Arrondissement of Tulle
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The arrondissement of Tulle is an arrondissement of France, in the Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Tulle.
Tulle | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Corrèze |
No. of communes | 104 |
Prefecture | Tulle |
Area | 2,363.7 km2 (912.6 sq mi) |
Population | 70,807 |
INSEE code | 192 |
When the Corrèze department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Tulle was part of that original department.[2]
It is the central arrondissement of the department with an area of 2,564.4 square kilometres (990.1 square miles).[3] It has 78,408 inhabitants (2014) and a density of 30.6 inhabitants/km².[4]
The arrondissement of Tulle is in the centre of the department and is bordered to the north by the Haute-Vienne department, to the northeast and east by the arrondissement of Ussel, to the southeast by the Cantal department, to the south by the Lot department and to the west by the arrondissement of Brive-la-Gaillarde.
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 Tulle, only three cantons do not have all their "communes" in the arrondissement: Haute-Dordogne, Midi corrézien and Uzerche. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
INSEE Code | Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brive-la-Gaillarde | Tulle | Ussel | |||
1902 | Argentat | 30 | 30 | ||
1908 | Haute-Dordogne | 2 | 24 | 26 | |
1910 | Midi corrézien | 33 | 1 | 34 | |
1911 | Naves | 13 | 13 | ||
1914 | Sainte-Fortunade | 23 | 23 | ||
1915 | Seilhac-Monédières | 21 | 21 | ||
1916 | Tulle | 1 | 1 | ||
1918 | Uzerche | 12 | 9 | 21 |
The arrondissement of Tulle has 106 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[6]
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code | Commune | Population[4] (2014) | Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
19272 | Tulle | 14,325 | Tulle | Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo |
19010 | Argentat-sur-Dordogne | 2,977 | Argentat Sainte-Fortunade | Xaintrie Val'dordogne |
19276 | Uzerche | 2,933 | Uzerche | Le Pays d'Uzerche |
19146 | Naves | 2,384 | Naves | Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo |
19203 | Sainte-Fortunade | 1,800 | Sainte-Fortunade | Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo |
19255 | Seilhac | 1,697 | Seilhac-Monédières | Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo |
19038 | Chameyrat | 1,587 | Naves | Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo |
19061 | Cornil | 1,401 | Sainte-Fortunade | Communauté d'agglomération Tulle Agglo |
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