Arrondissement of Yssingeaux

The arrondissement of Yssingeaux is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Loire département. Its capital is the city of Yssingeaux, a subprefecture of the department.

Yssingeaux
Arrondissement
Location within the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Haute-Loire
No. of communes	44
Subprefecture	Yssingeaux
Area	1,159.7 km2 (447.8 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	85,540
INSEE code	433

History

When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Yssingeaux, with the name of Le Puy, was part of that original department. In 1988, the name was changed to Puy-en-Velay.^[2]

Geography

The arrondissement of Yssingeaux is bordered to the north by the Loire departmens, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and west by the arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay.

The arrondissement is in the northeast of the department and is the smallest arrondissement in area, 1,159.7 km² (447.8 sq mi),^[3] but the second in population, with 84,676 inhabitants and a density of 73.0 inhabitants/km².^[4]

The department is in the basin of the Loire river.

Composition

Cantons

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 Yssingeaux, there are 8 cantons:

1. Aurec-sur-Loire (4301)
2. Bas-en-Basset (4302)
3. Boutières (4303)
4. Deux Rivières et Vallées (4305)
5. Mézenc (4308) (partly)
6. Monistrol-sur-Loire (4309
7. Plateau du Haut-Velay granitique (4311) (partly)
8. Yssingeaux (4319)

Communes

The arrondissement of Yssingeaux has 44 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):^[6]

1. Araules (43007)
2. Aurec-sur-Loire (43012)
3. Bas-en-Basset (43020)
4. Beaux (43024)
5. Beauzac (43025)
6. Bessamorel (43028)
7. Boisset (43034)
8. Chenereilles (43069)
9. Dunières (43087)
10. Grazac (43102)
11. La Chapelle-d'Aurec (43058)
12. La Séauve-sur-Semène (43236)
13. Lapte (43114)
14. Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (43051)
15. Le Mas-de-Tence (43129)
16. Les Villettes (43265)
17. Malvalette (43127)
18. Mazet-Saint-Voy (43130)
19. Monistrol-sur-Loire (43137)
20. Montfaucon-en-Velay (43141)
21. Montregard (43142)
22. Pont-Salomon (43153)
23. Raucoules (43159)
24. Retournac (43162)
25. Riotord (43163)
26. Saint-André-de-Chalencon (43166)
27. Saint-Bonnet-le-Froid (43172)
28. Saint-Didier-en-Velay (43177)
29. Saint-Ferréol-d'Auroure (43184)
30. Saint-Jeures (43199)
31. Saint-Julien-Molhesabate (43204)
32. Saint-Julien-du-Pinet (43203)
33. Saint-Just-Malmont (43205)
34. Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon (43211)
35. Saint-Pal-de-Chalencon (43212)
36. Saint-Pal-de-Mons (43213)
37. Saint-Romain-Lachalm (43223)
38. Saint-Victor-Malescours (43227)
39. Sainte-Sigolène (43224)
40. Solignac-sous-Roche (43240)
41. Tence (43244)
42. Tiranges (43246)
43. Valprivas (43249)
44. Yssingeaux (43268)

The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population[4] (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
43137	Monistrol-sur-Loire	8,808	Monistrol-sur-Loire	Marches du Velay-Rochebaron
43268	Yssingeaux	7,105	Yssingeaux	Les Sucs
43012	Aurec-sur-Loire	6,035	Aurec-sur-Loire	Loire et Semène
43224	Sainte-Sigolène	5,952	Les Deux Rivières et Vallées	Marches du Velay-Rochebaron
43020	Bas-en-Basset	4,314	Bas-en-Basset	Marches du Velay-Rochebaron
43205	Saint-Just-Malmont	4,153	Aurec-sur-Loire	Loire et Semène
43177	Saint-Didier-en-Velay	3,465	Les Deux Rivières et Vallées	Loire et Semène
43244	Tence	3,127	Boutières	Le Haut-Lignon
43162	Retournac	2,886	Bas-en-Basset	Les Sucs
43087	Dunières	2,875	Boutières	Le Pays de Montfaucon
43025	Beauzac	2,854	Bas-en-Basset	Marches du Velay-Rochebaron

Related pages

• Arrondissements of the Haute-Loire department
• List of arrondissements of France

References

1. "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
2. "Historique de la Haute-Loire". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 28 September 2017.
3. "Arrondissement d'Yssingeaux (433)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
4. "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
5. "Décret n° 2014-162 du 17 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Loire" (in French). Légifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
6. "Arrondissement d'Yssingeaux (433)" (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 September 2017.

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