Arrondissement of Ambert facts for kids
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Arrondissement of Ambert
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Location of Ambert in Puy-de-Dôme
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| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Puy-de-Dôme |
| Communes | 58 |
| Subprefecture | Ambert |
| INSEE code | 631 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,188.1 km2 (458.7 sq mi) |
| Population
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| • Total | 26,653 |
| • Density | 22.4333/km2 (58.102/sq mi) |
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.
History
When the Puy-de-Dôme department was created in 1790, the arrondissement of Ambert was part of that original department.
In 1926, the arrondissement of Ambert was eliminated but, in 1942, it became again an arrondissement of the department.
Geography
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), 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.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, 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:
- Ambert (6302)
- Les Monts du Livradois (6322) (partly)
Communes
The arrondissement of Ambert has 58 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
- Aix-la-Fayette (63002)
- Ambert (63003)
- Arlanc (63010)
- Auzelles (63023)
- Baffie (63027)
- Bertignat (63037)
- Beurières (63039)
- Brousse (63056)
- Le Brugeron (63057)
- Ceilloux (63065)
- Chambon-sur-Dolore (63076)
- Champétières (63081)
- La Chapelle-Agnon (63086)
- La Chaulme (63104)
- Chaumont-le-Bourg (63105)
- Condat-lès-Montboissier (63119)
- Cunlhat (63132)
- Domaize (63136)
- Doranges (63137)
- Dore-l'Église (63139)
- Échandelys (63142)
- Églisolles (63147)
- Fayet-Ronaye (63158)
- La Forie (63161)
- Fournols (63162)
- Grandrif (63173)
- Grandval (63174)
- Job (63179)
- Marat (63207)
- Marsac-en-Livradois (63211)
- Mayres (63218)
- Medeyrolles (63221)
- Le Monestier (63230)
- Novacelles (63256)
- Olliergues (63258)
- Saillant (63309)
- Saint-Alyre-d'Arlanc (63312)
- Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine (63314)
- Saint-Anthème (63319)
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Bourg (63323)
- Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel (63324)
- Saint-Clément-de-Valorgue (63331)
- Sainte-Catherine (63328)
- Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière (63337)
- Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes (63341)
- Saint-Germain-l'Herm (63353)
- Saint-Gervais-sous-Meymont (63355)
- Saint-Just (63371)
- Saint-Martin-des-Olmes (63374)
- Saint-Pierre-la-Bourlhonne (63384)
- Saint-Romain (63394)
- Saint-Sauveur-la-Sagne (63398)
- Sauvessanges (63412)
- Thiolières (63431)
- Tours-sur-Meymont (63434)
- Valcivières (63441)
- Vertolaye (63454)
- Viverols (63465)
The communes with more inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population (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 |
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See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Ambert para niños
