The Arrondissement of Brioude is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 111 communes. Its population is 44,829 (2021), and its area is .
Composition
The communes of the arrondissement of Brioude are:
Agnat Ally Arlet Aubazat Autrac Auvers Auzon Azérat Beaumont Berbezit La Besseyre-Saint-Mary Blassac Blesle Bonneval Bournoncle-Saint-Pierre Brioude Cerzat La Chaise-Dieu Chambezon Champagnac-le-Vieux Chanaleilles Chaniat Chanteuges La Chapelle-Geneste Charraix Chassagnes Chassignolles Chastel Chavaniac-Lafayette Chazelles Chilhac La Chomette Cistrières Cohade Collat Connangles Couteuges Cronce Cubelles Desges Domeyrat Espalem Esplantas-Vazeilles Félines Ferrussac Fontannes Frugerès-les-Mines Frugières-le-Pin Grenier-Montgon Grèzes Javaugues Jax Josat Lamothe Langeac Laval-sur-Doulon Lavaudieu Lavoûte-Chilhac Lempdes-sur-Allagnon Léotoing Lorlanges Lubilhac Malvières Mazerat-Aurouze Mazeyrat-d'Allier Mercœur Monistrol-d'Allier Montclard Paulhac Paulhaguet Pébrac Pinols Prades Saint-Arcons-d'Allier Saint-Austremoine Saint-Beauzire Saint-Bérain Saint-Christophe-d'Allier Saint-Cirgues Saint-Didier-sur-Doulon Sainte-Eugénie-de-Villeneuve Sainte-Florine Sainte-Marguerite Saint-Étienne-sur-Blesle Saint-Georges-d'Aurac Saint-Géron Saint-Hilaire Saint-Ilpize Saint-Julien-des-Chazes Saint-Just-près-Brioude Saint-Laurent-Chabreuges Saint-Pal-de-Senouire Saint-Préjet-Armandon Saint-Préjet-d'Allier Saint-Privat-du-Dragon Saint-Vénérand Saint-Vert Salzuit Saugues Sembadel Siaugues-Sainte-Marie Tailhac Thoras Torsiac Vals-le-Chastel Venteuges Vergongheon Vézézoux Vieille-Brioude Villeneuve-d'Allier Vissac-Auteyrac
History
The arrondissement of Brioude was created in 1800.Historique de la Haute-Loire In 2007 it absorbed the canton of Saugues from the arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay.
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 Brioude were, as of January 2015:
Auzon Blesle Brioude-Nord Brioude-Sud La Chaise-Dieu Langeac Lavoûte-Chilhac Paulhaguet Pinols Saugues
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