Arrondissement_of_Thiers

Arrondissement of Thiers

Arrondissement of Thiers

Arrondissement in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

The arrondissement of Thiers is an arrondissement of France in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 44 communes.[2] Its population is 56,321 (2016), and its area is 853.5 km2 (329.5 sq mi).[3]

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Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Thiers, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Arconsat (63008)
  2. Aubusson-d'Auvergne (63015)
  3. Augerolles (63016)
  4. Bort-l'Étang (63045)
  5. Bulhon (63058)
  6. Celles-sur-Durolle (63066)
  7. Chabreloche (63072)
  8. Charnat (63095)
  9. Châteldon (63102)
  10. Courpière (63125)
  11. Crevant-Laveine (63128)
  12. Culhat (63131)
  13. Dorat (63138)
  14. Escoutoux (63151)
  15. Joze (63180)
  16. Lachaux (63184)
  17. Lempty (63194)
  18. Lezoux (63195)
  19. Moissat (63229)
  20. La Monnerie-le-Montel (63231)
  21. Noalhat (63253)
  22. Néronde-sur-Dore (63249)
  23. Olmet (63260)
  24. Orléat (63265)
  25. Palladuc (63267)
  26. Paslières (63271)
  27. Peschadoires (63276)
  28. Puy-Guillaume (63291)
  29. Ravel (63296)
  30. La Renaudie (63298)
  31. Ris (63301)
  32. Sainte-Agathe (63310)
  33. Saint-Flour-l'Étang (63343)
  34. Saint-Jean-d'Heurs (63364)
  35. Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle (63393)
  36. Saint-Victor-Montvianeix (63402)
  37. Sauviat (63414)
  38. Sermentizon (63418)
  39. Seychalles (63420)
  40. Thiers (63430)
  41. Vinzelles (63461)
  42. Viscomtat (63463)
  43. Vollore-Montagne (63468)
  44. Vollore-Ville (63469)

History

The arrondissement of Thiers was created in 1800.[4] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Puy-de-Dôme, it gained four communes from the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, and it lost three communes to the arrondissement of Riom.[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Thiers were, as of January 2015:[6]

  1. Châteldon
  2. Courpière
  3. Lezoux
  4. Maringues
  5. Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle
  6. Thiers

References

  1. [1]
    "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Arrondissement de Thiers (635)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  3. [3]
    "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  4. [4]
    Historique du Puy-de-Dôme
  5. [5]
    "Arrêté n° 16-536, 21 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 742–745. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  6. [6]
    "Populations légales 2012: 63 Puy-de-Dôme" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014.

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