Arrondissement of Issoire

The district Issoire is an administrative district in the Puy -de- Dôme in the Auvergne region of France.

History

On 4 March 1790, founded with the establishment of the department of Puy -de- Dôme, a " district Issoire ," which was, however, smaller than the present district. Was from the district expanded to include the " District Besse ", with the founding of the arrondissement on February 17, 1800, the arrondissement Issoire.

See also: History Puy-de -Dôme.

Geography

The district is bordered to the north by the district of Clermont- Ferrand, on the east by the district Ambert, on the southeast by the district Brioude in the Haute -Loire, on the southwest by the arrondissement of Saint-Flour and Mauriac in the department of Cantal, and on the west by the district Ussel in Correze (Limousin ).

Management

The district is subdivided into nine cantons:

• Ardes
• Besse -et -Saint- Anastaise
• Champeix
• Issoire
• Jumeaux
• Saint- Germain- Lembron
• Sauxillanges
• Tauves
• La Tour d'Auvergne -

Communities

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

• Issoire ( 13,773 )

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

• Arrondissement in the Auvergne
• Puy-de -Dôme