The arrondissement of Ambert is an

arrondissement An arrondissement (, , ) is any of various administrative divisions of France, Belgium, Haiti, certain other Francophone countries, as well as the Netherlands. Europe France The 101 French departments are divided into 342 ''arrondissements' ...

of France in the

Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, label=Auvergnat, lo Puèi de Doma or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2019, it had a population of 662,152.department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

in the

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...

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. It has 58

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

. Its population is 27,606 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Ambert, and their

INSEE code The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including communes and ''départements''. They are also used as national identification ...

s, are: # Aix-la-Fayette (63002) #

Ambert Ambert (; Auvergnat: ''Embèrt'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Administration Ambert is the seat of the canton of Ambert and the arrondissement of Ambert. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. ...

(63003) #

Arlanc Arlanc (; oc, Arlanc) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 Communes of France, communes of th ...

(63010) #

Auzelles Auzelles () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Population See also * Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of ...

(63023) #

Baffie Baffie (; Auvergnat: ''Bèfia'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 Communes of France, commu ...

(63027) # Bertignat (63037) # Beurières (63039) # Brousse (63056) # Le Brugeron (63057) # Ceilloux (63065) #

Chambon-sur-Dolore Chambon-sur-Dolore (, literally ''Chambon on Dolore''; oc, Vès Chambon de Dolòra) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a ...

(63076) # Champétières (63081) # La Chapelle-Agnon (63086) # La Chaulme (63104) #

Chaumont-le-Bourg Chaumont-le-Bourg () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of Fran ...

(63105) # Condat-lès-Montboissier (63119) #

Cunlhat Cunlhat () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. People Cunlhat was the birthplace of Maurice Pialat (1925–2003), film director and actor. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department ...

(63132) #

Domaize Domaize () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France. Inter ...

(63136) # Doranges (63137) #

Dore-l'Église Dore-l'Église (; oc, Dòra la Gleisa) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme ...

(63139) # Échandelys (63142) # Églisolles (63147) #

Fayet-Ronaye Fayet-Ronaye is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. History Initially, Ronaye and Fayet were two separate villages, hence the presence of a church in both of them. They used to belong to the family of Grelle ...

(63158) # La Forie (63161) # Fournols (63162) # Grandrif (63173) # Grandval (63174) #

Job Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that contr ...

(63179) #

Marat Marat may refer to: People *Marat (given name) *Marat (surname) **Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793), French political theorist, physician and scientist Arts, entertainment, and media *''Marat/Sade'', a 1963 play by Peter Weiss * ''Marat/Sade'' (fil ...

(63207) # Marsac-en-Livradois (63211) # Mayres (63218) #

Medeyrolles Medeyrolles (; oc, Medeiròla) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France. ...

(63221) # Le Monestier (63230) #

Novacelles Novacelles (; oc, Nòvacela) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France. ...

(63256) #

Olliergues Olliergues (; oc, Olhargues) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France. ...

(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 Saint-Éloy-la-Glacière (; oc, Sent Alòi de la Glaciera) is a Communes of France, commune in the Puy-de-Dôme Departments of France, department in Auvergne (region), Auvergne in central France. It is a member commune of the Parc naturel région ...

(63337) # Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes (63341) #

Saint-Germain-l'Herm Saint-Germain-l'Herm (; oc, Sant German de l'Erm) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 Communes of France, communes of ...

(63353) #

Saint-Gervais-sous-Meymont Saint-Gervais-sous-Meymont (; Auvergnat: ''Sent Gervasi de Maimont'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. The commune is a member of Parc naturel régional Livradois-Forez and hosts the park's main informat ...

(63355) # Saint-Just (63371) # Saint-Martin-des-Olmes (63374) # Saint-Pierre-la-Bourlhonne (63384) # Saint-Romain (63394) #

Saint-Sauveur-la-Sagne Saint-Sauveur-la-Sagne (; Auvergnat: ''Sant Sauvador de la Sanha'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 c ...

(63398) # Sauvessanges (63412) # Thiolières (63431) #

Tours-sur-Meymont Tours-sur-Meymont () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 Communes of France, communes of the Puy-de-Dôme Departments of ...

(63434) # Valcivières (63441) #

Vertolaye Vertolaye (; oc, Vertolalha) is a Communes of France, commune in the Puy-de-Dôme Departments of France, department in Auvergne (region), Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department References

Commu ...

(63454) # Viverols (63465)

History

The arrondissement of Ambert was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1942.Historique du Puy-de-Dôme
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Puy-de-Dôme, it gained three communes from the

arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand The arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand is an arrondissement of France in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It has 73 communes. Its population is 360,276 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the ar ...

. As a result of the reorganisation of the

cantons of France The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects ...

which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Ambert were, as of January 2015: #

# Arlanc # Cunlhat # Olliergues # Saint-Amant-Roche-Savine # Saint-Anthème # Saint-Germain-l'Herm # Viverols

References

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