Arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda

The **arrondissement of Sarlat-la-Canéda** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Dordogne _département_ in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Its capital is the city of Sarlat-la-Canéda.

## History

When the Dordogne department was created on 17 February 1800, the _arrondissement_ of Sarlat-la-Canéda was part of that original department, with the name of _Arrondissement of Sarlat_.

When the _communes_ Sarlat and La Canéda were combined on 1 March 1965, the name of the arrondissement was changed to _Sarlat-la-Canéda_.

## Geography

The _arrondissement_ of Sarlat-la-Canéda is the southwest of Dordogne, with an area of . It has 74,666 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the northeast by the Corrèze department, to the southeast by the Lot department, to the south by the Lot-et-Garonne department, to the west by the _arrondissement_ of Bergerac and to the northwest by the _arrondissement_ of Périgueux.

The Dordogne river and its tributary the Vézère river flow through the _arrondissements_ of Sarlat-la-Canéda.

### 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 Sarlat-la-Canéda, there are two cantons where their "communes" are in different _arrondissements_: Haut-Périgord Noir and Périgord Central. The following table shows the distribution of the "communes" in the cantons and _arrondissements_:

|rowspan="2"|INSEE Code || rowspan="2" | Canton || colspan="4" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2405|Haut-Périgord Noir|||Part of Bassillac et Auberoche ||30|| **30**|||
|2412|Périgord Central|1||33|1|**35**|
|2418|Sarlat-la-Canéda||||13|**13**|
|2420|Terrasson-Lavilledieu||||27|**27**|
|2423|Vallée Dordogne||||44|**44**|
|2425|Vallée de l'Homme||||26|**26**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Sarlat-la-Canéda has 141 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Ajat <small>(24004)</small>
1. Allas-les-Mines <small>(24006)</small>
1. Archignac <small>(24012)</small>
1. Aubas <small>(24014)</small>
1. Audrix <small>(24015)</small>
1. Auriac-du-Périgord <small>(24018)</small>
1. Azerat <small>(24019)</small>
1. La Bachellerie <small>(24020)</small>
1. Badefols-d'Ans <small>(24021)</small>
1. Bars <small>(24025)</small>
1. Beauregard-de-Terrasson <small>(24030)</small>
1. Berbiguières <small>(24036)</small>
1. Besse <small>(24039)</small>
1. Beynac-et-Cazenac <small>(24040)</small>
1. Boisseuilh <small>(24046)</small>
1. Borrèze <small>(24050)</small>
1. Bouzic <small>(24063)</small>
1. Le Bugue <small>(24067)</small>
1. Calviac-en-Périgord <small>(24074)</small>
1. Campagnac-lès-Quercy <small>(24075)</small>
1. Campagne <small>(24076)</small>
1. Carlux <small>(24081)</small>
1. Carsac-Aillac <small>(24082)</small>
1. Carves <small>(24084)</small>
1. La Cassagne <small>(24085)</small>
1. Castelnaud-la-Chapelle <small>(24086)</small>
1. Castels et Bézenac <small>(24087)</small>
1. Cazoulès <small>(24089)</small>
1. Cénac-et-Saint-Julien <small>(24091)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Aubareil <small>(24106)</small>
1. La Chapelle-Saint-Jean <small>(24113)</small>
1. Châtres <small>(24116)</small>
1. Les Coteaux Périgourdins <small>(24117)</small>
1. Chourgnac <small>(24121)</small>
1. Cladech <small>(24122)</small>
1. Coly <small>(24127)</small>]
1. Condat-sur-Vézère <small>(24130)</small>
1. Coubjours <small>(24136)</small>
1. Coux-et-Bigaroque-Mouzens <small>(24142)</small>
1. Daglan <small>(24150)</small>
1. Doissat <small>(24151)</small>
1. Domme <small>(24152)</small>
1. La Dornac <small>(24153)</small>
1. Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil <small>(24172)</small>
1. Fanlac <small>(24174)</small>
1. Les Farges <small>(24175)</small>
1. La Feuillade <small>(24179)</small>
1. Fleurac <small>(24183)</small>
1. Florimont-Gaumier <small>(24184)</small>
1. Fossemagne <small>(24188)</small>
1. Gabillou <small>(24192)</small>
1. Granges-d'Ans <small>(24202)</small>
1. Grives <small>(24206)</small>
1. Groléjac <small>(24207)</small>
1. Hautefort <small>(24210)</small>
1. Jayac <small>(24215)</small>
1. Journiac <small>(24217)</small>
1. Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare <small>(24229)</small>
1. Larzac <small>(24230)</small>
1. Lavaur <small>(24232)</small>
1. Limeuil <small>(24240)</small>
1. Limeyrat <small>(24241)</small>
1. Loubejac <small>(24245)</small>
1. Manaurie <small>(24249)</small>
1. Marcillac-Saint-Quentin <small>(24252)</small>
1. Marnac <small>(24254)</small>
1. Marquay <small>(24255)</small>
1. Mauzens-et-Miremont <small>(24261)</small>
1. Mazeyrolles <small>(24263)</small>
1. Meyrals <small>(24268)</small>
1. Montagnac-d'Auberoche <small>(24284)</small>
1. Montignac <small>(24291)</small>
1. Monplaisant <small>(24293)</small>
1. Nabirat <small>(24300)</small>
1. Nadaillac <small>(24301)</small>
1. Nailhac <small>(24302)</small>
1. Orliac <small>(24313)</small>
1. Orliaguet <small>(24314)</small>
1. Paulin <small>(24317)</small>
1. Pays-de-Belvès <small>(24035)</small>
1. Pazayac <small>(24321)</small>
1. Peyrignac <small>(24324)</small>
1. Peyrillac-et-Millac <small>(24325)</small>
1. Peyzac-le-Moustier <small>(24326)</small>
1. Plazac <small>(24330)</small>
1. Prats-de-Carlux <small>(24336)</small>
1. Prats-du-Périgord <small>(24337)</small>
1. Proissans <small>(24341)</small>
1. La Roque-Gageac <small>(24355)</small>
1. Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac <small>(24356)</small>
1. Sagelat <small>(24360)</small>
1. Saint-Amand-de-Coly <small>(24364)</small>
1. Saint-André-d'Allas <small>(24366)</small>
1. Saint-Aubin-de-Nabirat <small>(24375)</small>
1. Saint-Avit-de-Vialard <small>(24377)</small>
1. Saint-Cernin-de-l'Herm <small>(24386)</small>
1. Saint-Chamassy <small>(24388)</small>
1. Saint-Cirq <small>(24389)</small>
1. Saint-Crépin-et-Carlucet <small>(24392)</small>
1. Saint-Cybranet <small>(24395)</small>
1. Saint-Cyprien <small>(24396)</small>
1. Sainte-Eulalie-d'Ans <small>(24401)</small>
1. Saint-Félix-de-Reillac-et-Mortemart <small>(24404)</small>
1. Sainte-Foy-de-Belvès <small>(24406)</small>
1. Saint-Geniès <small>(24412)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-de-Belvès <small>(24416)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-de-Lampon <small>(24432)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-la-Vallée <small>(24438)</small>
1. Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère <small>(24443)</small>
1. Saint-Martial-de-Nabirat <small>(24450)</small>
1. Sainte-Mondane <small>(24470)</small>
1. Sainte-Nathalène <small>(24471)</small>
1. Sainte-Orse <small>(24473)</small>
1. Saint-Pardoux-et-Vielvic <small>(24478)</small>
1. Saint-Pompont <small>(24488)</small>
1. Saint-Rabier <small>(24491)</small>
1. Sainte-Trie <small>(24507)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-de-Cosse <small>(24510)</small>
1. Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel <small>(24512)</small>
1. Salignac-Eyvigues <small>(24516)</small>
1. Salles-de-Belvès <small>(24517)</small>
1. Sarlat-la-Canéda <small>(24520)</small>
1. Savignac-de-Miremont <small>(24524)</small>
1. Sergeac <small>(24531)</small>
1. Simeyrols <small>(24535)</small>
1. Siorac-en-Périgord <small>(24538)</small>
1. Tamniès <small>(24544)</small>
1. Teillots <small>(24545)</small>
1. Temple-Laguyon <small>(24546)</small>
1. Terrasson-Lavilledieu <small>(24547)</small>
1. Thenon <small>(24550)</small>
1. Thonac <small>(24552)</small>
1. Tourtoirac <small>(24555)</small>
1. Tursac <small>(24559)</small>
1. Valojoulx <small>(24563)</small>
1. Veyrignac <small>(24574)</small>
1. Veyrines-de-Domme <small>(24575)</small>
1. Vézac <small>(24577)</small>
1. Villac <small>(24580)</small>
1. Villefranche-du-Périgord <small>(24585)</small>
1. Vitrac <small>(24587)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|24520|Sarlat-la-Canéda|9,127|Sarlat-la-Canéda|Sarlat-Périgord Noir|
|24547|Terrasson-Lavilledieu|6,186|Terrasson-Lavilledieu|Le Terrassonnais en Périgord Noir Thenon Hautefort|
|24291|Montignac|2,801|Vallée de l'Homme|La Vallée de l'Homme|
|24067|Le Bugue|2,704|Vallée de l'Homme|La Vallée de l'Homme|
|24229|Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare|1,811|Haut-Périgord Noir|Le Terrassonnais en Périgord Noir Thenon Hautefort|
|24396|Saint-Cyprien|1,613|Vallée Dordogne|Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède|
|24082|Carsac-Aillac|1,578|Terrasson-Lavilledieu|Le Pays de Fénelon|
|24356|Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac|1,564|Vallée de l'Homme|La Vallée de l'Homme|
|24035|Pays de Belvès|1,460|Vallée Dordogne|Vallée de la Dordogne et Forêt Bessède|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Dordogne department
- Communes of the Dordogne department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Sarlat-la-Canéda
- **insee**: 244
- **nbcomm**: 138
- **prefecture**: n
- **seat**: Sarlat-la-Canéda
- **area**: 2273.1
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Sarlat-la-Canéda 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Nouvelle-Aquitaine