Arrondissement of Auch

The **arrondissement of Auch** is an arrondissement of France.  It is part of the Gers _département_ in the Occitanie region. Its capital is the city of Auch.

## History

When the _arrondissements_ were created on 17 February 1800, Auch was one of them in the Gers department.

## Geography

It is the easternmost of the _arrondissements_ of the department, with an area of . It is the most populated _arrondissement_ with 87,118 inhabitants and a population density of  inhabitants/km².

The _arrondissement_ is bordered to the north and northwest by the _arrondissement_ of Condom, to the east by the Haute-Garonne department, and to the south and southwest by the _arrondissement_ of Mirande.

### 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 Auch, there are four cantons where not all their "communes" are in the _arrondissement_: Astarac-Gimone, Fezensac, Gascogne-Auscitaine and Gimone-Arrats. 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|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|3203|Astarac-Gimone|19||24|**43**|
|3204|Auch-1|5 + part of Auch|||**5** + part of Auch|
|3205|Auch-2|13 + part of Auch|||**13** + part of Auch|
|3206|Auch-3|9 + part of Auch|||**9** + part of Auch|
|3208|Fezensac|15|13|5|**33**|
|3210|Gascogne-Auscitaine|21|1||**22**|
|3211|Gimone-Arrats|21|15||**36**|
|3213|L'Isle-Jourdain|10|||**10**|
|3217|Val de Save|40|||**40**|

### Communes

The _arrondissement_ of Auch has 154 _communes_; they are (with their INSEE codes):

1. Ansan <small>(32002)</small>
1. Antras <small>(32003)</small>
1. Ardizas <small>(32007)</small>
1. Aubiet <small>(32012)</small>
1. Auch <small>(32013)</small>
1. Augnax <small>(32014)</small>
1. Auradé <small>(32016)</small>
1. Aurimont <small>(32018)</small>
1. Auterive <small>(32019)</small>
1. Barran <small>(32029)</small>
1. Bazian <small>(32033)</small>
1. Beaupuy <small>(32038)</small>
1. Belmont <small>(32043)</small>
1. Betcave-Aguin <small>(32048)</small>
1. Biran <small>(32054)</small>
1. Blanquefort <small>(32056)</small>
1. Boucagnères <small>(32060)</small>
1. Boulaur <small>(32061)</small>
1. Bédéchan <small>(32040)</small>
1. Bézéril <small>(32051)</small>
1. Cadeillan <small>(32069)</small>
1. Caillavet <small>(32071)</small>
1. Callian <small>(32072)</small>
1. Castelnau-Barbarens <small>(32076)</small>
1. Castillon-Debats <small>(32088)</small>
1. Castillon-Massas <small>(32089)</small>
1. Castillon-Savès <small>(32090)</small>
1. Castin <small>(32091)</small>
1. Catonvielle <small>(32092)</small>
1. Cazaux-Savès <small>(32098)</small>
1. Cazaux-d'Anglès <small>(32097)</small>
1. Clermont-Savès <small>(32105)</small>
1. Cologne <small>(32106)</small>
1. Crastes <small>(32112)</small>
1. Duran <small>(32117)</small>
1. Durban <small>(32118)</small>
1. Encausse <small>(32120)</small>
1. Endoufielle <small>(32121)</small>
1. Escornebœuf <small>(32123)</small>
1. Espaon <small>(32124)</small>
1. Faget-Abbatial <small>(32130)</small>
1. Frégouville <small>(32134)</small>
1. Garravet <small>(32138)</small>
1. Gaujac <small>(32140)</small>
1. Gaujan <small>(32141)</small>
1. Gimont <small>(32147)</small>
1. Giscaro <small>(32148)</small>
1. Haulies <small>(32153)</small>
1. Jegun <small>(32162)</small>
1. Juilles <small>(32165)</small>
1. L'Isle-Arné <small>(32157)</small>
1. L'Isle-Jourdain <small>(32160)</small>
1. Labarthe <small>(32169)</small>
1. Labastide-Savès <small>(32171)</small>
1. Lahas <small>(32182)</small>
1. Lahitte <small>(32183)</small>
1. Lamaguère <small>(32186)</small>
1. Lartigue <small>(32198)</small>
1. Lasseube-Propre <small>(32201)</small>
1. Lasséran <small>(32200)</small>
1. Lavardens <small>(32204)</small>
1. Laymont <small>(32206)</small>
1. Le Brouilh-Monbert <small>(32065)</small>
1. Leboulin <small>(32207)</small>
1. Lias <small>(32210)</small>
1. Lombez <small>(32213)</small>
1. Lussan <small>(32221)</small>
1. Marambat <small>(32231)</small>
1. Marestaing <small>(32234)</small>
1. Marsan <small>(32237)</small>
1. Maurens <small>(32247)</small>
1. Meilhan <small>(32250)</small>
1. Mirannes <small>(32257)</small>
1. Mirepoix <small>(32258)</small>
1. Monblanc <small>(32261)</small>
1. Monbrun <small>(32262)</small>
1. Moncorneil-Grazan <small>(32266)</small>
1. Monferran-Plavès <small>(32267)</small>
1. Monferran-Savès <small>(32268)</small>
1. Mongausy <small>(32270)</small>
1. Montadet <small>(32276)</small>
1. Montamat <small>(32277)</small>
1. Montaut-les-Créneaux <small>(32279)</small>
1. Montiron <small>(32288)</small>
1. Montpézat <small>(32289)</small>
1. Montégut <small>(32282)</small>
1. Montégut-Savès <small>(32284)</small>
1. Mérens <small>(32251)</small>
1. Nizas <small>(32295)</small>
1. Noilhan <small>(32297)</small>
1. Nougaroulet <small>(32298)</small>
1. Orbessan <small>(32300)</small>
1. Ordan-Larroque <small>(32301)</small>
1. Ornézan <small>(32302)</small>
1. Pavie <small>(32307)</small>
1. Pellefigue <small>(32309)</small>
1. Pessan <small>(32312)</small>
1. Peyrusse-Massas <small>(32316)</small>
1. Polastron <small>(32321)</small>
1. Pompiac <small>(32322)</small>
1. Pouy-Loubrin <small>(32327)</small>
1. Preignan <small>(32331)</small>
1. Préneron <small>(32332)</small>
1. Pujaudran <small>(32334)</small>
1. Puycasquier <small>(32335)</small>
1. Puylausic <small>(32336)</small>
1. Pébées <small>(32308)</small>
1. Razengues <small>(32339)</small>
1. Riguepeu <small>(32343)</small>
1. Roquebrune <small>(32346)</small>
1. Roquefort <small>(32347)</small>
1. Roquelaure <small>(32348)</small>
1. Roquelaure-Saint-Aubin <small>(32349)</small>
1. Sabaillan <small>(32353)</small>
1. Saint-André <small>(32356)</small>
1. Saint-Arailles <small>(32360)</small>
1. Saint-Caprais <small>(32467)</small>
1. Saint-Cricq <small>(32372)</small>
1. Saint-Georges <small>(32377)</small>
1. Saint-Germier <small>(32379)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-Poutge <small>(32382)</small>
1. Saint-Jean-le-Comtal <small>(32381)</small>
1. Saint-Lary <small>(32384)</small>
1. Saint-Lizier-du-Planté <small>(32386)</small>
1. Saint-Loube <small>(32387)</small>
1. Saint-Martin-Gimois <small>(32392)</small>
1. Saint-Sauvy <small>(32406)</small>
1. Saint-Soulan <small>(32407)</small>
1. Saint-Élix <small>(32374)</small>
1. Sainte-Anne <small>(32357)</small>
1. Sainte-Christie <small>(32368)</small>
1. Sainte-Marie <small>(32388)</small>
1. Samatan <small>(32410)</small>
1. Sansan <small>(32411)</small>
1. Saramon <small>(32412)</small>
1. Sauveterre <small>(32418)</small>
1. Sauvimont <small>(32420)</small>
1. Savignac-Mona <small>(32421)</small>
1. Seissan <small>(32426)</small>
1. Seysses-Savès <small>(32432)</small>
1. Simorre <small>(32433)</small>
1. Sirac <small>(32435)</small>
1. Ségoufielle <small>(32425)</small>
1. Sémézies-Cachan <small>(32428)</small>
1. Tachoires <small>(32438)</small>
1. Thoux <small>(32444)</small>
1. Tirent-Pontéjac <small>(32447)</small>
1. Touget <small>(32448)</small>
1. Tournan <small>(32451)</small>
1. Tourrenquets <small>(32453)</small>
1. Traversères <small>(32454)</small>
1. Tudelle <small>(32456)</small>
1. Vic-Fezensac <small>(32462)</small>
1. Villefranche <small>(32465)</small>

