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Arrondissement of Gourdon
Arrondissement of France
Location of Gourdon in Lot
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 43,538
 • 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.

History

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

Geography

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 six cantons are completely within the arrondissement. The cantons of the arrondissement of Gourdon are:

  1. Causse et Bouriane (partly)
  2. Causse et Vallées (partly)
  3. Gourdon (partly)
  4. Gramat (partly)
  5. Martel
  6. Souillac

Communes

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

  1. Alvignac (46003)
  2. Anglars-Nozac (46006)
  3. Baladou (46016)
  4. Le Bastit (46018)
  5. Bétaille (46028)
  6. Bio (46030)
  7. Calès (46047)
  8. Caniac-du-Causse (46054)
  9. Carennac (46058)
  10. Carlucet (46059)
  11. Cavagnac (46065)
  12. Cazillac (46067)
  13. Cœur-de-Causse (46138)
  14. Concorès (46072)
  15. Condat (46074)
  16. Couzou (46078)
  17. Cressensac (46083)
  18. Creysse (46084)
  19. Cuzance (46086)
  20. Dégagnac (46087)
  21. Fajoles (46098)
  22. Floirac (46106)
  23. Frayssinet (46113)
  24. Gignac (46118)
  25. Ginouillac (46121)
  26. Gourdon (46127)
  27. Gramat (46128)
  28. Lacave (46144)
  29. Lachapelle-Auzac (46145)
  30. Lamothe-Cassel (46151)
  31. Lamothe-Fénelon (46152)
  32. Lanzac (46153)
  33. Lavercantière (46164)
  34. Lavergne (46165)
  35. Léobard (46169)
  36. Loupiac (46178)
  37. Lunegarde (46181)
  38. Martel (46185)
  39. Masclat (46186)
  40. Mayrac (46337)
  41. Meyronne (46192)
  42. Miers (46193)
  43. Milhac (46194)
  44. Montamel (46196)
  45. Montfaucon (46204)
  46. Montvalent (46208)
  47. Nadaillac-de-Rouge (46209)
  48. Padirac (46213)
  49. Payrac (46215)
  50. Payrignac (46216)
  51. Peyrilles (46219)
  52. Pinsac (46220)
  53. Les Quatre-Routes-du-Lot (46232)
  54. Rampoux (46234)
  55. Reilhaguet (46236)
  56. Rignac (46238)
  57. Le Roc (46239)
  58. Rocamadour (46240)
  59. Rouffilhac (46241)
  60. Saint-Chamarand (46253)
  61. Saint-Cirq-Madelon (46257)
  62. Saint-Cirq-Souillaguet (46258)
  63. Saint-Clair (46259)
  64. Saint-Denis-lès-Martel (46265)
  65. Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air (46267)
  66. Saint-Michel-de-Bannières (46283)
  67. Saint-Projet (46290)
  68. Saint-Sozy (46293)
  69. Salviac (46297)
  70. Sarrazac (46298)
  71. Séniergues (46304)
  72. Soucirac (46308)
  73. Souillac (46309)
  74. Soulomès (46310)
  75. Strenquels (46312)
  76. Thédirac (46316)
  77. Thégra (46317)
  78. Ussel (46323)
  79. Uzech (46324)
  80. Vayrac (46330)
  81. Le Vigan (46334)

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