Arrondissement of Mauriac

The arrondissement of Mauriac is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Cantal "département" in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its capital, and subpréfecture of the department, is the city of Mauriac.
History.
When the "arrondissements" were created in 1800, Mauriac was one of them in the Cantal department.
Geography.
The "arrondissement" of Mauriac is in the northwest of the department and has an area of , the smallest and with fewest people living in it with 26,192 inhabitants and a population density of inhabitants/km².
The "arrondissement" is bordered to the north and west by the Corrèze department (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), to the northeast by the Puy-de-Dôme department, to the east by the "arrondissement" of Saint-Flour and to the south by the "arrondissement" of Aurillac.
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 Mauriac, there is only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the "arrondissement", Naucelles and Riom-ès-Montagnes. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and "arrondissements":
Communes.
The "arrondissement" of Mauriac has 55 "communes"; they are (with their INSEE codes):
The "communes" with more inhabitants in the "arrondissement" are: