The arrondissement of Cahors is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Lot département in the Occitanie region. Its capital, and of the department, is the city of Cahors.

History
When the arrondissements were created in 1800, Cahors was one of them in the Lot department.

Geography
It is the westernmost and southernmost of the arrondissements of the department, with an area of , the largest in area of the department. It is the most populated arrondissement with 76,216 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The arrondissement is bordered to the northwest by the Dordogne (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) department, to the north by the arrondissement of Gourdon, to the northeast by the arrondissement of Figeac, to the east by the Aveyron (Occitanie) department, to the south by the Tarn-et-Garonne (Occitanie) department, to the west by the Lot-et-Garonne (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 Cahors, there is only three cantons where not all their "communes" are in the arrondissement; the other six cantons are completely within the arrondissement. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and arrondissements:

Communes
The arrondissement of Cahors has 129 communes; they are (with their INSEE codes):

 
 Albas (46001)
 Anglars-Juillac (46005)
 Arcambal (46007)
 Les Arques (46008)
 Aujols (46010)
 Bach (46013)
 Bagat-en-Quercy (46014)
 Beauregard (46020)
 Bélaye (46022)
 Belfort-du-Quercy (46023)
 Belmont-Sainte-Foi (46026)
 Berganty (46027)
 Blars (46031)
 Boissières (46032)
 Le Boulvé (46033)
 Bouziès (46037)
 Cabrerets (46040)
 Cahors (46042)
 Caillac (46044)
 Calamane (46046)
 Calvignac (46049)
 Cambayrac (46050)
 Carnac-Rouffiac (46060)
 Cassagnes (46061)
 Castelfranc (46062)
 Castelnau-Montratier (46063)
 Catus (46064)
 Cazals (46066)
 Cénevières (46068)
 Cézac (46069)
 Cieurac (46070)
 Concots (46073)
 Cours (46077)
 Cras (46079)
 Crayssac (46080)
 Crégols (46081)
 Cremps (46082)
 Douelle (46088)
 Duravel (46089)
 Escamps (46091)
 Esclauzels (46092)
 Espère (46095)
 Fargues (46099)
 Flaujac-Poujols (46105)
 Floressas (46107)
 Fontanes (46109)
 Francoulès (46112)
 Frayssinet-le-Gélat (46114)
 Gigouzac (46119)
 Gindou (46120)
 Goujounac (46126)
 Grézels (46130)
 Les Junies (46134)
 Labastide-Marnhac (46137)
 Labastide-du-Vert (46136)
 Laburgade (46140)
 Lacapelle-Cabanac (46142)
 Lagardelle (46147)
 Lalbenque (46148)
 Lamagdelaine (46149)
 Laramière (46154)
 Laroque-des-Arcs (46156)
 Lascabanes (46158)
 Lauzès (46162)
 Lentillac-du-Causse (46167)
 Lherm (46171)
 Lhospitalet (46172)
 Limogne-en-Quercy (46173)
 Lugagnac (46179)
 Luzech (46182)
 Marminiac (46184)
 Mauroux (46187)
 Maxou (46188)
 Mechmont (46190)
 Mercuès (46191)
 Le Montat (46197)
 Montcabrier (46199)
 Montcléra (46200)
 Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc (46201)
 Montdoumerc (46202)
 Montgesty (46205)
 Montlauzun (46206)
 Nadillac (46210)
 Nuzéjouls (46211)
 Orniac (46212)
 Parnac (46214)
 Les Pechs-du-Vers (46252)
 Pern (46217)
 Pescadoires (46218)
 Pomarède (46222)
 Pontcirq (46223)
 Pradines (46224)
 Prayssac (46225)
 Promilhanes (46227)
 Puy-l'Évêque (46231)
 Sabadel-Lauzès (46245)
 Saillac (46247)
 Saint-Caprais (46250)
 Saint-Cirq-Lapopie (46256)
 Saint-Cyprien (46262)
 Saint-Daunès (46263)
 Saint-Denis-Catus (46264)
 Sainte-Alauzie (46248)
 Saint-Géry (46268)
 Saint-Laurent-Lolmie (46274)
 Saint-Martin-Labouval (46276)
 Saint-Martin-le-Redon (46277)
 Saint-Matré (46278)
 Saint-Médard (46280)
 Saint-Pantaléon (46285)
 Saint-Paul-Flaugnac (46103)
 Saint-Pierre-Lafeuille (46340)
 Saint-Vincent-Rive-d'Olt (46296)
 Sauliac-sur-Célé (46299)
 Saux (46300)
 Sauzet (46301)
 Sénaillac-Lauzès (46303)
 Sérignac (46305)
 Soturac (46307)
 Tour-de-Faure (46320)
 Touzac (46321)
 Trespoux-Rassiels (46322)
 Valroufié (46327)
 Varaire (46328)
 Vaylats (46329)
 Vers (46331)
 Vidaillac (46333)
 Villesèque (46335)
 Vire-sur-Lot (46336)

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

Related pages
 Arrondissements of the Lot department
 Communes of the Lot department

References

Cahors