Arrondissement of Aurillac

The arrondissement of Aurillac is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Cantal "département" in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and préfecture of the department, is the city of Aurillac.
History.
When the "arrondissements" were created in 1800, Aurillac was one of them in the Cantal department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Aurillac is in the southwest of the department and has an area of , the second largest in area, and the most populated of the department with 82,347 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north by the "arrondissement" of Mauriac, to the northeast by the "arrondissement" of Saint-Flour, to the east and south by the Aveyron department (Occitanie) and to the northwest by the Corrèze department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine).
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 Aurillac, there is only one canton where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement", Naucelles. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Aurillac has 94 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: