Arrondissement of Mende

The **arrondissement of Mende** is an arrondissement of France; it is part of the Lozère _département_ in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Mende.

## History

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

## Geography

It is the largest _arrondissement_ of the department, with an area of . It has a population of 63,047 inhabitants and a density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ covers the northern part of the department and is bordered by the Cantal department to the northwest, the Haute-Loire department to the northeast), by the Ardeche department to the east, by the _arrondissement_ of Florac to the south and by the Aveyron department to the west.

### 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 Mende, there are 9 cantons whose _communes_ are 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="2" | Arrondissements || rowspan="2" | Total||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|4801|Aumont-Aubrac||31|**31**|
|4802|La Canourgue|7|7|**14**|
|4803|Chirac||13|**13**|
|4804|Le Collet-de-Dèze|25||**25**|
|4806|Grandrieu||21|**21**|
|4807|Langogne||11|**11**|
|4808|Marvejols||7|**7**|
|4809|Mende-1||part of Mende|part of Mende|
|4810|Mende-2||part of Mende|part of Mende|
|4811|Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole||20|**20**|
|4812|Saint-Chély-d'Apcher||6|**6**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Mende has 132 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Albaret-le-Comtal <small>(48001)</small>
1. Albaret-Sainte-Marie <small>(48002)</small>
1. Allenc <small>(48003)</small>
1. Altier <small>(48004)</small>
1. Antrenas <small>(48005)</small>
1. Arzenc-d'Apcher <small>(48007)</small>
1. Arzenc-de-Randon <small>(48008)</small>
1. Aumont-Aubrac <small>(48009)</small>
1. Auroux <small>(48010)</small>
1. Badaroux <small>(48013)</small>
1. Bagnols-les-Bains <small>(48014)</small>
1. Balsièges <small>(48016)</small>
1. Banassac-Canilhac <small>(48017)</small>
1. Barjac <small>(48018)</small>
1. La Bastide-Puylaurent <small>(48021)</small>
1. Belvezet <small>(48023)</small>
1. Les Bessons <small>(48025)</small>
1. Blavignac <small>(48026)</small>
1. Le Bleymard <small>(48027)</small>
1. Le Born <small>(48029)</small>
1. Bourgs-sur-Colagne <small>(48099)</small>
1. Brenoux <small>(48030)</small>
1. Brion <small>(48031)</small>
1. Le Buisson <small>(48032)</small>
1. La Canourgue <small>(48034)</small>
1. Chadenet <small>(48037)</small>
1. Chambon-le-Château <small>(48038)</small>
1. Chanac <small>(48039)</small>
1. Chasseradès <small>(48040)</small>
1. Chastanier <small>(48041)</small>
1. Chastel-Nouvel <small>(48042)</small>
1. Châteauneuf-de-Randon <small>(48043)</small>
1. Chauchailles <small>(48044)</small>
1. Chaudeyrac <small>(48045)</small>
1. Chaulhac <small>(48046)</small>
1. La Chaze-de-Peyre <small>(48047)</small>
1. Cheylard-l'Évêque <small>(48048)</small>
1. Cubières <small>(48053)</small>
1. Cubiérettes <small>(48054)</small>
1. Cultures <small>(48055)</small>
1. Esclanèdes <small>(48056)</small>
1. Estables <small>(48057)</small>
1. La Fage-Montivernoux <small>(48058)</small>
1. La Fage-Saint-Julien <small>(48059)</small>
1. Fau-de-Peyre <small>(48060)</small>
1. Fontans <small>(48063)</small>
1. Fournels <small>(48064)</small>
1. Gabrias <small>(48068)</small>
1. Grandrieu <small>(48070)</small>
1. Grandvals <small>(48071)</small>
1. Grèzes <small>(48072)</small>
1. Les Hermaux <small>(48073)</small>
1. Javols <small>(48076)</small>
1. Julianges <small>(48077)</small>
1. Lachamp <small>(48078)</small>
1. Lajo <small>(48079)</small>
1. Langogne <small>(48080)</small>
1. Lanuéjols <small>(48081)</small>
1. Laubert <small>(48082)</small>
1. Les Laubies <small>(48083)</small>
1. Laval-Atger <small>(48084)</small>
