Arrondissement of Limoges
The arrondissement of Limoges is an arrondissement of France, in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Limoges.
Limoges | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nouvelle-Aquitaine |
Department | Haute-Vienne |
No. of communes | 108 |
Prefecture | Limoges |
Area | 2,944.8 km2 (1,137.0 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2019)[1] | 296,438 |
INSEE code | 872 |
History
changeWhen the Haute-Vienne department was created on 1800, the arrondissement of Limoges was part of that original department.[2]
Geography
changeThe arrondissement of Limoges is the most southern arrondissement of the Haute-Vienne department. It is bordered to the north by the arrondissement of Bellac, to the east by the Creuse department, to the south by the Corrèze department, to the southwest by the Dordogne department and to the west by the arrondissement of Rochechouart.
The arrondissement of Limoges is the largest arrondissement of the department, with area of 2,944.8 km2 (1,137.0 sq mi), and it is the one with more people living in it with a population of 298,578 inhabitants and a population density of 101.4 inhabitants/km².[3]
Composition
changeCantons
changeAfter the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Limoges, the canton of Ambazac is the only canton that has communes in more than one arrondissement as can be seen in the following table:
INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bellac | Limoges | Rochechouart | |||
8701 | Aixe-sur-Vienne | 10 | 10 | ||
8702 | Ambazac | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
8705 | Condat-sur-Vienne | 12 | 12 | ||
8706 | Couzeix | 7 | 7 | ||
8707 | Eymoutiers | 32 | 32 | ||
8708 | Limoges-1 | part of Limoges | part of Limoges | ||
8709 | Limoges-2 | part of Limoges | part of Limoges | ||
8710 | Limoges-3 | part of Limoges | part of Limoges | ||
8711 | Limoges-4 | part of Limoges | part of Limoges | ||
8712 | Limoges-5 | 2 + part of Limoges | 2 + part of Limoges | ||
8713 | Limoges-6 | part of Limoges | part of Limoges | ||
8714 | Limoges-7 | part of Limoges | part of Limoges | ||
8715 | Limoges-8 | part of Limoges | part of Limoges | ||
8716 | Limoges-9 | 1 + part of Limoges | 1 + part of Limoges | ||
8716 | Panazol | 2 | 2 | ||
8720 | Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat | 13 | 13 | ||
8721 | Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche | 17 | 17 |
Communes
changeThe arrondissement of Limoges has 108 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː[5]
- Aixe-sur-Vienne (87001)
- Ambazac (87002)
- Augne (87004)
- Aureil (87005)
- Beaumont-du-Lac (87009)
- Bersac-sur-Rivalier (87013)
- Beynac (87015)
- Boisseuil (87019)
- Bonnac-la-Côte (87020)
- Bosmie-l'Aiguille (87021)
- Bujaleuf (87024)
- Burgnac (87025)
- Bussière-Galant (87027)
- Champnétery (87035)
- Chaptelat (87038)
- Cheissoux (87043)
- Châlus (87032)
- Château-Chervix (87039)
- Châteauneuf-la-Forêt (87040)
- Condat-sur-Vienne (87048)
- Coussac-Bonneval (87049)
- Couzeix (87050)
- Domps (87058)
- Eybouleuf (87062)
- Eyjeaux (87063)
- Eymoutiers (87064)
- Feytiat (87065)
- Flavignac (87066)
- Glandon (87071)
- Glanges (87072)
- Isle (87075)
- Jabreilles-les-Bordes (87076)
- Janailhac (87077)
- Jourgnac (87081)
- La Croisille-sur-Briance (87051)
- La Geneytouse (87070)
- La Jonchère-Saint-Maurice (87079)
- La Meyze (87096)
- La Porcherie (87120)
- La Roche-l'Abeille (87127)
- Ladignac-le-Long (87082)
- Laurière (87083)
- Lavignac (87084)
- Le Chalard (87031)
- Le Châtenet-en-Dognon (87042)
- Le Palais-sur-Vienne (87113)