The _communes_ in the _arrondissement_ with more inhabitants are:

|INSEE code !! _Commune_ !! Population <small>(2014)</small> !! Canton || Intercommunality|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|32013|Auch|21,807|Auch-1, Auch-2 and Auch-3|Le Grand Auch Agglomération|
|32160|L'Isle-Jourdain|8,345|L'Isle-Jourdain|La Gascogne Toulousaine|
|32462|Vic-Fezensac|3,525|Fezensac|Artagnan de Fezensac|
|32147|Gimont|2,922|Gimone-Arrats|Les Coteaux Arrats Gimone|
|32307|Pavie|2,476|Auch-1|Le Grand Auch Agglomération|
|32410|Samatan|2,377|Val de Save|Le Saves|
|32213|Lombez|2,080|Val de Save|Le Saves|
|32334|Pujaudran|1,423|L'Isle-Jourdain|La Gascogne Toulousaine|
|32331|Preignan|1,269|Gascogne-Auscitaine|Le Grand Auch Agglomération|
|32162|Jegun|1,146|Gascogne-Auscitaine|Cœur de Gascogne|
|32012|Aubiet|1,115|Auch-2|Les Coteaux Arrats Gimone|
|32426|Seissan|1,080|Astarac-Gimone|Val de Gers|
|32425|Ségoufielle|1,074|L'Isle-Jourdain|La Gascogne Toulousaine|

## Related pages

- Arrondissements of the Gers department
- Communes of the Gers department

## Infobox (french subdivision)

- **type**: arr
- **name**: Auch
- **insee**: 321
- **nbcomm**: 134
- **prefecture**: y
- **seat**: Auch
- **area**: 1923.5
- **image map**: Locator map of Arrondissement Auch 2019.png
- **map caption**: Location within the region Occitanie