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Arrondissement of Gourdon
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	Arrondissement of France
	Location of Gourdon in Lot
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	43,372
• Density	29.1694/km2 (75.548/sq mi)

The arrondissement of Gourdon is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Lot département in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Gourdon.

History

When the arrondissements were created on 17 February 1800, Figeac was one of them in the Lot department.

Geography

It is the smallest arrondissement of the department, with an area of 1,486.9 km² (574.1 sq mi). It is also the arrondissement with fewer people living there, with 43,372 inhabitants and a population density of 29.2 inhabitants/km².

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.

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 Gourdon, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement; the other two cantons are completely within the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Cantons and communes in the arrondissement of Gourdon
INSEE Code	Canton	Arrondissements			Total
INSEE Code	Canton	Cahors	Figeac	Gourdon	Total
4604	Causse et Bouriane	16		16	32
4605	Causse et Vallées	22	19	6	47
4609	Gourdon	3		15	18
4610	Gramat		5	12	17
4614	Martel			18	18
4617	Souillac			18	18

Communes

The arrondissement of Gourdon has 81 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

Alvignac (46003)
Anglars-Nozac (46006)
Baladou (46016)
Le Bastit (46018)
Bétaille (46028)
Bio (46030)
Calès (46047)
Caniac-du-Causse (46054)
Carennac (46058)
Carlucet (46059)
Cavagnac (46065)
Cazillac (46067)
Cœur-de-Causse (46138)
Concorès (46072)
Condat (46074)
Couzou (46078)
Cressensac (46083)
Creysse (46084)
Cuzance (46086)
Dégagnac (46087)
Fajoles (46098)
Floirac (46106)
Frayssinet (46113)
Gignac (46118)
Ginouillac (46121)
Gourdon (46127)
Gramat (46128)
Lacave (46144)
Lachapelle-Auzac (46145)
Lamothe-Cassel (46151)
Lamothe-Fénelon (46152)
Lanzac (46153)
Lavercantière (46164)
Lavergne (46165)
Léobard (46169)
Loupiac (46178)
Lunegarde (46181)
Martel (46185)
Masclat (46186)
Mayrac (46337)
Meyronne (46192)
Miers (46193)
Milhac (46194)
Montamel (46196)
Montfaucon (46204)
Montvalent (46208)
Nadaillac-de-Rouge (46209)
Padirac (46213)
Payrac (46215)
Payrignac (46216)
Peyrilles (46219)
Pinsac (46220)
Les Quatre-Routes-du-Lot (46232)
Rampoux (46234)
Reilhaguet (46236)
Rignac (46238)
Le Roc (46239)
Rocamadour (46240)
Rouffilhac (46241)
Saint-Chamarand (46253)
Saint-Cirq-Madelon (46257)
Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet (46258)
Saint-Clair (46259)
Saint-Denis-lès-Martel (46265)
Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air (46267)
Saint-Michel-de-Bannières (46283)
Saint-Projet (46290)
Saint-Sozy (46293)
Salviac (46297)
Sarrazac (46298)
Séniergues (46304)
Soucirac (46308)
Souillac (46309)
Soulomès (46310)
Strenquels (46312)
Thédirac (46316)
Thégra (46317)
Ussel (46323)
Uzech (46324)
Vayrac (46330)
Le Vigan (46334)

The communes with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the arrondissement are:

INSEE code	Commune	Population (2014)	Canton	Intercommunality
46127	Gourdon	4,297	Gourdon	Quercy - Bouriane
46128	Gramat	3,611	Gramat	Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
46309	Souillac	3,366	Souillac	Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
46185	Martel	1,620	Martel	Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
46334	Le Vigan	1,551	Gourdon	Quercy - Bouriane
46330	Vayrac	1,351	Martel	Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne
46297	Salviac	1,208	Gourdon	Cazals-Salviac