Arrondissement of Brioude

The arrondissement of Brioude is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Haute-Loire "département". Its capital is the city of Brioude, a subprefecture of the department.
History.
When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the "arrondissement" of Brioude was part of that original department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Brioude is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Le Puy-en-Velay, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the Cantal department.
It is the most western of the "arrondissements" of the department, with an area of , the second largest of the department but it is the one with fewest people living in it with 45,848 inhabitants and a density of inhabitants/km².
The Allier river flows through this "arrondissement".
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 Brioude, there are 5 cantons:
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Brioude has 111 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: