Arrondissement of Figeac facts for kids
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Arrondissement of Figeac
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Location of Figeac in Lot
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| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Lot |
| Communes | 116 |
| Subprefecture | Figeac |
| INSEE code | 462 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,550.3 km2 (598.6 sq mi) |
| Population
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| • Total | 54,060 |
| • Density | 34.871/km2 (90.315/sq mi) |
The arrondissement of Figeac is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot département in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Figeac.
History
When the arrondissements were created on 17 February 1800, Figeac was one of them in the Lot department.
Geography
It is the easternmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of 1,550.3 km2 (599 sq mi), the second largest in area of the department. It has a population of 54,060 inhabitants and a population density of 34.9 inhabitants/km².
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the Corrèze (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the west by the Cantal (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) department, to the south by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the southwest by the arrondissement of Cahors, and to the west by the arrondissement of Gourdon.
Composition
Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the arrondissements so they could have communes that belong to different arrondissements.
In the arrondissement of Figeac, there is only two cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement; the other five cantons are completely within the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:
| INSEE Code |
Canton | Arrondissements | Total | ||
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| Cahors | Figeac | Gourdon | |||
| 4605 | Causse et Vallées | 22 | 19 | 6 | 47 |
| 4606 | Cère et Ségala | 21 | 21 | ||
| 4607 | Figeac-1 | 11 + part of Figeac | 11 + part of Figeac | ||
| 4608 | Figeac-2 | 13 + part of Figeac | 13 + part of Figeac | ||
| 4610 | Gramat | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
| 4611 | Lacapelle-Marival | 32 | 32 | ||
| 4616 | Saint-Céré | 18 | 18 | ||
Communes
The arrondissement of Figeac has 116 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
- Albiac (46002)
- Anglars (46004)
- Assier (46009)
- Autoire (46011)
- Aynac (46012)
- Bagnac-sur-Célé (46015)
- Bannes (46017)
- Béduer (46021)
- Belmont-Bretenoux (46024)
- Bessonies (46338)
- Biars-sur-Cère (46029)
- Le Bourg (46034)
- Boussac (46035)
- Le Bouyssou (46036)
- Brengues (46039)
- Bretenoux (46038)
- Cadrieu (46041)
- Cahus (46043)
- Cajarc (46045)
- Cambes (46051)
- Camboulit (46052)
- Camburat (46053)
- Capdenac (46055)
- Carayac (46056)
- Cardaillac (46057)
- Corn (46075)
- Cornac (46076)
- Cuzac (46085)
- Durbans (46090)
- Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie (46093)
- Espédaillac (46094)
- Espeyroux (46096)
- Estal (46097)
- Faycelles (46100)
- Felzins (46101)
- Figeac (46102)
- Flaujac-Gare (46104)
- Fons (46108)
- Fourmagnac (46111)
- Frayssinhes (46115)
- Frontenac (46116)
- Gagnac-sur-Cère (46117)
- Gintrac (46122)
- Girac (46123)
- Glanes (46124)
- Gorses (46125)
- Gréalou (46129)
- Grèzes (46131)
- Issendolus (46132)
- Issepts (46133)
- Labastide-du-Haut-Mont (46135)
- Labathude (46139)
- Lacapelle-Marival (46143)
- Ladirat (46146)
- Larnagol (46155)
- Larroque-Toirac (46157)
- Latouille-Lentillac (46159)
- Latronquière (46160)
- Lauresses (46161)
- Laval-de-Cère (46163)
- Lentillac-Saint-Blaise (46168)
- Leyme (46170)
- Linac (46174)
- Lissac-et-Mouret (46175)
- Livernon (46176)
- Loubressac (46177)
- Lunan (46180)
- Marcilhac-sur-Célé (46183)
- Mayrinhac-Lentour (46189)
- Molières (46195)
- Montbrun (46198)
- Montet-et-Bouxal (46203)
- Montredon (46207)
- Planioles (46221)
- Prendeignes (46226)
- Prudhomat (46228)
- Puybrun (46229)
- Puyjourdes (46230)
- Quissac (46233)
- Reilhac (46235)
- Reyrevignes (46237)
- Rudelle (46242)
- Rueyres (46243)
- Sabadel-Latronquière (46244)
- Saignes (46246)
- Saint-Bressou (46249)
- Saint-Céré (46251)
- Saint-Chels (46254)
- Saint-Cirgues (46255)
- Sainte-Colombe (46260)
- Saint-Félix (46266)
- Saint-Hilaire (46269)
- Saint-Jean-de-Laur (46270)
- Saint-Jean-Lagineste (46339)
- Saint-Jean-Lespinasse (46271)
- Saint-Jean-Mirabel (46272)
- Saint-Laurent-les-Tours (46273)
- Saint-Maurice-en-Quercy (46279)
- Saint-Médard-de-Presque (46281)
- Saint-Médard-Nicourby (46282)
- Saint-Michel-Loubéjou (46284)
- Saint-Paul-de-Vern (46286)
- Saint-Perdoux (46288)
- Saint-Pierre-Toirac (46289)
- Saint-Simon (46292)
- Saint-Sulpice (46294)
- Saint-Vincent-du-Pendit (46295)
- Sénaillac-Latronquière (46302)
- Sonac (46306)
- Sousceyrac-en-Quercy (46311)
- Tauriac (46313)
- Terrou (46314)
- Teyssieu (46315)
- Thémines (46318)
- Théminettes (46319)
- Viazac (46332)
The communes with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the arrondissement are:
| INSEE code |
Commune | Population (2014) |
Canton | Intercommunality |
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| 46102 | Figeac | 9,820 | Figeac-1 and Figeac-2 | Le Grand Figeac |
| 46251 | Saint-Céré | 3,503 | Saint-Céré | Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne |
| 46029 | Biars-sur-Cère | 2,033 | Cère et Ségala | Cère et Dordogne |
| 46015 | Bagnac-sur-Célé | 1,531 | Figeac-2 | Le Grand Figeac |
| 46311 | Sousceyrac-en-Quercy | 1,397 | Saint-Céré | Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne |
| 46038 | Bretenoux | 1,395 | Cère et Ségala | Cère et Dordogne |
| 46143 | Lacapelle-Marival | 1,310 | Lacapelle-Marival | Le Grand Figeac |
| 46045 | Cajarc | 1,133 | Causse et Vallées | Causse et Vallées |
| 46055 | Capdenac | 1,093 | Figeac-2 | Le Grand Figeac |
Related pages
See also
In Spanish: Distrito de Figeac para niños
