Arrondissement of Florac

The **arrondissement of Florac** is an arrondissement of France; it is part of the Lozère _département_ in the Occitanie region.

## History

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

## Geography

It is the smallest and southernmost of the two _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of . It has 13,313 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km²

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the north by the _arrondissement_ of Mende, to the east and south by the Gard department, 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 Florac, there are 2 cantons whose _communes_ are in the _arrondissement_: Le Collet-de-Dèze and Florac. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="2" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4802|La Canourgue|7|7|**14**|
|4804|Le Collet-de-Dèze|25||**25**|
|4805|Florac|11||**11**|
|4813|Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez|7|18|**25**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Florac has 44 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Barre-des-Cévennes <small>(48019)</small>
1. Bassurels <small>(48020)</small>
1. Bédouès-Cocurès <small>(48050)</small>
1. Les Bondons <small>(48028)</small>
1. Cans-et-Cévennes <small>(48166)</small>
1. Cassagnas <small>(48036)</small>
1. Le Collet-de-Dèze <small>(48051)</small>
1. Florac Trois Rivières <small>(48061)</small>
1. Fraissinet-de-Fourques <small>(48065)</small>
1. Gabriac <small>(48067)</small>
1. Gatuzières <small>(48069)</small>
1. Hures-la-Parade <small>(48074)</small>
1. Ispagnac <small>(48075)</small>
1. La Malène <small>(48088)</small>
1. Mas-Saint-Chély <small>(48141)</small>
1. Le Massegros <small>(48094)</small>
1. Meyrueis <small>(48096)</small>
1. Moissac-Vallée-Française <small>(48097)</small>
1. Molezon <small>(48098)</small>
1. Montbrun <small>(48101)</small>
1. Le Pompidou <small>(48115)</small>
1. Pont-de-Montvert-Sud-Mont-Lozère <small>(48116)</small>
1. Quézac <small>(48122)</small>
1. Le Recoux <small>(48125)</small>
1. Rousses <small>(48130)</small>
1. Le Rozier <small>(48131)</small>
1. Saint-André-de-Lancize <small>(48136)</small>
1. Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française <small>(48144)</small>
1. Sainte-Enimie <small>(48146)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-Vallée-Française <small>(48148)</small>
1. Saint-Georges-de-Lévéjac <small>(48154)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-Calberte <small>(48155)</small>
1. Saint-Hilaire-de-Lavit <small>(48158)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-des-Points <small>(48163)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Boubaux <small>(48170)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-de-Lansuscle <small>(48171)</small>
1. Saint-Michel-de-Dèze <small>(48173)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers <small>(48176)</small>
1. Saint-Privat-de-Vallongue <small>(48178)</small>
1. Saint-Rome-de-Dolan <small>(48180)</small>
1. Vebron <small>(48193)</small>
1. Ventalon-en-Cévennes <small>(48152)</small>
1. Vialas <small>(48194)</small>
1. Les Vignes <small>(48195)</small>

There is only a town with more than 1,000 inhabitants, and it is the subprefecture, Florac Trois Rivières, with 2,107 inhabitants.

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Lozère department
- Arrondissement of Mende
- List of arrondissements of France

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Florac
- **insee**: 481
- **nbcomm**: 38
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Florac Trois Rivières
- **area**: 1687.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Florac 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie