Arrondissement of Aurillac

The district Aurillac is an administrative district in the department of Cantal in the Auvergne region of France.

History

On 4 March 1790, established with the founding of the Cantal also a " district Aurillac ," which was already identical with the current district. From the district was the district Aurillac with the founding of the arrondissement on February 17, 1800.

See also: History Cantal.

Geography

The district is bordered to the north by the district Mauriac, in the north- east by the district of Saint-Flour, in the southeast and south by the arrondissements Rodez and Villefranche -de- Rouergue in the Aveyron (Midi- Pyrénées), on the west by the district of Figeac, Department Lot also Midi-Pyrénées region and to the northwest by the arrondissements Tulle in Correze (Limousin ).

Management

The district is subdivided into 12 cantons:

• Arpajon- sur -Cère
• Aurillac -1
• Aurillac -2
• Aurillac -3
• Aurillac -4
• Jussac
• Laroquebrou
• Maur
• Montsalvy
• Saint -Cernin
• Saint- Mamet- la -Salvetat
• Vic- sur -Cère

See also: List of cantons in the Cantal

Communities

The largest municipalities are the arrondissement ( > 5,000 inhabitants in 1999 ):

• Aurillac ( 30,551 )
• Arpajon- sur -Cère ( 5545 )

Ambert | Aurillac | Brioude | Clermont- Ferrand | Issoire | Mauriac | Montlucon | Moulins | Le Puy -en -Velay | Riom | Saint -Flour | Thiers | Vichy | Yssingeaux

• Arrondissement in the Auvergne
• Cantal