The arrondissement of Thiers 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 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 ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

. It has 44

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, relig ...

. Its population is 56,321 (2016), and its area is .

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Thiers, and their

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s, are: #

Arconsat Arconsat (; oc, Riconçac) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. It also qualifies itself as "World home of the Saucisse de choux d'Arconsat". Population See also * Communes of the Puy-de-Dô ...

(63008) # Aubusson-d'Auvergne (63015) # Augerolles (63016) # Bort-l'Étang (63045) # Bulhon (63058) # Celles-sur-Durolle (63066) # Chabreloche (63072) # Charnat (63095) #

Châteldon Châteldon (; oc, Chasteladon) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. About the town Châteldon is a medieval village in the northern part of Auvergne. It dates from the early Middle Ages, with ...

(63102) #

Courpière Courpière (; Auvergnat: ''Corpèira'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Population Tour de France cycle race Courpiere was on the stage 14 route of the 2020 Tour de France See also *C ...

(63125) #

Crevant-Laveine Crevant-Laveine is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Places and monuments Mountain castle, park by landscape architects, François-Marie Treyve and Joseph Marie. Château de la Terrasse, built f ...

(63128) # Culhat (63131) # Dorat (63138) # Escoutoux (63151) # Joze (63180) #

Lachaux Lachaux () 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. Intercommunalitie ...

(63184) # Lempty (63194) #

Lezoux Lezoux (; oc, Lesós) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. It was a key location in the filming of the 2004 film Les Choristes (The Chorus). Population See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme departmen ...

(63195) # Moissat (63229) # La Monnerie-le-Montel (63231) # Noalhat (63253) # Néronde-sur-Dore (63249) #

Olmet Olmet () 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 Cantal department References

Communes of Puy-de-Dôme {{Pu ...

(63260) # Orléat (63265) # Palladuc (63267) # Paslières (63271) #

Peschadoires Peschadoires (; oc, Peschadoira) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne 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 departm ...

(63276) #

Puy-Guillaume Puy-Guillaume () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne 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 France. ...

(63291) #

Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

(63296) # La Renaudie (63298) #

Ris Ris may refer to the following: * Ris, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune in France * Ris, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in France * Ris, Norway * Diane Ris (1932–2013), Catholic nun, educator and author * Friedrich Ris (1867–1931), Swiss physician and ...

(63301) # Sainte-Agathe (63310) # Saint-Flour-l'Étang (63343) # Saint-Jean-d'Heurs (63364) # Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle (63393) # Saint-Victor-Montvianeix (63402) # Sauviat (63414) # Sermentizon (63418) # Seychalles (63420) # Thiers (63430) # Vinzelles (63461) # Viscomtat (63463) # Vollore-Montagne (63468) # Vollore-Ville (63469)

History

The arrondissement of Thiers was created in 1800.Historique du Puy-de-Dôme
/ref> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Puy-de-Dôme, it gained four 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 ...

, and it lost three communes to the arrondissement of Riom. As a result of the reorganisation of the

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

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 Thiers were, as of January 2015: # Châteldon # Courpière #

# Maringues # Saint-Rémy-sur-Durolle # Thiers

References

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