The department of Puy-de-Dôme is organised into five administrative districts known as arrondissements.
In the context of French territorial administration, a department is commonly split into several arrondissements — units that are sometimes rendered in English as "districts" or, in certain cities, as boroughs.
The administrative centre of an arrondissement carries the title of subprefecture. When the departmental prefecture lies inside an arrondissement, that city serves both as the department's prefecture and as the arrondissement's subprefecture.
Each arrondissement is further subdivided into local municipalities called communes, which are the smallest units of local government in France.
List of the arrondissements
- Ambert — subprefecture: Ambert
- Clermont-Ferrand — prefecture and arrondissement capital: Clermont-Ferrand
- Issoire — subprefecture: Issoire
- Riom — subprefecture: Riom
- Thiers — subprefecture: Thiers