1. Laval-du-Tarn <small>(48085)</small>
1. Luc <small>(48086)</small>
1. Malbouzon <small>(48087)</small>
1. Le Malzieu-Forain <small>(48089)</small>
1. Le Malzieu-Ville <small>(48090)</small>
1. Marchastel <small>(48091)</small>
1. Marvejols <small>(48092)</small>
1. Mas-d'Orcières <small>(48093)</small>
1. Mende <small>(48095)</small>
1. Montbel <small>(48100)</small>
1. Montrodat <small>(48103)</small>
1. Les Monts-Verts <small>(48012)</small>
1. Nasbinals <small>(48104)</small>
1. Naussac-Fontanes <small>(48105)</small>
1. Noalhac <small>(48106)</small>
1. Palhers <small>(48107)</small>
1. La Panouse <small>(48108)</small>
1. Paulhac-en-Margeride <small>(48110)</small>
1. Pelouse <small>(48111)</small>
1. Pied-de-Borne <small>(48015)</small>
1. Pierrefiche <small>(48112)</small>
1. Pourcharesses <small>(48117)</small>
1. Prévenchères <small>(48119)</small>
1. Prinsuéjols <small>(48120)</small>
1. Prunières <small>(48121)</small>
1. Recoules-d'Aubrac <small>(48123)</small>
1. Recoules-de-Fumas <small>(48124)</small>
1. Ribennes <small>(48126)</small>
1. Rieutort-de-Randon <small>(48127)</small>
1. Rimeize <small>(48128)</small>
1. Rocles <small>(48129)</small>
1. Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole <small>(48132)</small>
1. Saint-Amans <small>(48133)</small>
1. Saint-André-Capcèze <small>(48135)</small>
1. Saint-Bauzile <small>(48137)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Chirac <small>(48138)</small>
1. Saint-Bonnet-de-Montauroux <small>(48139)</small>
1. Saint-Chély-d'Apcher <small>(48140)</small>
1. Saint-Denis-en-Margeride <small>(48145)</small>
1. Sainte-Colombe-de-Peyre <small>(48142)</small>
1. Sainte-Eulalie <small>(48149)</small>
1. Sainte-Hélène <small>(48157)</small>
1. Saint-Étienne-du-Valdonnez <small>(48147)</small>
1. Saint-Flour-de-Mercoire <small>(48150)</small>
1. Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges <small>(48151)</small>
1. Saint-Gal <small>(48153)</small>
1. Saint-Germain-du-Teil <small>(48156)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-la-Fouillouse <small>(48160)</small>
1. Saint-Juéry <small>(48161)</small>
1. Saint-Julien-du-Tournel <small>(48164)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-de-Muret <small>(48165)</small>
1. Saint-Laurent-de-Veyrès <small>(48167)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-de-Peyre <small>(48168)</small>
1. Saint-Léger-du-Malzieu <small>(48169)</small>
1. Saint-Paul-le-Froid <small>(48174)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-de-Nogaret <small>(48175)</small>
1. Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux <small>(48177)</small>
1. Saint-Privat-du-Fau <small>(48179)</small>
1. Saint-Saturnin <small>(48181)</small>
1. Saint-Sauveur-de-Ginestoux <small>(48182)</small>
1. Saint-Sauveur-de-Peyre <small>(48183)</small>
1. Saint-Symphorien <small>(48184)</small>
1. Les Salces <small>(48187)</small>
1. Les Salelles <small>(48185)</small>
1. Serverette <small>(48188)</small>
1. Servières <small>(48189)</small>
1. Termes <small>(48190)</small>
1. La Tieule <small>(48191)</small>
1. Trélans <small>(48192)</small>
1. La Villedieu <small>(48197)</small>
1. Villefort <small>(48198)</small>

The only important city is Mende with 11,542 people living there in 2014. Other towns are Marvejols (4,882) and Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (4,169).

## Related pages

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

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Mende
- **insee**: 482
- **nbcomm**: 114
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Mende, Lozère, Mende
- **pop**: 63180
- **year**: 2016
- **area**: 3479.4
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Mende 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie