |
2308 | Évaux-les-Bains | 17 | 17 | |
2309 | Felletin | 19 | 19 | |
2310 | Gouzon | 12 | 13 | 25 |
The arrondissement of Aubusson has 118 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population[4] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
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23008 | Aubusson | 3,591 | Aubusson | Creuse Grand Sud |
23079 | Felletin | 1,700 | Felletin | Creuse Grand Sud |
23076 | Évaux-les-Bains | 1,393 | Évaux-les-Bains | Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces, Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize |
23013 | Auzances | 1,288 | Auzances | Chénérailles, Auzances – Bellegarde et Haut Pays Marchois |
23045 | Chambon-sur-Voueize | 930 | Évaux-les-Bains | Pays de Boussac, Carrefour des Quatre Provinces, Evaux-Les-Bains – Chambon-sur-Voueize |
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