Arrondissement of Lodève

The **arrondissement of Lodève** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Hérault _département_. Its capital is the city of Lodève.

## History

When the Hérault department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Lodève was part of that original department.

The _arrondissement_ was eliminated in 1926 but was made again an _arrondissement_ in 1942.

## Geography

It is the northernmost of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of . It has 94,714 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ of Lodève is bordered to the north by the Gard department, to the east by the _arrondissement_ of Montpellier, to the south by the _arrondissement_ of Béziers, and to the west by the Aveyron 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 Lodève, there is only one canton, the Canton of Gignac, with all is _communes_ in 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|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3406|Clermont-l'Hérault|17|23||**40**|
|3409|Gignac||28||**28**|
|3411|Lodève||47|7|**54**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Lodève has 98 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Agonès <small>(34005)</small>
1. Aniane <small>(34010)</small>
1. Arboras <small>(34011)</small>
1. Argelliers <small>(34012)</small>
1. Aspiran <small>(34013)</small>
1. Aumelas <small>(34016)</small>
1. Avène <small>(34019)</small>
1. Bélarga <small>(34029)</small>
1. La Boissière <small>(34035)</small>
1. Le Bosc <small>(34036)</small>
1. Le Bousquet-d'Orb <small>(34038)</small>
1. Brenas <small>(34040)</small>
1. Brignac <small>(34041)</small>
1. Brissac <small>(34042)</small>
1. Campagnan <small>(34047)</small>
1. Canet <small>(34051)</small>
1. Causse-de-la-Selle <small>(34060)</small>
1. Le Caylar <small>(34064)</small>
1. Cazilhac <small>(34067)</small>
1. Ceilhes-et-Rocozels <small>(34071)</small>
1. Celles <small>(34072)</small>
1. Ceyras <small>(34076)</small>
1. Clermont-l'Hérault <small>(34079)</small>
1. Le Cros <small>(34091)</small>
1. Dio-et-Valquières <small>(34093)</small>
1. Fozières <small>(34106)</small>
1. Ganges <small>(34111)</small>
1. Gignac <small>(34114)</small>
1. Gorniès <small>(34115)</small>
1. Joncels <small>(34121)</small>
1. Jonquières <small>(34122)</small>
1. Lacoste <small>(34124)</small>
1. Lagamas <small>(34125)</small>
1. Laroque <small>(34128)</small>
1. Lauroux <small>(34132)</small>
1. Lavalette <small>(34133)</small>
1. Liausson <small>(34137)</small>
1. Lodève <small>(34142)</small>
1. Lunas <small>(34144)</small>
1. Mas-de-Londres <small>(34152)</small>
1. Mérifons <small>(34156)</small>
1. Montarnaud <small>(34163)</small>
1. Montoulieu <small>(34171)</small>
1. Montpeyroux <small>(34173)</small>
1. Moulès-et-Baucels <small>(34174)</small>
1. Mourèze <small>(34175)</small>
1. Nébian <small>(34180)</small>
1. Notre-Dame-de-Londres <small>(34185)</small>
1. Octon <small>(34186)</small>
1. Olmet-et-Villecun <small>(34188)</small>
1. Paulhan <small>(34194)</small>
1. Pégairolles-de-Buèges <small>(34195)</small>
1. Pégairolles-de-l'Escalette <small>(34196)</small>
1. Plaissan <small>(34204)</small>
1. Les Plans <small>(34205)</small>
1. Popian <small>(34208)</small>
1. Le Pouget <small>(34210)</small>
1. Poujols <small>(34212)</small>
1. Pouzols <small>(34215)</small>
1. Le Puech <small>(34220)</small>
1. Puéchabon <small>(34221)</small>
1. Puilacher <small>(34222)</small>
1. Les Rives <small>(34230)</small>
1. Romiguières <small>(34231)</small>
1. Roqueredonde <small>(34233)</small>
1. Rouet <small>(34236)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Buèges <small>(34238)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Sangonis <small>(34239)</small>
1. Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve <small>(34241)</small>
1. Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois <small>(34243)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-de-Gourgas <small>(34251)</small>
1. Saint-Félix-de-Lodez <small>(34254)</small>
1. Saint-Félix-de-l'Héras <small>(34253)</small>
1. Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert <small>(34261)</small>
1. Saint-Guiraud <small>(34262)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Buèges <small>(34264)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-Fos <small>(34267)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière <small>(34268)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Londres <small>(34274)</small>
1. Saint-Maurice-Navacelles <small>(34277)</small>
1. Saint-Michel <small>(34278)</small>
1. Saint-Pargoire <small>(34281)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-et-Valmalle <small>(34282)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-la-Fage <small>(34283)</small>
1. Saint-Privat <small>(34286)</small>
1. Saint-Saturnin-de-Lucian <small>(34287)</small>
1. Salasc <small>(34292)</small>
1. Sorbs <small>(34303)</small>
1. Soubès <small>(34304)</small>
1. Soumont <small>(34306)</small>
1. Tressan <small>(34313)</small>
1. Usclas-du-Bosc <small>(34316)</small>
1. La Vacquerie-et-Saint-Martin-de-Castries <small>(34317)</small>
1. Valmascle <small>(34323)</small>
1. Vendémian <small>(34328)</small>
1. Villeneuvette <small>(34338)</small>
1. Viols-en-Laval <small>(34342)</small>
1. Viols-le-Fort <small>(34343)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|34079|Clermont-l'Hérault|8,481|Clermont-l'Hérault|Le Clermontais|
|34142|Lodève|7,381|Lodève|Lodévois et Larzac|
|34114|Gignac|5,905|Gignac|Vallée de l'hérault|
|34239|Saint-André-de-Sangonis|5,648|Gignac|Vallée de l'hérault|
|34111|Ganges|3,916|Lodève|Les Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises|
|34194|Paulhan|3,820|Clermont-l'Hérault|Le Clermontais|
|34051|Canet|3,493|Clermont-l'Hérault|Le Clermontais|
|34010|Aniane|2,950|Gignac|Vallée de l'hérault|
|34163|Montarnaud|2,856|Gignac|Vallée de l'hérault|
|34274|Saint-Martin-de-Londres|2,650|Lodève|Le Grand Pic Saint-Loup|
|34281|Saint-Pargoire|2,218|Gignac|Vallée de l'hérault|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Hérault department
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Lodève
- **insee**: 342
- **nbcomm**: 122
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Lodève
- **area**: 2005.0
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Lodève 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie