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| Arrondissement of Gourdon | |
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| Arrondissement of France | |
 Location of Gourdon in Lot |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Occitanie |
| Department | Lot |
| Communes | 81 |
| Subprefecture | Gourdon |
| INSEE code | 463 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,486.9 km2 (574.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 43,538 |
| • Density | 29.2811/km2 (75.838/sq mi) |
The arrondissement of Gourdon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot département. Its capital is the city of Gourdon.
It is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of 1,487 km2 (574 sq mi). It is also the arrondissement with fewer people living there, with 43,538 inhabitants and a population density of 29.3 inhabitants/km².
When the arrondissements were created on 17 February 1800, Gourdon was one of them in the Lot department.
The arrondissement is bordered to the north by the by the Corrèze (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the east by the arrondissement of Figeac, to the south by the arrondissement of Cahors and to the west by the Dordogne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department.
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 Gourdon, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement; the other six cantons are completely within the arrondissement. The cantons of the arrondissement of Gourdon are:
The arrondissement of Gourdon has 81 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):
