Arrondissement of Brioude

The Brioude Arrondissement is an administrative district in the Haute- Loire in the Auvergne region of France.

History

On 4 March 1790, established with the founding of the Haute -Loire is also a " district Brioude " which coincided essentially with the present arrondissement. The district was transferred to the establishment of the Arrondissements on 17 February 1800, the new arrondissements Brioude.

On 1 January 2007 the municipalities of the canton of Saugues Arrondissement Le Puy -en -Velay switched to the district Brioude.

See also History of Haute-Loire.

Geography

The district is bordered to the north by the arrondissements Issoire and Ambert in the Puy -de- Dôme, in the east and southeast by the Arrondissement Le Puy -en -Velay, in the south of the Arrondissement Mende in Lozère (Languedoc -Roussillon ) and in the West to the arrondissement of Saint-Flour in the Cantal.

Management

The district is subdivided into ten cantons:

  • Auzon
  • Blesle
  • Brioude North
  • La Chaise- Dieu
  • Langeac
  • Lavoûte -Chilhac
  • Paulhaguet
  • Pinols
  • Saugues

See also: List of cantons in the Haute- Loire

Communities

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

  • Brioude ( 6,820 )

Documents

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

  • Arrondissement in the Auvergne
  • Haute-Loire
Auvergne (region) Cantons of France Arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay Arrondissement of Issoire Arrondissement of Ambert Arrondissement of Mende Arrondissement of Aurillac Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand Arrondissement of Mauriac Arrondissement of Moulins Arrondissement of Riom Arrondissement of Thiers Arrondissement of Vichy Arrondissement of Yssingeaux
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