Arrondissement of Bellac explained

The Arrondissement of Bellac is an arrondissement of France in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 57 communes. Its population is 39,204 (2016), and its area is 1779.9km2.^[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Bellac, and their INSEE codes, are:^[2]

1. Arnac-la-Poste (87003)
2. Azat-le-Ris (87006)
3. Balledent (87007)
4. La Bazeuge (87008)
5. Bellac (87011)
6. Berneuil (87012)
7. Bessines-sur-Gartempe (87014)
8. Blanzac (87017)
9. Blond (87018)
10. Breuilaufa (87022)
11. Le Buis (87023)
12. Chamboret (87033)
13. Châteauponsac (87041)
14. Cieux (87045)
15. Compreignac (87047)
16. La Croix-sur-Gartempe (87052)
17. Cromac (87053)
18. Dinsac (87056)
19. Dompierre-les-Églises (87057)
20. Le Dorat (87059)
21. Droux (87061)
22. Folles (87067)
23. Fromental (87068)
24. Gajoubert (87069)
25. Les Grands-Chézeaux (87074)
26. Jouac (87080)
27. Lussac-les-Églises (87087)
28. Magnac-Laval (87089)
29. Mailhac-sur-Benaize (87090)
30. Montrol-Sénard (87100)
31. Mortemart (87101)
32. Nantiat (87103)
33. Nouic (87108)
34. Oradour-Saint-Genest (87109)
35. Peyrat-de-Bellac (87116)
36. Rancon (87121)
37. Razès (87122)
38. Saint-Amand-Magnazeix (87133)
39. Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac (87139)
40. Saint-Georges-les-Landes (87145)
41. Saint-Hilaire-la-Treille (87149)
42. Saint-Junien-les-Combes (87155)
43. Saint-Léger-Magnazeix (87160)
44. Saint-Martial-sur-Isop (87163)
45. Saint-Martin-le-Mault (87165)
46. Saint-Ouen-sur-Gartempe (87172)
47. Saint-Pardoux-le-Lac (87128)
48. Saint-Sornin-la-Marche (87179)
49. Saint-Sornin-Leulac (87180)
50. Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles (87182)
51. Tersannes (87195)
52. Thouron (87197)
53. Val-d'Issoire (87097)
54. Val-d'Oire-et-Gartempe (87028)
55. Vaulry (87198)
56. Verneuil-Moustiers (87200)
57. Villefavard (87206)

History

The arrondissement of Bellac was created in 1800.^[3]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France 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 Bellac were, as of January 2015:^[4]

1. Bellac
2. Bessines-sur-Gartempe
3. Châteauponsac
4. Le Dorat
5. Magnac-Laval
6. Mézières-sur-Issoire
7. Nantiat
8. Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-04. INSEE.
2. Web site: Arrondissement de Bellac (871). 2019-10-04. INSEE.
3. http://splaf.free.fr/87his.html Historique de la Haute-Vienne
4. Web site: Populations légales 2012: 87 Haute-Vienne. December 2014. INSEE.