Arrondissement of Gourdon

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 . It is also the _arrondissement_ with fewer people living there, with 43,372 inhabitants and a population density of  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.

### 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_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="3" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | 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):

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

The _communes_ with more of 1,000 inhabitants in the _arrondissement_ are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! 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|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Lot department
- Communes of the Lot department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Gourdon
- **insee**: 463
- **nbcomm**: 97
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Gourdon, Lot, Gourdon
- **area**: 1762.3
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Gourdon 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie