When the Haute-Loire department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Le Puy-en-Velay, with the name of Le Puy, was part of that original department. In 1988, the name was changed to Puy-en-Velay.[1]
Geography
The arrondissement of Puy-en-Velay is bordered to the north by the Puy-de-Dôme and Loire departments, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Yssingeaux, to the east and southeast by the Ardèche department, to the south and southwest by the Lozère department and to the west by the arrondissement of Brioude.
It is the central arrondissement of the department and is the largest arrondissement both in area, 1,930.7 km2 (745.4 sq mi),[2] and in population, with 96,041 inhabitants and a density of 49.7 inhabitants/km².[3]
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France,[4] cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Puy-en-Velay, there are 9 cantons:
↑"Arrondissement du Puy-en-Velay (432)". Comparateur de territoire (in French). Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques - INSEE. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