- Le Vigen (87205)
- Les Billanges (87016)
- Les Cars (87029)
- Limoges (87085)
- Linards (87086)
- Magnac-Bourg (87088)
- Masléon (87093)
- Meilhac (87094)
- Meuzac (87095)
- Moissannes (87099)
- Nedde (87104)
- Neuvic-Entier (87105)
- Nexon (87106)
- Nieul (87107)
- Pageas (87112)
- Panazol (87114)
- Peyrat-le-Château (87117)
- Peyrilhac (87118)
- Pierre-Buffière (87119)
- Rempnat (87123)
- Rilhac-Lastours (87124)
- Rilhac-Rancon (87125)
- Royères (87129)
- Roziers-Saint-Georges (87130)
- Saint-Amand-le-Petit (87132)
- Saint-Bonnet-Briance (87138)
- Saint-Denis-des-Murs (87142)
- Saint-Gence (87143)
- Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle (87144)
- Saint-Germain-les-Belles (87146)
- Saint-Gilles-les-Forêts (87147)
- Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval (87148)
- Saint-Hilaire-les-Places (87150)
- Saint-Jean-Ligoure (87151)
- Saint-Jouvent (87152)
- Saint-Julien-le-Petit (87153)
- Saint-Just-le-Martel (87156)
- Saint-Laurent-les-Églises (87157)
- Saint-Léger-la-Montagne (87159)
- Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (87161)
- Saint-Martin-Terressus (87167)
- Saint-Martin-le-Vieux (87166)
- Saint-Maurice-les-Brousses (87169)
- Saint-Méard (87170)
- Saint-Paul (87174)
- Saint-Priest-Ligoure (87176)
- Saint-Priest-Taurion (87178)
- Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe (87177)
- Saint-Sulpice-Laurière (87181)
- Saint-Sylvestre (87183)
- Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance (87186)
- Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche (87187)
- Saint-Yrieix-sous-Aixe (87188)
- Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest (87134)
- Sauviat-sur-Vige (87190)
- Solignac (87192)
- Surdoux (87193)
- Sussac (87194)
- Séreilhac (87191)
- Verneuil-sur-Vienne (87201)
- Veyrac (87202)
- Vicq-sur-Breuilh (87203)
The communes in the arrondissement with more inhabitants are:
INSEE code |
Commune | Population[3] (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
---|---|---|---|---|
87085 | Limoges | 134,577 | Limoges-1 to Limoges-9 | Communauté d'agglomération Limoges Métropole |
87114 | Panazol | 10,734 | Panazol | Communauté d'agglomération Limoges Métropole |
87050 | Couzeix | 8,955 | Couzeix | Communauté d'agglomération Limoges Métropole |
87075 | Isle | 7,520 | Limoges-9 | Communauté d'agglomération Limoges Métropole |
87187 | Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche | 6,848 | Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche | Le Pays de Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche |
87065 | Feytiat | 6,147 | Panazol | Communauté d'agglomération Limoges Métropole |
87113 | Le Palais-sur-Vienne | 6,069 | Limoges-5 | Communauté d'agglomération Limoges Métropole |
87001 | Aixe-sur-Vienne | 5,771 | Aixe-sur-Vienne | Le Val de Vienne |
87002 | Ambazac | 5,628 | Ambazac | Les Monts d'Ambazac et du Val du Taurion |
87048 | Condat-sur-Vienne | 4,983 | Condat-sur-Vienne | Communauté d'agglomération Limoges Métropole |
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ "Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2020.
- ↑ "Historique de la Haute-Vienne". Le SPLAF (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Régions, départements, arrondissements, cantons et communes" (PDF). Populations légales 2014 (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ Décret n° 2014-194 du 20 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Haute-Vienne
- ↑ "Arrondissement de Limoges (872)". Géographie administrative et d'étude (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 28 March 2017.