Arrondissement of Ussel


The arrondissement of Ussel is an arrondissement of France in the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 78 communes. Its population is 40,136, and its area is.

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Ussel, and their INSEE codes, are:
  1. Aix
  2. Alleyrat
  3. Ambrugeat
  4. Bellechassagne
  5. Bort-les-Orgues
  6. Champagnac-la-Noaille
  7. Chapelle-Spinasse
  8. Chaumeil
  9. Chavanac
  10. Chaveroche
  11. Chirac-Bellevue
  12. Combressol
  13. Confolent-Port-Dieu
  14. Couffy-sur-Sarsonne
  15. Courteix
  16. Darnets
  17. Davignac
  18. Égletons
  19. Eygurande
  20. Feyt
  21. Lafage-sur-Sombre
  22. Lamazière-Basse
  23. Lamazière-Haute
  24. Lapleau
  25. Laroche-près-Feyt
  26. Latronche
  27. Laval-sur-Luzège
  28. Liginiac
  29. Lignareix
  30. Marcillac-la-Croisille
  31. Margerides
  32. Maussac
  33. Merlines
  34. Mestes
  35. Meymac
  36. Meyrignac-l'Église
  37. Millevaches
  38. Monestier-Merlines
  39. Monestier-Port-Dieu
  40. Montaignac-sur-Doustre
  41. Moustier-Ventadour
  42. Neuvic
  43. Palisse
  44. Péret-Bel-Air
  45. Pérols-sur-Vézère
  46. Peyrelevade
  47. Roche-le-Peyroux
  48. Rosiers-d'Égletons
  49. Saint-Angel
  50. Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort
  51. Sainte-Marie-Lapanouze
  52. Saint-Étienne-aux-Clos
  53. Saint-Étienne-la-Geneste
  54. Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches
  55. Saint-Fréjoux
  56. Saint-Germain-Lavolps
  57. Saint-Hilaire-Foissac
  58. Saint-Hilaire-Luc
  59. Saint-Merd-de-Lapleau
  60. Saint-Merd-les-Oussines
  61. Saint-Pantaléon-de-Lapleau
  62. Saint-Pardoux-le-Neuf
  63. Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux
  64. Saint-Rémy
  65. Saint-Setiers
  66. Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois
  67. Saint-Victour
  68. Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat
  69. Sarran
  70. Sarroux-Saint Julien
  71. Sérandon
  72. Sornac
  73. Soudeilles
  74. Soursac
  75. Thalamy
  76. Ussel
  77. Valiergues
  78. Veyrières

History

The arrondissement of Ussel was created in 1800, disbanded in 1926 and restored in 1943. At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Corrèze, it gained 19 communes from the arrondissement of Tulle, and it lost eight communes to the arrondissement of Tulle. In January 2024 the commune of Bugeat passed from the arrondissement of Ussel to the arrondissement of Tulle.
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 Ussel were, as of January 2015:
  1. Bort-les-Orgues
  2. Bugeat
  3. Eygurande
  4. Meymac
  5. Neuvic
  6. Sornac
  7. Ussel-Est
  8. Ussel-Ouest

Sub-prefects