Ambert | |
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Country | France |
Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
No. of communes | 58 |
Subprefecture | Ambert |
Area | 1,229.8 km2 (474.8 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 27,571 |
INSEE code | 631 |
The arrondissement of Ambert is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Puy-de-Dôme département, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and a subprefecture of the department, is the city of Ambert.
When the Puy-de-Dôme department was created in 1790, the arrondissement of Ambert was part of that original department.[2]
In 1926, the arrondissement of Ambert was eliminated but, in 1942, it became again an arrondissement of the department.[2]
The arrondissement of Ambert is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Thiers, to the east by the Loire department, to the south by the Haute-Loire department, to the west by the arrondissement of Issoire and to the northwest by the arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand.
It is in the southeast of the department and has an area of 1,188.1 km2 (458.7 sq mi),[3] and is the arrondissement with fewest people living in it, with a population of 26,653 inhabitants and a density of 22.4 inhabitants/km².[4]
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[5] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Ambert there are only 2 cantons:
The arrondissement of Ambert has 58 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):[6]
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[4] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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63003 | Ambert | 6,794 | Ambert | Ambert Livradois Forez |
63010 | Arlanc | 1,917 | Ambert | Ambert Livradois Forez |
63211 | Marsac-en-Livradois | 1,461 | Ambert | Ambert Livradois Forez |
63132 | Cunlhat | 1,260 | Les Monts du Livradois | Ambert Livradois Forez |
63179 | Job | 1,034 | Ambert | Ambert Livradois Forez |
63207 | Marat | 837 | Les Monts du Livradois | Ambert Livradois Forez |
63258 | Olliergues | 737 | Les Monts du Livradois | Ambert Livradois Forez |
63319 | Saint-Anthème | 711 | Ambert | Ambert Livradois Forez |
63139 | Dore-l'Église | 628 | Ambert | Ambert Livradois Forez |
63454 | Vertolaye | 547 | Les Monts du Livradois | Ambert Livradois Forez |